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Premier Miton US Smaller Companies B Acc GBP
Sector:

IA North American Smaller Companies
Benchmark:

Russell 2000

Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment	31/03/20 to 31/03/21	31/03/21 to 31/03/22	31/03/22 to 31/03/23	31/03/23 to 31/03/24	31/03/24 to 31/03/25
Premier Miton US Smaller Companies B Acc GBP	84.36%	-16.12%	-15.39%	12.04%	-6.94%
IA North American Smaller Companies	69.22%	0.08%	-6.26%	17.13%	-7.85%
Russell 2000	94.19%	-6.07%	-11.98%	19.19%	-4.37%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment	3 months	6 months	1 year	3 years*	5 years*
Premier Miton US Smaller Companies B Acc GBP	-19.41%	-9.99%	-3.61%	-3.12%	2.96%
IA North American Smaller Companies	-20.68%	-13.83%	-9.00%	0.26%	7.02%
Russell 2000	-13.69%	-11.75%	-1.55%	2.87%	8.66%

Overview

Fund Objective: The objective of the Fund is to provide capital growth over the long-term, being five years or more. Five years is also the minimum recommended period for holding shares in this Fund. This does not mean that the Fund will achieve the objective over this, or any other, specific time period and there is a risk of loss to the original capital invested.

Manager name	Premier Miton Investors
Manager start date	30 September 2024
Manager Biography	Alex Knox joined Premier Miton in August 2024 from Federated Hermes where she worked for 15 years as a manager of the US SMID Equity fund from August 2009 to July 2024. Prior to this she was a fund manager in the Aviva Investors UK Small and Mid-Cap team (2000-2005). Alex is a Chartered Accountant.

Investment style:	Growth
Region (geographical)	United States

Benchmark	Russell 2000
Sector	IA North American Smaller Companies
FE fundinfo Rating	1 of 5

Fees & charges

Fees and Charges

Fees and Charges
Charge	Who receives this?	What is it?	Amount
Initial charge:	The fund manager	Charges applied by the fund management company for investing in their fund. Please note that Investment Managers may charge each time you buy new units or shares in a fund or trust. Where Investment Managers would have an entry charge, we will negotiate to have it waived so you will not be charged.	N/A%
Ongoing Charges:	The fund manager	The annual charge paid to a fund manager to cover the costs of running the fund. It is an estimate based on the actual amount charged in the previous year.	0.97%
Performance Fee:	The fund manager	A performance fee joins up the interest of the fund manager and their investors. A performance fee is taken when the fund beats pre-set conditions.	0%
Typical transaction cost:	The fund manager	The costs of dealing within a fund, which the Investment Manager must pay to continue managing the assets. This includes where the Manager decides to sell one stock and buy another. The costs will vary from one fund to another based on how often the Investment Manager trades and the costs applied when trading.	0.188%*
Dealing commission:	Halifax	The cost of buying or selling some or all of your investment.	£9.50 (per online trade)

*This is an indication based on the market average. The fund’s actual transaction cost will be shown before you place a trade.
Account charges are not included
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Breakdown

Asset Allocation

Fund size: 28,277,612.17 GBX

Chart date: April 29, 2025

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security	Weight
Carpenter technology corp	3.23%
Enerpac tool grp corp	3.03%
Esco technologies inc	2.83%
Palomar holdings, inc.	2.81%
Lantheus holdings, inc.	2.77%
Kinsale capital group inc	2.62%
Healthequity, inc.	2.52%
Graphic packaging hldg co	2.34%
Apollo medical hldgs inc	2.18%
Osi systems inc	2.11%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors	Weight
Industrials	27.00%
Health Care	22.76%
Information Technology	15.83%
Consumer Discretionary	8.50%
Financials	8.38%
Materials	7.67%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	4.38%
Consumer Staples	3.22%
Real Estate	2.26%

World regions

World regions
Country	Weight
North America	95.62%
Money Market	4.38%

ESG

What is ESG?

ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and is an approach for evaluating to what extent a company works towards social goals. For investors this can be used in order to understand how their funds and the assets they are made up of work towards these goals and use that information to help make sustainable investment choices.

Premier Miton US Smaller Companies B Acc GBP