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Fund:

FTF Royce US Smaller Companies W Acc GBP
Sector:

IA North American Smaller Companies
Benchmark:

Russell 2000

Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment	30/06/20 to 30/06/21	30/06/21 to 30/06/22	30/06/22 to 30/06/23	30/06/23 to 30/06/24	30/06/24 to 30/06/25
FTF Royce US Smaller Companies W Acc GBP	39.29%	-2.69%	15.95%	6.05%	-8.60%
IA North American Smaller Companies	39.01%	-15.39%	9.55%	9.72%	-2.07%
Russell 2000	61.53%	-25.45%	11.82%	9.59%	7.27%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment	3 months	6 months	1 year	3 years*	5 years*
FTF Royce US Smaller Companies W Acc GBP	18.36%	-9.74%	-5.26%	4.75%	10.29%
IA North American Smaller Companies	16.62%	-11.34%	-2.95%	5.66%	7.19%
Russell 2000	17.41%	-2.07%	1.82%	9.27%	9.37%

Overview

Fund Objective: N/A

Manager name	Franklin Templeton Fund Mgt Ltd
Manager start date	01 January 2010
Manager Biography	Lauren A. Romeo, CFA, is a Portfolio Manager, Principal for Royce Investment Partners, investment adviser to The Royce Funds. She has more than 27 years of investment industry experience. Ms. Romeo joined Royce Investment Partners in 2004. Previously, she was a Portfolio Manager at Dalton Greiner, Hartman & Maher (since 2001), an Analyst with Legg Mason Funds Management (2000-2001), and an Analyst with T. Rowe Price Group (1996-2000). Ms. Romeo holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Investment style:	N/A
Region (geographical)	United States

Benchmark	Russell 2000
Sector	IA North American Smaller Companies
FE fundinfo Rating	3 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.	0.82%
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.	N/A
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: 237,175,941.69 GBX

Chart date: July 15, 2025

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security	Weight
Kw europe real estate plc ord npv	3.32%
Esco technologies inc	2.97%
Arcosa inc	2.89%
Marcus + millichap inc.	2.85%
Enovis corporation	2.83%
John bean technologies corp	2.83%
Korn-ferry international	2.83%
Catalyst pharmaceutical inc	2.77%
Mks instruments inc	2.75%
Bionostics sa	2.69%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors	Weight
Industrials	31.31%
Information Technology	13.42%
Health Care	12.65%
Consumer Discretionary	12.57%
Financials	10.25%
Real Estate	6.17%
Others	5.95%
Materials	3.76%
Energy	2.53%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	1.39%

World regions

World regions
Country	Weight
United States	96.24%
Canada	2.37%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	1.39%

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.

FTF Royce US Smaller Companies W Acc GBP