"This is an opportunity to participate in the current wave of investment strategy, which is to invest globally," Mr. Fabbri said.

Most investors can learn from a fund's name that it owns stocks of smaller companies, or invests globally, or combines stocks and bonds in one portfolio.

There are also "strategic" bond funds, many of which invest globally rather than solely in the UK.

While he said that there was no argument for investing heavily in one region or another, Mr. Brown said it still made sense to invest globally.

Although the Council invests globally, there is a strong focus of investing in Abu Dhabi's economy.

Prior to founding Henley, Friedman was a hedge fund investor, and invested globally across multiple sectors.

"Sophisticated investors invest globally."

The "liquid" funds that invest globally in debt, currency, stock and commodity markets and derivatives had net returns of 13.7 percent.

It invests globally, looking for strong businesses with above-average returns.

Tamares invests globally in a number of different private and public companies, and in real estate properties.