Schroder International Selection Fund US Smaller Companies Impact B Distribution USD AV/  LU0052718862  /

The fund aims to provide capital growth in excess of the Russell 2000 Lagged (Net TR) index after fees have been deducted over a three to five year period by investing in equities of small-sized US companies whose activities the investment manager considers create positive social or environmental impact and which the investment manager deems to be sustainable investments. The fund is actively managed and invests its assets in: (i) sustainable investments, which are investments that the investment manager expects to contribute towards the advancement of an environmental or social objective linked to one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), and to deliver returns to shareholders over the long term, and (ii) investments that the investment manager deems to be neutral under its sustainability criteria, such as cash, money market investments and derivatives used with the aim of reducing risk (hedging) or managing the fund more efficiently. The fund invests at least two-thirds of its assets in a concentrated range of equities of small-sized US companies. These are companies which, at the time of purchase, are considered to be in the bottom 30% by market capitalisation of the US equities market. The fund typically holds fewer than 40-60 companies.

The fund aims to provide capital growth in excess of the Russell 2000 Lagged (Net TR) index after fees have been deducted over a three to five year period by investing in equities of small-sized US companies whose activities the investment manager considers create positive social or environmental impact and which the investment manager deems to be sustainable investments.