Bolton wonderers

The chairman considers the possibility of cloning the industry's star fund managers

"Since Fidelity's decision to chop young Bolton's fund in two has not exactly been universally welcomed across Her Majesty's financial services industry, might we not say the group is facing a bit of a 'splits crisis'?" said the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we met in some venue whose name escapes me. Needless to say, he was trying – and largely failing – to keep a straight face for the joke he'd no doubt been working on since our last meeting. "I think it's probably for the best if we mightn't," I replied. "But it's certainly an interesting s...