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UK’s top small-cap manager stands firm on trust size

“This will be quite exciting if the dollar strengthens.”

He added one potential catalyst for M&A might be the attractiveness of some UK smaller companies’ US operations.

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At September 29, the trust had returned 17.6 per cent this year, outperforming the AIC UK Smaller Companies sector’s 15.5 per cent average return, data from FE Analytics shows.

The vehicle’s five-year figures are even stronger, delivering 291 per cent in the period, compared with the sector’s return of 116 per cent.