Fast-growing "funds of hedge funds", which spread investment among a number of hedge funds, gave new investors an easy (if expensive) way in.
If there is going to be a shift away from Brussels inwards, why not a shift to spread investment and growth more evenly around the country?
Though this figure was just a drop in the ocean compared to the wages paid by other American sports, MLS hoped that the model would allow them to spread investment evenly throughout its teams and increase competition.
In turn, four of the five trustees are political insiders who apparently brought to their new jobs a politician's habit of using public money to reward cronies, spreading investments around more to gain friends than to make money for the trust they represent.
"We take this kind of peanut butter approach of spreading investment dollars around very thinly, without targeting them".
If the "ownership society" means anything, it means spreading investment income more widely -- a laudable goal, if achievable.
Jaguar Land Rover is spreading investment across its operations, which are mostly in the central part of England, known as the Midlands.
Ageing in China will curb its saving and a spreading investment boom in emerging markets will soak up what is left.
One type is the mutual fund wrap, in which a consultant advises clients on how best to spread their investments across a slate of funds.
