14/12/2007

SLI picks up another UK Smaller Companies award

Leading fund manager, Standard Life Investments, is today celebrating following the announcement that its UK Smaller Companies Fund has won the UK Smaller Companies fund sector category at the Trustnet Awards 2008.

The award was selected according to three categories; consistency of outperformance over sector peers, the views of financial intermediaries, and investor recognition.

Jacqueline Kerr, Head of Mutual Fund Investments at Standard Life Investments, said:

"It's great to see that the outstanding performance of the UK Smaller Companies Fund, top quartile over three, six and 12 months and top decile over two, three and 10 years, is increasingly being recognised by the financial services industry and investors alike." (Source: Morningstar to 04/12/07)

"This latest award follows the success of our UK Smaller Companies Fund which won the title of the 'Best Performing Smaller Companies Fund Award' at the PLC Awards 2007. Our expertise in this area also saw SLI win the 'What Investment' Unit Trust Manager of the Year Award for its UK Smaller Companies Fund."

"This fund is managed by Harry Nimmo who, backed by his award-winning Smaller Companies team, has the ability to identify some of the UK’s most promising smaller companies – a skill that has rewarded investors with a consistent and robust performance."

"The performance of this fund reflects Standard Life Investments belief that by utilising the knowledge and expertise of our people, coupled with a robust and repeatable process we can deliver investors with the strong performance they have come to expect from us."