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"Shouldn't you be at the test match?" asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we met for a bottle of Yettanutha Sabbatical at The Foster Home. "We should both be at the test match," I replied. "Only we have this obligation to meet up at least once a week to discuss the joy that is Her Majesty's financial services industry." "Then the sooner we're done here, the sooner we can get down to the Oval," said the chairman. "So what would you like to talk about? The upcoming launch of the SBP VCT 27? The length of time Gartmore's multi-manager range ...

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