Industry shaken to the core as star manager falls back down to earth

Moving on from Neil Woodford's downfall

Beth Brearley
clock • 2 min read

Last week, the industry watched the final moments of the complete collapse of a star manager, with mixed feelings of shock, sadness, anger and a sense of inevitability.

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