BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc (BRSC.L)

1,400.00 +12.00 (+0.86%) At close: 04:35PM BST

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc

33 King William Street
London EC4R 9AS
United Kingdom
011 44 020 7743 2253
https://www.blackrock.com/uk/individual/investment-ideas/investment-trust/blackrock-smaller-companies-trust

Sector(s): Financial Services
Industry: Asset Management
Full-time employees: 

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Michael Jonathan Prentis	Portfolio Manager	N/A	N/A	1957

Amounts are as of , and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in GBp.

Description

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched by BlackRock Fund Managers Limited. The fund is managed by BlackRock Investment Managers (UK) Limited. It invests in public equity markets of the United Kingdom. The fund seeks to invest in the stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors including support services, software and computer services, media and entertainment, construction and building materials, leisure and hotels, general retailers, mining, oil and gas, specialty and other finance, and information technology hardware. It was formerly known as the Merrill Lynch British Smaller Companies Trust plc. BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc was formed i 1906 and is domiciled in the United Kingdom.

Corporate governance

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc’s ISS governance QualityScore as of N/A is N/A. The pillar scores are Audit: N/A; Board: N/A; Shareholder rights: N/A; Compensation: N/A.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.