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Charity caseHave you, like me, ever wondered whether the trading world is just a little too self-centred? Everyone seems to be so obsessed with making their own fortune that there is so rarely a thought for the little man, the poor, the disadvantaged, or, say, a single veteran journalist who only needs to borrow a few quid for a couple of weeks to cover an unfortunate lack of liquidity caused by a freak result in the 3.30 at Kempton Park. Well, help might be at hand for the day trader with a keen sense of injustice, as I hear about a new arcade in London called Traders Clearing Alliance (though that should be Traders' Clearing Alliance I would have though - I am rather pedantic about the use of an apostrophe, especially when it comes to collectives). Anyway,...

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