While the UK economy faces headwinds in 2017, the fund manager of BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (BRSC), Mike Prentis, believes that good companies with strong management teams are more than capable of coping with the uncertainty facing the UK. The degree of pessimism towards UK smaller company trusts remains high, as evidenced by the current discount on BRSC. Typically, this has been followed by a period of outperformance and Prentis believes that this time is no different. Therefore, thi
16 Jan 2017
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Blackrock Smaller Companies Trust PLC (BRSC:LON) | 0 0 0.0% | Mkt Cap: 606.8m
- Published:
16 Jan 2017 -
Author:
Saumya Banerjee -
Pages:
9
While the UK economy faces headwinds in 2017, the fund manager of BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (BRSC), Mike Prentis, believes that good companies with strong management teams are more than capable of coping with the uncertainty facing the UK. The degree of pessimism towards UK smaller company trusts remains high, as evidenced by the current discount on BRSC. Typically, this has been followed by a period of outperformance and Prentis believes that this time is no different. Therefore, thi