I write to you before leaving for Singapore a financial centre made famous by the trader Nick Leeson – machismo trading personified. Have you noticed there are no trading or financial scandals involving women – no Fox of Wall Street?

It’s the summer holidays and we read of teenage Islamic terrorists in Spain. A college principal offered the following words from a judge who regularly deals with youth.

There is a quite a debate in the US about Rajat Gupta, and whether now out of prison for insider trading, he should or should not be welcomed back to the Indian community. Ajit Jain, cousin of Anshu Jain, hosted a dinner for Rajat Gupta.

I write having hosted at the House of Lords the largest delegation of property developers from India ever to visit the UK. All the major construction firms and also financiers were there and just a few days before Independence it was good to...

In one sense it is ironic India should celebrate Independence Day. It is after all a civilization older than its former Imperial masters. A country born not 60-odd years ago but a nation 5000 years old. To celebrate a blip in its recent history...

No, I do not mean the US President. The Government liked the idea of promoting what a Dealmaker does on a day by day basis. So I thought I would pick a day where all I was doing was not the day job of running a fund, but my Government role full...



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