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Scottish Mortgage: Covid-19 is no 'black swan'

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Gavin Lumsden talks to Tom Slater, co-manager of the £10bn Scottish Mortgage Trust, who says the pandemic was utterly predictable but that the economic shock has accelerated positive changes such as the end of carbon energy and the electrification of transport.

15 May 2020 English United Kingdom Investing Citywire

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