“Hedge funds, the most immoral investment vehicles I can think of.”
Regular contributor Frankpantzaris comments on our Analyst’s article, The best way to gain exposure to hedge funds.
“The political uncertainties following the Arab Spring are grave. It's by no means clear that in the medium and longer terms the climate for business will be as positive as is hoped in the article. If fundamentalists end up dominating Egypt and Libya, for instance, there could be a Dom Mintoff and Malta type of situation where investors end up losing their shirts. The jury is still very much out on this issue. In the end it will likely be a very mixed situation across the Middle East, with considerable growth only in some markets. For the fund managers the complex overall scenario will provide some major headaches.”
Reader roger.noel.smith reflects on an article from earlier this year outlining the pros and cons of investing in frontier markets.
“Spreadbury is either very brave or very stupid to do this. Either way I think Fidelity are arriving a bit late at this party.”
It seems tomorchard586 is not convinced about star Fidelity manager Ian Spreadbury’s plan to launch a global high yield fund.
“Pity that Blackrock does not currently put into practice on its managed funds what it preaches.”
One reader isn’t convinced by BlackRock’s call for greater industry transparency.
What you’ve been saying this week
02 March 2012
Over the past seven days our readers have been up in arms over the “immorality” of hedge funds, Spreadbury's latest offering and BlackRock's call for greater industry transparency.
By Lora Coventry,
Senior Reporter, FE Trustnet
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