Smaller Companies
Japan: A new cult of entrepreneurship
John MacDougall, manager of the Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon fund, explains how Japan's old corporate structure is being replaced with a new era of entrepreneurialism and high-growth focused start-ups
Woodford's Patient Capital raises record £800m
Neil Woodford's Patient Capital trust has raised £800m during its offer period, a record for a London-listed investment trust.
Ex-journalist joins Liontrust to co-manage Cross and Fosh fund
FinnCap broker and former City AM diary editor Victoria Bates has joined Liontrust as the third fund manager on its Economic Advantage team.
European equity rush prompts 'indiscriminate mad scramble' - S.W. Mitchell
SWMC Small Cap European fund manager Jamie Carter has taken his gross market exposure to a record high in the view smaller companies are being overlooked by investors in the "mad scramble" to buy European equities.
Two brilliant AIM stocks powering this Hargreave Hale fund
The AIM market has been battered this year, dragged down by falls of more than 50% in some of the index heavyweights. Hargreave Hale's Oliver Bedford highlights two lesser-watched stocks lighting up the market.
Schroders to reopen Marriage's small-cap fund
Paul Marriage's Schroder UK Dynamic Smaller Companies fund is to reopen to new investment on 20 October after assets fell to a more manageable level.
A premium problem for ITs
Investment Trusts
Ignis star Ormiston's move to SLI in doubt as group hires European manager
Standard Life Investments has recruited a manager from SWIP to run its European Smaller Companies fund, raising questions over whether Ignis' Ian Ormiston will make the move to SLI.
Ignis' Ormiston adds to construction ahead of next leg of Europe rally
Ian Ormiston has added to European construction stocks in his Ignis European Smaller Companies fund in the expectation this area of the market is in line to benefit from a economic recovery.
Five years since the lows: Which funds have returned the most?
With this week marking the five-year anniversary of both record low base rates and the FTSE 100 bottoming, Investment Week looks at the funds that have taken advantage of the subsequent recovery.
Unicorn promotes co-managers to McClure's UK Income fund
Unicorn Asset Management has promoted two members of its investment team to co-manage its flagship £534m Unicorn UK Income fund.
Aberforth's small-cap manager Ross to retire from boutique
Aberforth founder and fund manager David Ross is to retire in May 2014 after leading the firm for nearly 25 years, Investment Week understands.
Nimmo: Three themes powering small-cap returns until 2024
Standard Life Investments's Harry Nimmo has pointed to three trends in 2014 that could continue a run of performance that has seen the manager return nearly 200% over five years.
Threadneedle to close Japanese small-cap fund
Threadneedle is to close its £12m Japanese Smaller Companies fund due to its uneconomical size and "limited demand" for the strategy.
Rally leaves 'high beta' UK smaller companies funds behind
The vast majority of UK smaller companies funds have failed to produce significant alpha for investors over the past year, with the average fund's return lagging one benchmark index by ten percentage points.
Close suspends redemptions on Noble-Nesbitt's Special Sits fund
Close Brothers has suspended redemptions on Deryck Noble-Nesbitt's Special Situations fund ahead of an expected wind-up of the portfolio in August this year.
Five of the Best: UK small-cap stocks that can keep climbing
The UK small cap market has done spectacularly well over the last year, leaving some to question where potential upside will come from next, but stock pickers say there are still some gems that can keep on rising.
Is it time to take profits from UK smaller companies funds?
The FTSE Small Cap index has risen sharply for ten consecutive months, but is there still value in the UK small cap space or should investors take profits and look elsewhere?
Fidelity stems flows into Wright's UK small-cap fund
Fidelity is to restrict inflows into Alex Wright's UK Smaller Companies fund in an effort to preserve performance.
Liontrust introduces premium pricing on Cross and Fosh's UK Small Cap fund
Liontrust has scrapped rebates on its successful UK Smaller Companies fund, run by managers Anthony Cross and Julian Fosh, as it moves to premium price the product.
M&G brings in deputy manager on Nash's Small Cap fund
M&G has hired Matthew Cable as deputy manager on its £370m Smaller Companies fund following a tough spell which has seen it drop down the rankings.
Webb: How I will turn around the two worst funds of 2012
Peter Webb, the manager of the two worst-performing funds of 2012, has described his frustrations in trying to sell many of the "illiquid" positions he inherited on the portfolios, and his hopes for a turnaround in performance this year.
Wealth managers' favourite funds of 2012
Smaller companies and recovery stocks were highly featured in wealth managers' best performing funds of the year, much to the chagrin of those continuing to back defensive names.
Five of the Best: UK small caps to play consumer uptick
The managers of the £83m Aviva Investors UK Smaller Companies fund, Toby Belsom and Robin West, name five UK smaller companies set to benefit from an uptick in consumer spending.
