By Polly Fergusson Smaller companies will not attract the attention of fund managers because of l...
By Polly Fergusson Smaller companies will not attract the attention of fund managers because of liquidity concerns despite expectations that they will outperform the FTSE All-Share Index for the third consecutive year. Findings from the fourth annual KPMG survey of UK fund manager sentiment towards UK Smaller Quoted companies shows that institutional investors remain the key source of funding for small companies. But institutions are failing to invest in smaller companies, leading to lower valuations and a lack of access to reasonably priced funding. Neil Austin, a partner at KPMG, sa...
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