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John McClure
Premier Asset Mgmt, Unicorn Asset Management
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	FE Trustnet verdict Overall, performing better than the peer group composite. Over a long track record, the manager has outperformed the peer group more often than not. Good stockpicking has had a material positive impact on results, which have tended to be similar in rising and falling markets.

Manager profile

John has specialised in investing in UK smaller companies for over 20 years. He manages the Unicorn UK Income Fund and the smaller companies portfolio within the Acorn Income Fund. He also co manages the Unicorn Free Spirit Fund with Fraser MacKersie and the Unicorn Smaller Companies and Outstanding British Companies Funds with Chris Hutchinson. Before joining Unicorn AM in July 2000, John was responsible for running smaller company portfolios at both Granville and Guinness Flight Global Asset Management Limited. Prior to this he managed funds at United Friendly Assurance and Hermes Asset Management.

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John McClure is a FE Trustnet FE Alpha Manager who has maintained a consistently high alpha score over a proven track record in rising and falling markets.

Annualised total return over 13.4 years

+12.2%

Cumulative performance (% growth)

	1 year	3 years	5 years	7 years	10 years
John McClure	32.1	80.4	104.5	87.5	379.2
Peer Group Composite	21.0	39.3	39.1	37.0	221.5
Over / Under	11.1	41.1	65.4	50.5	157.7

Total return for John McClure

Rolling Alpha Quartile:

Discrete three year periods

Rolling Alpha Quartile shows a manager's alpha score in quartile terms, plotting his or her risk adjusted performance against all other managers in the UT & OEICs universe. The best managers are those who are consistently ranked in the first or second quartile.


Quartile 1
Quartile 2
Quartile 3
Quartile 4

0-36m

12-48m

24-60m

36-72m

48-84m

Discrete calendar year performance : John McClure

Discrete performance

	0-12m	12-24m	24-36m	36-48m	48-60m	60-72m	72-84m	84-96m	96-108m	108-120m

John McClure	32.1	0.7	35.6	55.2	-26.9	-17.0	10.5	33.6	7.2	78.4
Peer Group Composite	21.0	-1.3	16.7	36.9	-27.1	-13.7	14.1	32.2	14.8	54.6
Over / Under	11.1	2.0	18.9	18.3	0.2	-3.3	-3.6	1.4	-7.6	23.8

Performance vs peer group composite: John McClure

How a manager matches up against his peers gives you some idea of how talented he is. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.

Overall markets

Outperformed peer group composite

7 years

out of a possible 10

Overall markets

Underperformed peer group composite

3 years

out of a possible 10

Rising markets

Outperformed peer group composite

5 years

out of a possible 7

Falling markets

Outperformed peer group composite

2 years

out of a possible 3

Funds currently managed

Fund	Sole/Co-managed	Sector	Periods

Acorn Income	Co-managed	IT UK High Income	since Feb 11 1999 to present
Unicorn Free Spirit	Co-managed	UT UK All Companies	since Dec 31 2001 to present
Unicorn UK Smaller Companies	Co-managed	UT UK Smaller Companies	since Jul 15 2002 to present
Unicorn UK Income	Lead manager	UT UK Equity Income	since May 24 2004 to present
Unicorn Outstanding British Companies	Co-managed	UT UK All Companies	since Dec 08 2006 to present

Funds managed previously

Fund	Periods

No previously managed funds

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