Sector Weightings
Weightings as at 31 May 2020
| FTAS (XIC) | NSCI (XIC) | ASCOT | |
| TOTALS | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| OIL & GAS | 9.1% | 4.2% | 2.9% |
| Oil & Gas Producers | 9.0% | 3.0% | 2.5% |
| Oil Equipment, Services & Distribution | 0.1% | 1.2% | 0.4% |
| Alternative Energy | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| BASIC MATERIALS | 8.6% | 7.6% | 3.9% |
| Chemicals | 0.8% | 2.0% | 0.0% |
| Forestry & Paper | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Industrial Metals & Mining | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 7.3% | 4.6% | 3.9% |
| INDUSTRIALS | 12.7% | 21.7% | 32.5% |
| Construction & Materials | 1.6% | 4.7% | 7.1% |
| Aerospace & Defence | 1.7% | 3.0% | 1.7% |
| General Industrials | 1.3% | 1.8% | 2.1% |
| Electronic & Electrical Equipment | 0.9% | 2.8% | 5.7% |
| Industrial Engineering | 1.0% | 2.1% | 4.0% |
| Industrial Transportation | 0.3% | 2.0% | 2.3% |
| Support Services | 6.0% | 5.4% | 9.6% |
| CONSUMER GOODS | 17.1% | 9.1% | 6.4% |
| Automobiles & Parts | 0.0% | 1.2% | 2.4% |
| Beverages | 4.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% |
| Food Producers | 0.8% | 3.0% | 2.5% |
| Household Goods & Home Construction | 4.3% | 1.7% | 1.5% |
| Leisure Goods | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Personal Goods | 3.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% |
| Tobacco | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| HEALTH CARE | 12.7% | 3.2% | 4.0% |
| Health Care Equipment & Services | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.8% |
| Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology | 11.5% | 2.2% | 2.2% |
| CONSUMER SERVICES | 13.2% | 19.7% | 23.1% |
| Food & Drug Retailers | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| General Retailers | 2.5% | 4.4% | 5.1% |
| Media | 4.0% | 5.9% | 8.4% |
| Travel & Leisure | 4.3% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| TELECOMMUNICATION | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1.0% |
| Fixed Line Telecommunications | 0.6% | 2.2% | 1.0% |
| Mobile Telecommunications | 2.0% | 1.3% | 0.0% |
| UTILITIES | 3.7% | 1.9% | 0.0% |
| Electricity | 0.8% | 1.9% | 0.0% |
| Gas, Water & Multiutilities | 2.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| FINANCIALS | 19.0% | 23.5% | 20.5% |
| Banks | 7.6% | 1.3% | 0.0% |
| Nonlife Insurance | 1.1% | 3.0% | 0.3% |
| Life Insurance | 3.3% | 1.0% | 2.3% |
| Real Estate Investment & Services | 0.4% | 5.6% | 4.2% |
| Real Estate Investment Trusts | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.2% |
| Financial Services | 4.6% | 11.1% | 11.5% |
| TECHNOLOGY | 1.2% | 5.4% | 5.8% |
| Software & Computer Services | 1.1% | 3.7% | 5.8% |
| Technology Hardware & Equipment | 0.1% | 1.8% | 0.0% |
Notes:
ASCOT = Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc. The above weightings are calculated as a percentage of total investments.
NSCI (XIC) = Numis Smaller Companies Index (Excluding Investment Companies)
FTAS (XIC) = FTSE All-Share Index (Excluding Investment Companies)
Past performance is not a guide to future performance, nor a reliable indicator of future results or performance. Capital may be at risk as the value of investments can go down as well as up and is not guaranteed; therefore investors may not get back the amount originally invested.
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