The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Henderson Investment Funds Limited. It is co-managed by Henderson Global Investors Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United Kingdom. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in growth stocks of small cap companies. It employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach, focusing on factors such as management quality, financial structure, balance sheet, cash flow, and earnings to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the NUMIS Smaller Companies (ex Investment Companies) Index. The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc was formed on December 16, 1887 and is domiciled in the United Kingdom.