Telling a public business manager that their proposed strategy is crap and if they keep implementing it you'll use the financial system to go against them is not illegal. Otherwise the jails would be cramped with hedge funds employees.

Regardless, you asked what the question was, I gave you the question. Whether he decides to answer it honestly, dishonesty or not answering at all its a different story. A good journalist/communicator should ask the question anyway and press within reason to get the answer.