15 NOVEMBER 1968, page 27

High-performance Operators

MONEY NICHOLAS DAVENPORT The investment world is going mad about `per- formance.' In the old days the manager of a trust fund would set himself a modest goal— to preserve......

Backing The Man

PORTFOLIO JOHN BULL Sir David . Brown's shipbuilding and engineering firm, Vesper, has been badly jolted by some heavy losses (announced last week). But be- cause I believe that......