As of October 08, 2018 Dunedin Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC has been acquired by Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust plc. Dunedin Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Aberdeen Fund Managers Limited. The fund is co-managed by Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited. It invests in the public equity markets of the United Kingdom. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in value and growth stocks of small-cap companies. The fund employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach, focusing on such factors as management, business focus, balance sheet, corporate governance, key financial ratios, and business prospects to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the FTSE SmallCap Index (excluding Investment Companies). The fund conducts in-house research to make its investments. Dunedin Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC was formed in 1927 and is domiciled in the United Kingdom.