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[GAIM conference 2010] The mirror crack’d

One of the more interesting things to watch at the GAIM hedge fund conference in Monaco this year – more for light, than heat, truth be told – was Mike Novogratz, one of the founders of the giant Fortress Group, More…

[GAIM conference 2010] Mammon and Montrachet

What do eastern mysticism, violence, mammon, and am dram have in common? They are all dinner and drinks topics of conversation amongst hedge fund managers in Monaco.

Networking – or at least, meeting old colleagues – is half the reason, More…

[GAIM conference 2010] ‘We’re here to take risks’

The weather is wanting here in Monaco:
 
On the plus side, bright sunlight is probably not what everyone needs right now, after a night propping up the bars of Monte Carlo’s hotels.

(On an entirely unrelated note, More…

GAIM dispatch: the hedge fund outlook

The GAIM conference in Monaco – the largest annual gathering of the hedge fund conference circuit – is suffused with an air of quiet caution this year. Even at last year’s conference, after the fall of Bear Stearns, More…