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The chairman wants SmallBlue to become the Marks & Spencer of the financial services world

"Any chance of actually talking about Her Majesty's financial services industry this week?" I asked the chairman of the insignificantly sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we sat drinking in The Self-Indulgent Columnist. "I was under the impression we always did," he replied. "Although, in a week when SmallBlue Planet has undergone a £115 revamp of our corporate image, I'm disappointed you should imagine we would discuss anything else. So what do you think?" Such questions are always tricky to answer - doubly so when, as is usually the case, you haven't noticed any change to your ...

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