Diss and distribution

The chairman defends his right to launch a distribution fund in the Shameless Bid for Publicity

"You know, I had no idea you were so busy last year," I said to the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we drank pints of Hippo Market in the Shameless Bid For Publicity. "What do you mean?" snorted the chairman. "2003 was an absolutely terrible year. So OK, if you look at it in terms of simple returns, it was pretty decent from an investment point of view - and that's jolly nice and everything. But in terms of actual marketing - which, let's face it, is what it's really all about - it was a nightmare." "And yet," I said, "somehow SmallBlue Planet ...