Global Smaller Companies Trust

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The Global Smaller Companies Trust plc
FormerlyF&C Global Smaller Companies plc
BMO Global Smaller Companies plc
Company type Public
LSE:  GSCT
FTSE 250 component
Founded1964;61 years ago (1964)
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Key people
Anthony Townsend (Chairman)
Website www.columbiathreadneedle.co.uk/the-global-smaller-companies-trust-plc/

The Global Smaller Companies Trust is a large British investment trust dedicated to investments in smaller companies on a worldwide basis. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. [1]

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History

The company was established as Alliance Investment in February 1889. [2] At that time, it invested in foreign government bonds, but refocussed on smaller companies in 1975. [3]

After F&C Asset Management secured the mandate, it became F&C Alliance Investment in February 1984, F&C Smaller Companies in January 1988 and F&C Smaller Companies in December 2005. [2] Following the acquisition of F&C Asset Management by BMO Financial Group, [4] it changed its name from F&C Global Smaller Companies plc to BMO Global Smaller Companies in November 2018, [5] and from BMO Global Smaller Companies to The Global Smaller Companies Trust in June 2022. [6] The chairman is Graham Oldroyd. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "FTSE 250 Index Factsheet". FTSE Russell. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Global Smaller Companies Trust". Companies House. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Three investment trusts that have stood the test of time". Trust.net. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "F&C to rebrand as BMO Global Asset Management". Money Marketing. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Foreign & Colonial name goes as F&C trusts and saving schemes adopt BMO brand". CityWire. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "BMO Global Smaller Companies shuns Columbia Threadneedle moniker in rebrand". Portfolio Adviser. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Graham Oldroyd". MCF Corporate Finance. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "BMO Global Smaller Companies". Trust.net. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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