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The chairman ponders the recent Special Situations fund vote over a pint at The Next Manager Please

"Did Fidelity have Saddam Hussein managing their PR for the recent Special Situations fund vote?" asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment group SmallBluePlanet as we enjoyed a few pints of Jupiter's Special Situation at The Next Manager Please. "It's not out of the question," I replied. "Although I should imagine he's got one or two other things on his mind at the moment. Why do you ask?" "Oh, no particular reason," lied the chairman. "It's just that I was quite impressed by the way they managed to notch up a 97% score both in favour of splitting the fund into two and al...

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