Richest Asians move into banking.

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Britain's richest Asians are moving away from making their money in the fashion, retail and textile manufacturing industries and are branching out into banking and finance, according to the fifth annual edition of Britain's Richest 200 Asians published by Eastern Eye newspaper.

This year, the combined wealth of the people listed was estimated to be 9 billion [pounds sterling], with 500 million [pounds sterling] made in the finance sector, an increase of 30 million [pounds sterling] on last year. Members of the wealthy set include: Anant and Vipin Shah, owners of Meghraj Bank; Goldman Sachs partner Girish Reddy; and Rana Talwar, group chief executive of Standard Chartered Bank and the first Indian...

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