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I helped bring in US bank stress tests. Now it is time to drop them

The time-consuming ritual risks misleading the public about the true health of the financial system

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How 60,000 people swam to Spanish territory

Migrants spent days preparing to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco

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How Leopold Aschenbrenner, the ‘golden child’ of the AI trade, was laid low

The $20bn hedge fund manager’s wild ride ended with a call to Ken Griffin

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Leopold Aschenbrenner vows to ‘fight another day’ after fund plunges 67% in July

Manager of AI hedge fund Situational Awareness tells investors he will learn from ‘very expensive scars’

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