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A Congressman Considers a Hedge Fund Job

January 4, 2008

After 37 years as an elected official, U.S. Rep. Richard Baker said he is considering leaving congress to take the lead as President of the Managed Funds Association, the main lobbying group for the hedge fund industry. In order to avoid any conflicts of interest, the Republican who was elected to his LA based congressional […]

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Better to be Tough

November 26, 2007

A new study by University of Chicago suggests that tougher personality traits drive more success than traits like teamwork or flexibility. The study detailed personal assessments of 313 CEO job candidates (225 were actually hired) whose performance drove the study’s conclusions. The data was collected by ghSmart, who does much of its work for private-equity […]

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Striking a Balance

October 16, 2007

Long hours are the standard within the hedge fund industry. In our survey of hedge fund insiders we asked the participants about their work and personal life balance. Now, we realize this is a subjective measure but, at the same time, it couldn’t be more important to long term job satisfaction. We found that: 15% […]

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Fishing Across the Pond

October 9, 2007

London is positioning to become the financial captial of the world, led by the $100 billion in foreign investment pouring in from the Middle East, India, China and the United States. All this investment activity has fueled a sky-high cost of living in the UK and made finding top performing hedge fund players even more […]

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