This sector has benefited from more favourable market conditions in Europe recently, and the average...
This sector has benefited from more favourable market conditions in Europe recently, and the average one-year return for the Equity Europe ex-UK sector has been around 26%. Smaller companies funds have benefited from the upturn in market sentiment - and possibly, as noted in the S&P Europe sector update, an increase in investor appetite for risk - and have seen average returns over twice that of their large-cap focused counterparts. Although the funds in the small-cap sector number only eight, they are all ranked within the best 15 performing funds in the Europe ex-UK region over the period...
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