All articles by Penny Guest
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The AXA man cometh
Axa’s Steve Smith beat seven bidders to the £2.1bn Co-operative Insurance Society portfolio. Penny Guest asks if the wild man of fund management isn’t a frustrated property chief at heart.
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Raynes world
London Merchant Securities does not do deals, funds its own developments and shuns publicity. Chief executive Robert Rayne tells Penny Guest why he is happy being different. Photographs by Toby Glanville
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Bouncing back
Having fallen out of favour with the press, the punters and the prime minister, former doorman Steve Thomas is rearranging the face of clubbing with his nightclub group Luminar. Photographs by Mischa Haller