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SVM Balanced Managed Fund is a diversified portfolio of interesting specialist funds designed to provide long-term growth. The Fund will hold around 15% fixed interest and cash. The Fund will be in the IMA Balanced Managed sector and will be invested in areas that do not move in line with the major equity markets. The Fund will consist of a highly diversified portfolio of international equity funds including developing markets, that in the managers' views will deliver the best returns over the next 5-10 years. The remainder of the Fund will focus on more defensive asset classes such as fixed interest, property and absolute return vehicles. The Fund is managed by Donald Robertson and Colin McLean who have managed the highly successful SVM Global Fund plc Investment Trust since launch in 1991.

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Full details as at 30 June 2008

Latest Fact Sheet (July 2008)

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(Details as at 30 June 2008)

	Price	Date
Retail Share Class	97.23 p	22 Jul 2008
Institutional Share Class	97.28 p	22 Jul 2008

The prices for the funds are calculated at 12 noon each day. The funds operate on a forward pricing basis.

Please note that the above prices are for information purposes only and are not necessarily the price at which the funds can be bought or sold.

The fund was launched on 15 May 2008.

SVM has won the following award:

Lipper Fund Awards 2008
Best Overall Group – Equity Small category

The SVM Balanced Managed Fund has the following rating:

Source & Copyright: CITYWIRE. Colin McLean is AAA rated by Citywire for his 3 year risk adjusted performance for the period 30/06/2005 - 30/06/2008

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SVM Balanced Managed Fund Managers - Donald Robertson and Colin Mclean

Donald is a qualified accountant with in excess of 20 years' investment and financial experience. Prior to co-founding SVM, he worked at Ivory & Sime, one of the largest independent fund management companies. His fund management responsibilities include investment trusts, derivatives/structured products and speciality finance.

Colin has over 30 years' investment experience and is widely regarded as one of the UK’s top stockpicking analysts. Prior to establishing SVM Asset Management in 1990, he held senior positions with three major financial institutions. He was Head of Investment of two UK life assurers, FS Assurance and Scottish Provident, before being Managing Director of Templeton International’s European operations. His sector responsibilities include UK banks, insurance and mining.

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The Fund's aim is to achieve a total return through investing in a highly diversified asset structure where the maximum exposure to equities is limited to 85% of the value of the Fund's portfolio. The Fund will invest principally in investment trusts and units in collective investment schemes (which may themselves invest in alternative assets such as private equity, property and hedge funds) and other transferable securities. The remainder of the Fund will be invested in bonds, cash, deposits and money market instruments.

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	SVM Balanced Managed Fund A
	IMA Balanced Managed Sector Average

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Source: Lipper, mid to mid, UK net, to 22/07/2008.
Past performance should not be seen as an indication of future performance.

14 May 2008

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S&P Fund Rating A Report - SVM Balanced Managed Fund

	One month	2008 yr to date	One year	Three years	Five years	Since launch
	%	%	%	%	%	%
SVM Balanced Managed Fund A	-0.9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.2
Benchmark Index	-5.8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-7.0

Source: Lipper Hindsight, Balanced Managed, mid to mid, UK net, since launch to 30/06/2008. The Fund was launched on 15 May 2008. Past performance should not be seen as an indication of future performance. The value of an investment may fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the amount originally invested. Currency movements may cause the value of your investment to fall as well as rise. All performance data refers to the Retail share class.

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