JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust - Very strong performance track record

JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC) was launched in 1990 and aims to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified portfolio of small-cap European equities. The investment process involves screening the c 1,500 company universe to construct a relatively concentrated portfolio of 50-75 positions in firms with positive fundamentals and reasonable valuations. JESC has a very good investment track record, outperforming its benchmark over one, three, five and 10 years. It has also performed strongly versus the average of its four peers, ranking second over one, three and five years and first over the last 10 years, where its NAV total return is 23.6pp higher than its closest peer.