This time there is no guarantee

Citigroup Asset Management this week launched a buy/hold global equity fund to Hong Kong investors through its Salomon Smith Barney and Citibank channels. The hope is that retail investors will jump at the chance to buy something other than one of the many new capital guarantee funds that have hit the market in recent months. The fund is the first Asian registered vehicle in the Smith Barney Select Global range that work on the principle of buying and holding 30-odd stocks for a perio…