who have seen a recent decrease the situation is similar, with as many wanting to see a further decrease in retail investment as would like to see an increase.
The average level of issued share capital held by retail investors is 14 percent. More than a third of IROs in companies with up to 10 percent retail ownership would like to see more retail investment in their company, while 60 percent are satisfied with the current level. Nearly half of IROs in companies with more than 20 percent retail investment would like to see such investors hold fewer shares in their company, while those with between 10 percent and 20 percent retail ownership are fairly split about wishing to see more or fewer shares held by retail investors.