May 2023
Features
Don’t ignore smaller companies for income
While the UK market is a good hunting ground for income-seekers, that income is often concentrated in a handful of stocks and sectors. “A small cap allocation can help to diversify this, and the investment trust structure has unique features that makes it attractive to income seekers” says Roland Arnold on the BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust...
05 May
05 May
News
Results analysis: BlackRock Smaller Companies
BRSC’s historically wide discount may offer an attractive entry point for long term investors…
16 May
16 May
November 2022
Replay
Slides and Audio: BlackRock Smaller Companies
Download the presentation and listen to the audio from our webinar from 15 November...
24 Nov
24 Nov
Fund Research
BlackRock Smaller Companies
BRSC’s wide discount and lower portfolio valuations may offer an attractive entry opportunity for long-term investors...
24 Nov
24 Nov
December 2021
Strategy
Great expectations
As the last of the mince pies wilts in the fridge, topped with a generous helping of stilton, the Kepler Trust Intelligence team stick a finger in the air and point toward their top picks for the year ahead…
30 Dec
30 Dec
Features
Smaller companies: finding the best
Roland Arnold, Portfolio Manager of the BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc, explains how he uncovers companies that could grow their earnings for the long term.
01 Dec
01 Dec
February 2021
Strategy
Eye of the Pfizer
Mining shares have rallied in recent months. With further potential, what impact could this have on the relative returns of active UK Small cap strategies...
10 Feb
10 Feb
Fund Research
BlackRock Smaller Companies
BRSC has a strong track record of consistent outperformance...
10 Feb
10 Feb
June 2020
Events
Deep impact
Audio and presentations from our conference this week, where fifteen of the world's best fund managers described a profoundly altered investment landscape...
05 Jun
05 Jun
Fund Research
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust
One of the most reliable trusts in the UK smaller-companies sector, THRG uses both a long and a short book to generate alpha, regardless of the wider market conditions…
17 Jun
17 Jun
May 2020
Strategy
The fight in the dog
We look at the characteristics which have separated the winners from the losers among small-cap trusts in the current crisis, with some surprising results...
06 May
06 May
Fund Research
BlackRock Smaller Companies
BRSC has one of the strongest track records in the UK Smaller Companies universe, consistently outperforming the benchmark in rising and falling markets…
22 May
22 May
December 2019
Features
Small wonders: income from the UK's most exciting companies
Smaller companies have typically been employed to add a little spice to a portfolio, to generate some growth alongside their stodgier blue-chip cousins. But they can play plenty of other roles, including as a solution for income.
05 Dec
05 Dec
Fund Research
BlackRock Smaller Companies
BRSC is well positioned for uncertain conditions with strong diversification across sectors and geographies…
27 Dec
27 Dec