"That's twice in the last month - where were you last Friday?" I asked the chairman of the improbably-sized investment company Prandeamus Asset Management when I dropped by to see him this week. "Not another Brexit-related flashback, I hope?"
"No, this time it was more physical than mental," sighed the chairman, hoisting his left leg onto his desk and revealing the plaster-cast on his ankle. "I'm very sorry to see that," I sympathised. "What happened?" "I'd really rather not talk about it," the chairman replied. Before I could push him further on the question, he ploughed on: "And it couldn't have come at a worse time - I'm frantically busy at the moment." "Good one," I laughed. "No - I'm serious," the chairman insisted. "Really?" I said. "Not selling funds, I presume?" "You presume right," the chairman nodded. "But there'...
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