Unearthing the council leader's hedge fund link
We talked in passing - just a couple of posts ago - about the strong relationship between prominent London hedge fund players and the Conservatives.
We mentioned Kit Malthouse - who's deputy mayor of London and at the same time the finance director of Alpha Strategic, a company which invests the profits of hedge fund operators.
Alpha Strategic was set up by Colin Barrow, Conservative leader of Westminster Council.
A little eerily, one of my colleagues has dug up this story about him today. Read the story here.
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