Barrick CEO blasts 'hysterical' fund managers chasing quick cash
Barrick CEO blasts ‘hysterical’ fund managers chasing quick cash Barrick CEO Mark Bristow. Credit: Barrick Gold Corp. Investors are undermining the gold industry’s ability to grow by demanding a bigger share of profits from high bullion prices, according to the CEO of the world’s second-largest producer. “Fund managers just bash the table and want money — they’re not interested in this industry reinforcing its foundations,” Barrick Gold Chief Executive Officer Mark Bristow said in an interview Wednesday. “Then they turn around and get hysterical when a host country demands ...