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Multi-cap funds — which are expected to shuffle between companies across market caps to optimise investor returns — run the risk of missing out on a broader market recovery, with such funds showing heavy bias towards large-cap stocks in their portfolios.
According to the data from Value Research, average allocation of multi-cap funds to large-cap stocks was 71.8 per cent as of December 31, 2019. Mid-cap stocks accounted for 20.2 per cent of the funds’ investment, while the average allocation to small-cap stocks was a measly 8 per cent.
“If the broader market rally starts to play out at a
