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Still Want to Invest With George Soros?

Bummed that George Soros has closed his fund to outside investors and will no longer use his 2 and 20 from your cash to destroy America? The SEC has been thinking about your problem, and have come up with something that could be good both for your PA and for your love life.
Solution: marry George, or one of his children or nephews. If that doesn’t sound very appealing, you could also keep your eye out for any “lineal descendants (including by adoption, stepchildren, foster children, and, in some cases, by legal guardianship) of a common ancestor (who is no more than 10 generations removed from the youngest generation of family members).”

Under new SEC rules, that will let you invest with George without subjecting him to irksome regulations. On the downside, your shiftless relatives can’t co-invest, and you’re out in the cold again if you get divorced.

[T]he new rules are causing a commotion with family offices, who used to be able to serve in-laws, distant cousins and even ex-wives of the family but now can’t. …

For instance in-laws no longer count as family — which may be happy news

India's new currency symbol

The new symbol of the Indian rupee is seen in this handout photograph after it was approved by India’s cabinet July 15. India’s cabinet on Thursday approved the adoption of the new symbol after holding a competition that drew more than 3,000 entries, which were evaluated by a deputy governor of the central bank as well as artists and designers.