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Daniel Nickols
Old Mutl Glbl Investors(UK)Ltd, Old Mutual Fund Managers Ltd
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	FE Trustnet verdict Overall, performing better than the peer group composite. Over a long track record, the manager has, period by period, consistently managed to outperform the peer group. Good stockpicking has had a material positive impact on results, which have tended to be similar in rising and falling markets.

Manager profile

Daniel Nickols is head of OMAM's highly regarded UK mid and small cap equities team, and manages all UK small cap portfolios. He joined the company in 2001 when OMAM acquired Gerrard Investment Funds, where he was a smaller companies portfolio manager. He has been involved in smaller companies since 1995, when he joined Albert E Sharp, and has previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Deloitte & Touche. Daniel has a BA in Modern and Medieval Languages from Cambridge University, and is an Associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals.

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Daniel Nickols 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 11.4 years

+16.5%

Cumulative performance (% growth)

	1 year	3 years	5 years	7 years	10 years
Daniel Nickols	23.1	60.0	76.9	97.8	533.8
Peer Group Composite	18.1	36.1	36.1	38.3	235.5
Over / Under	5.0	23.9	40.8	59.5	298.3

Total return for Daniel Nickols

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 : Daniel Nickols

Discrete performance

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

Daniel Nickols	23.1	1.8	27.7	38.0	-19.9	-13.9	29.9	53.7	27.9	62.9
Peer Group Composite	18.1	-9.0	26.2	42.8	-29.9	-14.8	19.2	43.2	16.9	44.5
Over / Under	5.0	10.8	1.5	-4.8	10.0	0.9	10.7	10.5	11.0	18.4

Performance vs peer group composite: Daniel Nickols

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

9 years

out of a possible 10

Overall markets

Underperformed peer group composite

1 year

out of a possible 10

Rising markets

Outperformed peer group composite

6 years

out of a possible 7

Falling markets

Outperformed peer group composite

3 years

out of a possible 3

Funds currently managed

Fund	Sole/Co-managed	Sector	Periods

Old Mutual UK Smaller Companies Focus	Lead manager	FO Equity - Small Cap Europe	since Jan 14 2002 to present
Old Mutual UK Smaller Companies	Lead manager	UT UK Smaller Companies	since Jan 01 2004 to present

Funds managed previously

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