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After an extended period of outperformance from growth-orientated equity strategies, only 19 UK equity funds have managed to beat their peer group both year-to-date as well as the five years prior. Read the full article on Trustnet.com

May: UK equities make further progress amidst an M&A boom The pace of equity raises remains unrelenting and we anticipate a busy summer ahead. There is a substantial pipeline of deals and our primary opportunities process is well placed to take advantage of the demand for equity raises as companies seek to expand into the… Click to find out more

April: UK market buoyancy continues as mid and small caps hit record highs In a further busy month for new investments, Helios Underwriting, Arena Events, Duke Royalty, Chrysalis Investments and Barclays were added to the portfolio.  Music Magpie and PensionBee were purchased at IPO in what has been the strongest start to the UK IPO… Click to find out more

‘The alternative investment market is an exciting way of investing in growth companies while escaping the tax man’s clutches’ writes Oliver Brown

‘What promises to be a busy year for IPO’s and capital raising presents a sure-fire way for UK equity investors to cash in on the early stages of an economic rebound’ writes Oliver Brown

March: an IPO rush. 5 companies purchased at IPO We again saw many primary opportunities with the volume of equity raises in what was one of the busiest quarters on record for equity funding globally. This we believe to be very positive for investors in the fund as we are able to choose from those… Click to find out more

The year’s equity raises have only just begun The pipeline of equity fund raising is coming to fruition. This is due to the combination of companies wanting to expand into the anticipated economic recovery and a backlog of deals that had been delayed as a result of uncertainty caused by the pandemic and Brexit. We… Click to find out more

IFSL RC Brown UK Primary Opportunities’ strategy is unique to all other UK equity funds in the market because it focuses exclusively on equity raises. One small UK equity fund has a process built into its strategy that offers exposure “simply not available to the typical retail investor” and its manager is anticipating record amounts… Click to find out more

2021: The year of the equity raise We may still be in the early weeks of the new year but never have we been aware at this stage of the year of more equity raises, whether it be IPO’s or existing listed companies looking to raise funds. This is due to the combination of companies… Click to find out more

A month of further progress and performance for the Fund | 2020 – A difficult year for UK equities as we look to 2021 December can often be a relatively quiet month for fund raisings, however this month proved anything but. November’s positive vaccine news has given economies a way of out of the destructive… Click to find out more

A month that simply underlined the power of equities and why regardless of how bad the outlook may be, it is important to remain invested as the outlook can change at short notice, particularly given the unprecedented circumstances the world is experiencing.  Those investors waiting for brighter news-flow missed the most powerful early stages of… Click to find out more

UK equities have had a torrid time this year with all major indices across the cap spectrum posting double-digit losses, but the Aim index has bucked this trend with a positive return. Investors have been voting with their feet and the latest figures from Calastone reveal UK equity funds shed £358m during October, marking the… Click to find out more