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Croquet Monsieur
When Nicolas Sarkozy - or president bling-bling, as he is apparently known in New York - took charge of France last year, the local media teased him for being too healthy for his own good.
Apparently, he was one of the first French heads of state to get his cardio from jogging, as opposed to strolls through the mountains. But Société Générale Asset Management showed no sign of playing up to its national leader when it hosted an annual croquet evening on its roof garden near the Tower of London. IFAs will be gratified to know SGAM’s staff took some time off from winning returns to knock a few balls through an arcane arrangement of hoops, to the sound of "oohs" and "aahs", smelling faintly of Pimms. Perhaps Monsieur Sarkozy will nationalise SGAM to put an end to this quaintness.
