Given the ups and downs of stock markets, it’s easy to forget the longer-term case for investing in smaller companies - we look at four reasons why it may be a good idea.

CTS Eventim was founded in the late 1980s in Munich, south Germany, and came to the stock market via an IPO in 2000.

It’s often forgotten but the European economy is one of the biggest in the world and includes some of the most dynamic companies.