Kazakhstan just one-upped George Soros

Reuters/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov Kazakhstan just one-upped George Soros. In an interview with Bloomberg News' Nariman Gizitdinov, Daniyar Akishev, the governor of the Kazkahstan's central bank, said the bank bet pulled out the British pound ahead of the Brexit vote. Akshev told Gizidinov the bank went long at 1.4350 pounds against the dollar, and then "fully exited" its position at 1.4920 — one day before the results of the vote crossed the wires. The pound plunged by about 8% in the immediate...