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About Bill Blain

About Bill Blain

Bill Blain is CEO of Wind Shift Capital Advisors advising clients on alternative asset investments, and author of Blain’s Morning Porridge – his say-it-like-it-is market commentary. He is a well-known market commentator, and a practising investment banker in the alternative private debt and equity sector. His clients include sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, insurance and pension managers, credit funds and family offices.

Golden Oldie

Egypt…

Egypt…

Originally published November 2021. Back in the mists of my own pre-history, I was given the The Big Book of Egypt on an early birthday. It was full of drawings, diagrams and...

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Alternative assets

All that glisters is not gold

All that glisters is not gold

Originally published March 2021. The collapse of Greensill involved a predicable cast of unwise enablers, but it should serve as a warning to the growing number of alternative...

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Golden Oldie

The tail that wags the dog

The tail that wags the dog

Originally published in April 2021. “Daddy was a bankrobber, but he hurt nobody. He just liked to live that way, stealing all your money…” As Greensill and Archegos roil markets...

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The Fund Manager

On a wind and a prayer

On a wind and a prayer

The UK’s sailed through many a rough patch and come out all the better – so Brexit’s not a worry! But why the hell can’t we win the America’s Cup? After too many years in the...

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