COMPANIES Lord Skidelsky, the historian and biographer of John Maynard Keynes, is planning to quit the board of a hedge fund that lost most of its value after investing in Russian assets, including the Moscow-based Wild Orchid lingerie chain.
Another eminent figure planning to leave the board of Frankfurt-based Wermuth Asset Management’s Greater Europe fund is Garret FitzGerald, the 83-year-old former Irish Taoiseach, who has health problems.
