This is just a short post - to tie in some loose ends I have.
I wrote yesterday about Barclays Global Capital.
I have written twice about a fraudulent hedge fund (New World Capital management) - see here and here.
Barclays has developed quite a business marketing hedge funds. They compile a ranking of hedge funds. Here is the current ranking of their currency funds.
Now here is my sting: at one stage New World Capital Mangagement was ranked Number One on Barclays Hedge fund rankings.
Sign up for Barclays Hedge and you go through the usual disclaimer stuff.
ReplyDeleteHere is the disclaimer you click to. Enough?
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