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[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…

Delaware is where it’s at

So all those hedge funds that are threatening to pull out of the UK and move to Switzerland amid the threat of more draconian EU legislation should really be heading for… beautiful downtown Delaware!

That’s according to the latest findings from the 2009 Financial Secrecy Index, 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…

Monte Carlo’s just not what it was, darling

It’s the Monaco grand-prix weekend, yah!

For the world’s illustrious celebrity, business and banking elite, that means getting on your private chartered plane or yacht, and taking yourself down to Monte Carlo for a weekend of boozy  hobnobbing and Dom Perignon-filled luncheons.  Presumably a little bit of grand-prix watching goes on too. More…