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Anyone brave enough to launch a new fund management firm amid the chaos of the last 12 months was ...

Anyone brave enough to launch a new fund management firm amid the chaos of the last 12 months was bound to catch the eye of James Caan, business mogul of Dragons' Den fame. Caan's view that "it is the right time to invest when is everyone else is leaving the room" meant when a mutual acquaintance introduced him to Insynergy founder and CEO Spike Hughes, he was more than intrigued by the business plan he looked at. "He is one of those people who wants you to observe the masses and do the opposite, where the opposite is the right thing to do," says Hughes of his new friend and business m...

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