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...One enduring perk of working at BlueCrest, the London-based hedge fund led by billionaire trader Mike Platt, was the internal fund set up in 2011 to manage employees’ money as an incentive to retain talent...
...The pensive “From This Place”, written in the early hours on the day America elected Trump as president, features vocalist Meshell Ndegeocello moving from despair to hope; Gregoire Maret’s haunting harmonica...
...Smart reads Precarious metals Mike Nowak’s precious metals trading desk was a diamond fixture in JPMorgan’s crown, until one of his former employees turned on him and told US authorities about systemic...
...Harmonica-player Gregoire Maret is a haunting guest on Toots Thielemans’ “Bluesette”; vibraphonist Bill Ware a trenchant addition on Bobby Hutcherson’s “Farralone”....
...Ironically, chief executive Mike Gregoire launched his annual customer conference on Wednesday with the bromide that companies used to be “built to last” but now should be “built to change”....
...Grégoire Imfeld, head of family governance at Pictet Family Office Services, says: “The real challenge is how those families keep it alive,” he adds. “What happens once it is written?...
...There are soulful dirges, bendy boleros tinged with circus pageantry and rattle-along grooves topped by Ellis’ cool-toned sax and plangeant harmonica from rising star Gregoire Maret....
...Front-line guests, including Gregoire Maret and Jacques Schwartz-Bart on harmonica and sax, add extra subtleties of mood....
...Each piece adds an extra voice – saxophonist John Ellis and Gregoire Maret’s harmonica are among those featured. Sibelius’s “Valse Triste” captures the mood....
...This year’s big draw is a brace of concerts by the former Miles Davis pianist Herbie Hancock and his new touring band, featuring a subtly shaded trumpet and harmonica front line – Terence Blanchard and Gregoire...
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