Home bias: How to build a UK portfolio

The UK All Companies sector is defined by the IMA as funds that invest at least 80% of their assets in UK equities which have a primary objective of achieving capital growth. The sector will generally form the core of most portfolios. For a UK investor it makes sense to hold a proportion of assets in this country's stock market for several reasons: While there are strong arguments for global diversification and over time the UK may gradually become a smaller part of an investor's portfolio, the UK stock market is still one of the largest and most well run. The UK market is well u...