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    A year of rejection notices from the Companies House censorship department

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  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
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    Lie back and think of England’s infrastructure

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  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
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    Don’t let your mouth write a cheque your ash can’t cash

  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
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    Private capital has raised more money than it has returned

    Returns for me; not for thee

  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
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    And in the darkness, charts aglow

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  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
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    Venezuela’s long and winding debt restructuring road

    There’s some forward movement though

  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
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    A billion dollars is probably the wrong price for Queen’s songbook

    I want to break free cash flow positive

  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
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  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
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    We found LTV in a hopeless place

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  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
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    Let there be gamma

    Zero-day options keep growing and growing and growing

  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
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    Getting into the weeds of active QT and UK fiscal rules

    Where’s your headroom at?

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