George Rushe

Trout Trading Fund, a massive mutual fund group catering to high net worth individuals, has been criticized by Chief Justice Austin Ward for preventing a member of the public from exercising his legal right to view its register of shareholders. But Mr. Ward cannot take action against the Bermuda-based company because, after a legal action was brought against the firm in an effort to force it to open up its share register, a Private Members' Bill was passed a month later in the House of Assembly, exempting Trout Trading from the provisions of The Companies Act 1981 that allows the public access to its register.

Local businessman George Rushe has taken a $650 million mutual fund group to court in an attempt to see its list of shareholders.Mr Rushe has asked Supreme Court to order Trout Trading Fund Ltd and its management company, Trout Trading Fund Management Company Ltd, to show him their share registers.