Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc (ASL)

Category UK Small-Cap Equity

This investment trust can be held in an Investment ISA, SIPP and Investment Account

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Sell

1,452.00p

Buy

1,462.00p

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Discount/Premium

-11.27%

Estimated NAV

1,668.04p

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Investment objective

To achieve a NAV total return (with dividends reinvested) greater than on the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) over the long term, by investing in over 80 small UK quoted companies.

FTSE All-Share

-0.22%

LSE

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Company name

Aberforth Partners LLP

Legal structure

Closed Ended Investment Company

Domicile

United Kingdom

Fiscal year end

31 Dec 2025

Launch date

10 Dec 1990

Fund manager

Euan Macdonald

Manager start date

14 May 2001

Fund manager biography

Euan Macdonald - BA (Hons) Euan joined Aberforth in May 2001 and became a Partner in May 2004. He is responsible for the following sectors - Alternative Energy; Automobiles and Parts; Consumer Services; Industrial Engineering; Leisure Goods; Life Insurance; Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts; Non-life Insurance; Real Estate Investment and Services; Real Estate Investment Trusts; and Telecommunications Service Providers.

Head office

14 Melville Street

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

EH3 7NS

0044 131 220 0733

Company website

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