Company: The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT)
Date: 21st October 2026
Time: 11am
Location: Zoom
Company description:
The European Smaller Companies Trust aims to turn investments in Europe’s dynamic smaller businesses into capital growth. Evidence* shows that smaller companies have historically achieved greater growth, as a group, than their larger peers. That’s why the trust’s team of expert managers harness regional experience and diverse information sources to find Europe’s undiscovered and promising businesses. Alongside long-term growth, ESCT offers regular income in the form of quarterly dividends. The trust aims to deliver at least 5% of its Net Asset Value (NAV) each year as income.
Speaker’s bio:
Ollie Beckett, Fund Manager
Ollie Beckett is a Fund Manager of The European Smaller Companies Trust and is also on the European Equities Team at Janus Henderson Investors. Ollie first joined Henderson as an assistant portfolio manager for European equities upon the firm’s merger with AMP Asset Management in 1998 and was named fund manager in 1999. He moved to the Global Technology Team in 2000. He left Henderson in 2003 to pursue other interests before returning to his current role with the firm in 2005.
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