abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth (ticker: AUSC) was launched in 1993 and initially run by Edinburgh Fund Managers. In 2003, after a period of poor performance, it switched its management firm to Standard Life, which is now part of abrdn. Harry Nimmo looked after the portfolio from 2003 to his retirement at the end of 2022, building up an excellent track record of outperformance using a proprietary stock selection method dubbed The Matrix which focuses on quality, growth, and momentum factors. AUSC is now managed by Abby Glennie and Amanda Yeaman, who worked alongside Nimmo for many years and ...