The chairman mulls over why so many of his fund managers choose to leave the company
"I'm really going to miss this place," said the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as he surveyed the empty tables at Schroder Soul, a tiny rhythm and blues club that's been around about a decade but is now on the brink of closing because it's not fashionable to go there any more. "Yes," I agreed. "I was speaking to the owners just now and they told me it's nowhere near as popular as it once was and so it's just not economically viable to keep open any longer. It's a bit of a shame but at least it's only a bar. I mean, can you imagine what would happe...
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