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The murky world of IPO allocations

OPINION: In the second of a two-part series, Brent Sheather looks at fund manager best practice.

Two weeks ago we looked at IPOs and, in particular, their performance relative to the market.

But there are two aspects of investing: return and risk.

In respect of portfolio risk, IPOs are generally bad news, in my view. That’s because IPO companies are often small, so the addition of an

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Brent Sheather Sun, 26 Sep 2021
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