Acorn Income Fund (AIF) is relatively unusual in that it seeks to generate a high income from investing predominantly in smaller companies, a sector more often seen as high-growth and lower yielding. The fund has a dual-portfolio structure, with c 70-80% invested in a portfolio of up to 50 well-financed, cash-generative UK small-caps (biased to those under £500m market cap), and the balance in an income portfolio of securities such as bonds, investment companies and structured notes. Wh
06 Jun 2018
Income and growth with UK small-cap bias
Income and growth with UK small-cap bias
- Published:
06 Jun 2018 -
Author:
Sarah Godfrey -
Pages:
8
Acorn Income Fund (AIF) is relatively unusual in that it seeks to generate a high income from investing predominantly in smaller companies, a sector more often seen as high-growth and lower yielding. The fund has a dual-portfolio structure, with c 70-80% invested in a portfolio of up to 50 well-financed, cash-generative UK small-caps (biased to those under £500m market cap), and the balance in an income portfolio of securities such as bonds, investment companies and structured notes. Wh