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Meera Patel , senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, says the change of name for the Investec UK Special Situations fund better reflects its strategy...

Special Situation funds have proven popular in recent years as they offer investors something away from the mainstream with a bit of spice and potential for greater reward. The trouble with the more popular funds is they have grown in size over the years dwarfing other equally good funds with decent managers. I recently highlighted the Rathbone Special Situations fund in this column for the same reason that it remains an overlooked fund by many investors yet it is still small and nimble in size. I am going to stick to the same theme but feature the Investec UK Special Situations fund ...

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