Schroder small cap bias

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By Leo Bland Schroder UK Enterprise is seeing a bounce in its short-term performance on the back of ...

By Leo Bland Schroder UK Enterprise is seeing a bounce in its short-term performance on the back of the market's more optimistic view of UK economic growth. The unit trust has seen a sustained period of underperformance in recent times which is largely down to an overweight position in mid and small cap stocks. These were badly affected last year with the markets taking the view that the UK was heading for recession. With current consensus for a soft landing for the UK economy the outlook and the recent performance of small to mid-caps has picked up, boosting the short-term figures for Sc...

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