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As the FSA investigation into split caps disappears up its own investment fundamentals, the Chairman reminisces

"Is it just me or has the FSA's investigation into what some naughty boys did way back when in and to the split cap sector ended with a bit of a whimper?" I asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we enjoyed a pint or two of Release Roderick at The Seven Seditious Splits From Caesarea. "Oh, I suspect it might be just you, old boy," the chairman replied. "From where I'm sitting, the investigation ended at precisely the right volume." "Yes, I noticed your name was missing from that final list of people who have agreed not to perform assorted cur...

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