Darius McDermott: Are UK small-caps the big recovery opportunity?

Resiliency has been the buzzword for UK smaller companies in the past four years. The left-right combination of ongoing Brexit uncertainty and the global pandemic could justifiably floor any small company - as ongoing concerns impact both sentiment and liquidity - and the early days of Covid were particularly challenging for the sector. Fast forward seven months and, while the market is by no means back to normal, UK smaller companies have proven their ability to survive. During the sell-off, UK equities fell more than 30%, according to data from FE Analytics, but it is the smaller, n...