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LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng told leading bankers, insurers and asset managers he was “confident” that his economic strategy would work, stressing the need for close cooperation with the Bank of England. The pound touched an all-time low of $1.0327 on Monday and British government bonds sold off at a ferocious pace as investors lost confidence in Prime Minister Liz Truss’s new government following a fiscal statement from Kwarteng on Friday. “I’m confident that with our growth plan and the upcoming medium-term fiscal plan — with close co-operation with the Bank — ou…