The Henley Group

[Flaps10]

What's their story? Anyone using/used them and have any advice?

I've recently been contacted by them in regards to helping to manage my provident fund.

As I've been rather lax in my own management of my p-fund I'm wondering if I should consider it.

[Loopdeloop]

There's a pilot in CX who had a really good regular investment page on the AOA forum showing what he was doing with his provident fund and when he was changing funds/currencies etc. I think he's an ex-financial guy and seemed to be doing a really good job.
Unfortunately the new website seems to have excluded that page but if you ask around I'm sure you'll find someone who knows who it is and can point you in the right direction.

[Dan Winterland]

The best financail advice for a pilot is to see what your colleagues are doing with their money, then do the exact opposite.

We're cr@p when it comes to investments.

[FlexibleResponse]

Henley only wants to put their hand into your pocket...absolutely no other reason. Whether you win or lose is of no consequence to them.

They get to gamble with your money and they get their start-up and annual fees either way.

Learn about investing and do it yourself. At the very least you will get the dubious pleasure of losing your own money, rather than have some charlatan doing it for you.

[freightdog188]

who the føck gave these folks all our phone and contact details? few things piss me off more than unsolicited calls but some tw@t trawling intraCX for crew phone numbers would be one of them...

[rick.shaw]

Got cold called quite a few times by this crowd. When asked where or from whom they got my number, they simply refused to say(sorry, that's confidential etc.). They knew exactly who I was, who I worked for and my rank. Wonder where that information came from???? Needless to say, I told them not to call me again.

[Frogman1484]

They cold called me. Told them to get stuffed and to never call me again. Have not been called by the again.

Aparently they get our details from fellow pilots that go and see them. Friend of mine got into an argument with them because he refused to give him mates names and contacts.

Personally i would avoid all groups like them!

[bigjames]

strongly advise you to avoid like a CB

[rick.shaw]

In fact, didn't their main man belong to Bridgewater at some stage? Don't hear many good things about them these days either.

Flex - you're probably right. May as well do it yourself!

[Yeager]

They are f@cking annoying thats a fact

[HaveQuick]

In summary then, run away, then run some more.
Bridgewater became Tyche I think, same deal - run away.
They get paid regardless of results...:=

[welliewanger]

I was contacted by them too. Decided not to invest with them as they were too proactive in their sales technique. Quite spooky how they found me!

[Flaps10]

That's what really raised a red flag with me, they were very aggressive, calling almost daily. I finally told them nicely to "go away".

[goathead]

Henley group , FPI , HSBC , are all the same , just financial parasites taking there cut with no active management nor planning nor any friggen idea .....all the f###en same , muppets dressed in suits not giving a rats arse at the end of the day , they deliver a lot of spin and BS , with charts for this and that etc etc
But at the end of the day they are just parasites....

[India Four Two]

I'm not in Hong Kong and not a commercial pilot - I work in the oil industry. However, I and my colleagues routinely get cold calls from people wanting to invest our money for us ;)

One call I received was from a quite polite guy, and since I was not busy, I thought I would humour him for a while. We finally reached the point where he told me he could get me into low-risk, special investments not available to the the general public.

"Like what?", says I, innocently.

"The Royal Bank of Scotland".

"You mean the bank that single-handedly, nearly brought down the Western financial system?"

End of conversation.

This particular salesman worked for a company that features prominently on a website called Pissed Consumer (http://www.pissedconsumer.com/) :eek:

Very interesting reading.

Caveat emptor, chaps.