River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap trust toasts UK consumer staples

New set of investment opportunities

The UK consumer staples market has returned to a strong position post-lockdowns and continues to represent a solid investment proposition despite future uncertainty.

Speaking to Investment Week, manager of the River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap trust George Ensor said the difficult outlook for the sector during the first lockdown had provided the trust with a new set of investment opportunities, which have since recovered and performed well for the fund. River and Mercantile to launch strategies with net zero as a 'core focus' "We came across some really interesting opportunities through Q2 of last year, where some businesses needed to come to the market and raise capital," he explained. "They had fallen from being small caps into micro cap. They ...