Managers of the huge pools of unregulated capital called hedge funds had to pay only 15% tax while ordinary workers paid double, or more.

掌握不受监管的巨大资金池(称为“对冲基金”)的经理们只需缴纳15%的税，而普通工人的税赋则是他们的两倍甚至更多。

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Such double acts may find themselves less vulnerable to the reputational attacks that hedge funds often endured before the financial crisis. Making trouble has never been so much fun.

这种双重身份使他们发现不太容易遭受声誉损失，而对冲基金却难以幸免。

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New York City remains home to roughly double the number of hedge-fund managers as London, but the two centres increasingly stand head and shoulders above the rest of the world.

在纽约城则有两倍于伦敦的对冲基金管理人，对于这些人而言，纽约城仍然是他们的家。但是这两个中心日益齐头并进并远超过世界其他地区。

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New York City remains home to roughly double the number of hedge-fund managers as London, but the two centres increasingly stand head and shoulders above the rest of the world.

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This is apparent in the way that investors have continued to move into gold as a hedge against another possible double dip in markets in the next months.

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Ever-innovative financiers have given hedge funds new tools to double up their bets.

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