Martin Vander Weyer Martin Vander Weyer

Gold-fixing is the last ghost of the old City. It won’t be around much longer

Plus: Who'd want their investments managed like a Tour de France team? And some cricket advice for Mark Carney

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issue 12 July 2014
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In a season obsessed with sport and personal misbehaviour — separately or in combination — the word ‘fixing’ immediately brings to mind ‘match-fixing’, as in ‘Two World Cup referees suspected’ of it, and ‘Former New Zealand cricketer banned for life’ for it, to pick at random from this week’s headlines.
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