Horizon Aircraft announces research on investment allocation over next 12 months

New Horizon Aircraft publishes new global research that indicates fund managers that invest primarily in small-cap and micro-cap stocks believe there will be an increased level of exposure to small and micro-caps from both institutional and retail investors over the year ahead. The global study with small and micro-cap fund managers in the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia with collectively $82.4 billion assets under management, found that 76% of respondents anticipate the level of exposure to small and micro-caps from institutional investors to increase over the next six to 12 months. One in three fund managers believe allocations could increase by 25% or more. The findings also reveal that 83% of fund manager respondents expect retail investors to increase their allocation of small and micro-caps over the next six to 12 months. Over half of respondents believe that the allocation could increase by more than 25%, and one in eight believe that exposure to small and micro-caps could rise by more than 50%. One in three fund managers describe the current level of exposure from institutional investors to both small- and micro-caps as being underweight, with 21% of respondents describing the allocation to micro-caps as being “slightly underweight” and 11% describing it as being “extremely underweight”. Institutional investors’ current level of exposure to small-caps and micro-caps is described as being overweight by 4% and 23%, respectively. A similar picture is seen with retail investors, with fund managers describing this group’s allocation to small-caps and micro-caps as being underweight and as being overweight