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A remark made about his hip has brought Insight Investment's Stuart Alexander out fighting

"There may be trouble ahead," I said to the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we sampled a few pints of Buckley's Chance at The First Interesting Hiring In Years. "We've had a complaint." "What's all this 'we' business, journo boy?" replied the chairman. "Don't think I've forgotten last week's little tantrum. Still, tell me all – I could do with a laugh." "I've received a letter from Stuart Alexander, the boxer and, so he says, a director of Insight Investment," I continued, not rising to the bait. "Apparently he's taken amiss a remark I made a c...

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