Cross, Mundy and Plackett reveal special sits picks

EQUITIES

clock • 5 min read

Charlotte Richards talks to three managers about the stocks driving their outperformance.

It is a label that covers a wide range of mandates, but ‘special situations’ funds comprise a large portion of the IMA UK All Companies sector’s best performing funds. Investment Week finds out where the opportunities and value can be found in times of economic uncertainty. Anthony Cross Co-manager of the £758m Liontrust Special Situations fund     It is clear we remain in a challenging economic environment which is restricted by the deleveraging process and characterised by, at best, low growth in the UK and Europe. During the second half of 2012, however, we began to see a ...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Investment

Trium Capital's Donald Pepper: Tariff tide reveals those swimming uncorrelated

Trium Capital's Donald Pepper: Tariff tide reveals those swimming uncorrelated

'Conventional diversification no longer provides adequate protection'

Donald Pepper
clock 30 April 2025 • 4 min read
Event Voice: Your questions answered by FSSA Investment Managers at the Emerging Markets Conference

Event Voice: Your questions answered by FSSA Investment Managers at the Emerging Markets Conference

Angus Sandison, Investment Analyst, FSSA Investment Managers
clock 24 April 2025 • 3 min read
US M&A spending jumps 50% in March as deal volume declines

US M&A spending jumps 50% in March as deal volume declines

Near 6% drop in number of deals happening

Eve Maddock-Jones
clock 23 April 2025 • 1 min read
Trustpilot