Nasser was astonished; this was the first time he had heard of any special fund.

纳赛尔大吃一惊，他从未听说过有什么特别基金。

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This is not the first time a hedge-fund manager has taken a knock yet retained his credibility with investors.

对冲基金经理碰壁后依然信誉无损，他并不算第一人。

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"It's almost as if you're a car dealer and there was a devastating crash", says one executive at a fund of hedge funds. "now people for the first time want to know what's under the hood."

“好像你是一个汽车经销商，而这儿发生了一起灾难性的交通事故”，一位基金经理人说道，“现在人们第一次想要弄清楚幕后到底是如何运作的。”

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Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund expect the world economy to shrink this year for the first time since World War Two.

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"It is the first time that Africa is now giving money back to the Global Fund.

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The government is being careful because more than two-thirds of Buy Korea investors are first time mutual-fund buyers.

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This is the first time that a mutual fund is in the position of "breaking the buck" for individual investors.

NPR: Lehman Fallout Hits Money Market Fund

All this gives fund managers neat trends to work with for the first time in months, as upbeat fund performance data show.

WSJ: Strong Start to 2013 Hints at Revival for Currency Funds