Should investors stick with UK defensives as austerity bites?

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Clive Beagles, manager of the £880m JOHCM UK Equity Income fund, has warned classically defensive stocks could be dangerous prospects for the next 12 to 18 months as fiscal austerity takes its toll on the UK economy.

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