Barry Norris: Why there is a 'strong moral case' for investing in fossil fuel

'I was right about vaccines'

Lauren Mason
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Lauren Mason talks to Argonaut CEO Barry Norris about some of his more controversial opinions.

"Everything I have said about Covid vaccines has been absolutely right, and far ahead of the official narrative. But I never expected a victory lap because people have a problem with contrarians - they find them upsetting, and even more so when they end up getting it right," Barry Norris told Investment Week. The fund manager, CIO and CEO at Argonaut has cut a controversial figure over the last two years, following his staunch belief that putting the UK into lockdown was "the biggest policy error since World War One" and the short book of his VT Argonaut Absolute Return fund being popula...

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