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Rees-Mogg take note: politics and investment don’t mix

Whatever Somerset Capital Management does, it will be seen through a Brexit lens as long as Rees-Mogg is involved with the firm

Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative MP and co-founder of Somerset Capital Management
Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative MP and co-founder of Somerset Capital Management Photo: Getty Images

We have had more evidence this week that politics and business do not mix well. Particularly when it’s politics of the Brexit variety.

Somerset Capital Management, the $10bn emerging-markets fund manager founded by Brexiteer politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, set up a Dublin-based feeder fund in March so “offshore clients” can invest in one of its emerging-market income strategies.

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