Fund Objective

The Invesco Perpetual UK Strategic Income Fund aims to produce an above average income with capital growth.

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The UK equity market ended August comfortably in positive territory, as reflected by the 5.0% rise in the FTSE All-Share index. Other FTSE indices also had a strong run over the month, with the FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and FTSE SmallCap ex IT rising by 4.9%, 6.3% and 4.9%, respectively. A softening in commodity prices, M&A activity and hope that the US economy may be in better health than previously expected were just a few of the reasons behind the UK equity market's robust performance over August.On the economic news front, consumer price inflation came in at 4.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in July versus 3.8% y-o-y in June — more than double the target rate of 2% and the highest reading since records began in 1997. Meanwhile, July retail sales unexpectedly rose by 0.8% month-on-month (m-o-m) after falling by 4.3% m-o-m in June, while July unemployment (claims for jobless benefit) rose the most in 16 years, by 20,100 to 864,700.Both pieces of data were supplied by the Office for National Statistics.

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