Schroder UK Equity toasts outperformance

The fund aims to achieve consistent, low-risk, capital growth by investing in UK companies with strong profits growth prospects. It combines bottom-up stock selection to generate high alpha, with portfolio construction to maintain low volatility. The fund manager, Simon Brazier, said: “When I took over the fund in June 2006, I wanted to take full advantage of Schroders’ research capabilities and make the fund less index-constrained. I also increased the number of stocks which I believe has helped to improve the diversification of risk within the portfolio. “Whilst markets remain uncerta...