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Mutual fund analysis firm Morningstar has put BlackRock's top-rated UK Special Situations fund under review following the news on Wednesday morning that Richard Plackett, the firm's head of UK small and mid-cap stocks who has managed the fund since 2004, is to retire.
Morningstar currently rates the fund "Gold", the top notch in its five-point scale.