Value style shines in US small caps sector

Funds that performed well in the US Smaller Companies sector over the past five years used a value style approach. Aggressive strategies that invested in companies with smaller market capitalisation did not prove to be successful over the long term. Rather companies that had quality earnings and were on the larger market capitalisation end of the small companies sector were the top performers. The Parvest US Small Cap fund has performed very well over a five-year period, achieving second place among its peers, although not without a fairly volatile ride up and down the percentile rankin...