In his final moments, he was comforted by his wife Dagmar and several nuns, his secretary was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.

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"We definitely take the intervention risk into account when investing in a currency, " says Dagmar Dvorak, director of fixed income and currency at Barings.

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Rooms are filled with local art collected by the current matriarch, Dagmar Meneghello, whose daughter Romina manages the property, and this pair of friendly eccentrics lend the place lots of character and soul.

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"We've held a substantial long position in the Mexican peso since the beginning of the year, which has done very well, and we're going to keep that for the time being simply on fundamentals and attractive valuations, " said Dagmar Dvorak, an investment manager of fixed income and currencies at Baring Asset Management in London.

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