Small caps

Long-term capital growth through specialist small-cap investing

Our approach

Small caps offer access to a broader and less efficiently priced universe than large-cap equities. With fewer analysts covering many companies, active investors have greater opportunities to uncover overlooked businesses and generate long-term alpha. They can also provide valuable diversification within equity portfolios, helping investors look beyond the market's largest companies.

Small-cap investing is one of our longest-standing investment capabilities. For more than three decades, our specialist team has built deep company knowledge through fundamental research, long-term relationships and active ownership.

How we invest

Small cap specialist since 1990

For more than three decades, our specialist team has built deep company knowledge through fundamental research, long-term relationships and active ownership.

• Generate alpha through disciplined stock selection
• Portfolios focused on high-conviction ideas
• Track records spanning more than three decades

Quality at an attractive price

Clients benefit from our consistent, structured and transparent investment approach aimed at achieving long-term value. Our bottom-up investment philosophy is founded on four core beliefs.

• In-depth analysis of the business and its management
• Taking a long-term perspective and not afraid to be contrarian
• Looking for a margin of safety between price and intrinsic value
• Engaging with management on strategy, operations and ESG

Research-driven active ownership

Our specialist team uses bottom-up research to understand the companies we invest in, the markets they operate in and the management teams leading them.

• Identify opportunities overlooked by the wider market
• We have around 400 company calls and meetings per year
• ESG fully integrated into our investment process

Strategy overviews

Meet our team

Jan Willem Berghuis

j.berghuis@vanlanschotkempen.com

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Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management (UK) Limited is registered in England & Wales with registration number 02833264. Registered office at 20 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0BG Tel: +44 (0)20 3636 9400. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management (UK) Ltd, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with reference number 166063.

There’s a saying in Dutch, Kom verder, it means many things and it’s our business philosophy. It captures the way we work with clients but also the way we steer our investee companies to deliver shareholder value through active engagement.

Capital at risk. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise, and investors may not get back the amount originally invested. Past performance provides no guarantee for the future.