ASIT offers potentially exciting returns as its July 2024 wind-up approaches…

ASL is benefitting from a market environment which favours value over growth…

ASL has had an excellent period of performance in the reflationary rally of the past year…

ASIT is well-positioned to perform exceptionally well in an economic recovery…

ASIT’s portfolio remains highly geared to an UK economic recovery...

Despite a strong rally, ASL’s portfolio retains significant upside to fair value...

We all intend to invest for the long-term but can often be distracted by the news...

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...

ASL offers exposure to a cyclical rebound post-vaccine from a deeply discounted portfolio…

ASIT’s high gearing and cyclical portfolio mean it could offer exceptional performance potential as the end of the pandemic becomes clearer…

The UK Smaller Companies Sector is battered and bruised, but bombed out valuations among trusts in the sector look interesting...

ASL offers exciting return potential from its current extreme levels of valuation…

ASIT’s gearing allows it to offer a very high yield and strong rebound potential…

ASIT is a small-cap value trust, with a yield of 5%...

ASL’s portfolio is on a deep discount to the market, with signs of a turnaround in performance…

We are in the midst of the longest period of value underperformance since the 1920s. Could we be approaching a change in environment?

Despite being a popular allocation for investors, the UK Equity Income sector is currently plagued by the problem of concentration. Our analysis suggests smaller companies could be a strong alterna...

These investment trusts don't fit into the usual boxes, which is exactly what makes them worthy of closer attention...

Aberforth Smaller Companies (ASL) is the only UK smaller companies trust with an unambiguous value approach, barring its income-focused sister Aberforth Split Level Income...

ASLIT is a high yielding smaller companies fund with a disciplined value approach, offering a historic yield of 4.9%...

We cut through the histrionics and discover, with surprising results, what life has really been like for British investors since David Cameron put it to 'the people'....

While there are some signs that we may be finally seeing the froth come off the growth-led market, we think investors need to be highly selective in choosing value strategies...

Small cap funds, despite their reputation to the contrary, are less volatile and have delivered better risk adjusted returns than their large cap peers...

New research from Cass Business school helps explain why closed-ended funds have outperformed their open-ended peers in the major equity sectors since 2000...

Aberforth Smaller Companies (ASCoT) is the only UK smaller companies trust with an unambiguous value approach...

Many smaller companies managers have been shifting into micro caps in 2018, should investors be following suit?

We consider the outlook for UK equities as they endure their Brexit induced 'darkest hour'...

Following our research last year, we analyse the correlation between the performance of value stocks and bond yields and how many investors are unprepared for a change to the status quo...