Fund buyers have said they are increasingly turning towards more specialist funds as they seek alternative sources of yield and/or uncorrelated returns in anticipation of more rocky markets in 2018.
The micro-cap sector is often deemed synonymous with higher risk: that the smaller the company, the greater the associated risk warnings.
IA UK Equity Income sector average down 3.9%
FTSE 100 stabilising following sell-off
Those adapting to disruptive environment
Letter to FTSE All-Share members
Choices in sector have narrowed
Alternative routes to dividend income