A good fund manager shows humility

Gosling's Grouse

'You should write a column about arrogant fund managers,' the managing director of a leading investm...

'You should write a column about arrogant fund managers,' the managing director of a leading investment management company said to me recently. 'You could go on for pages,' said the sales director. 'It's shame you've only got half a page each week.' Everyone I've mentioned this to since has had the same answer, 'I could name a few.' Except, of course, fund managers. I related this tale to one I know, who in the view of many people who have either worked or dealt with him, is an arrogant manager. The look on his face was a picture. 'What do they mean?' he said. 'The trouble with these pe...