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Any adviser with a long term view would be foolish to ignore small cap opportunities, Resolution Asset Management warns.

Resolution Smaller Companies fund manager David Clark says while many investors are being “sucked into” large caps, smaller companies are still attractive. “I can understand why investors are nervous, but any properly diversified portfolio should have some exposure to small caps,” he says. Clark says the fund is struggling to take in money amid the current volatility. “People are worried, and I can understand that, they don’t know when the right time to get back in is,” he says. “It would not surprise me if money dries up in many funds on the retail side.” Clark says the small cap fund...

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