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Investment trust analysts have slapped buy ratings on a number of smaller companies trusts, as recent selling opens up significant discounts in the sector.

Henderson UK Absolute Return fund

Top-performing Neptune mid-cap manager Mark Martin has been adding to ex-FTSE 250 companies following the latest index shake-up.

Fund managers are turning away from the IPO hype which has seen many companies list this year, to concentrate instead on ‘overshadowed' mid-cap stocks.

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Jupiter's Maarten Slendebroek

Active fund managers must rise to the challenge of a rotation into FTSE 100 stocks after years of outperformance, wealth managers have warned.

Mid-cap stocks have suffered a harsh and indiscriminate sell-off in recent weeks, and managers have pointed to liquidity concerns as a possible trigger for the falls.