Fund managers restless for hedge fund excitement

Fund managers, like journalists, don't much like being introduced socially. "Meet So-and-so," beams the gushy hostess. "He's a fund manager too." You eye each other with barely concealed hostility, running through megabytes of mental RAM hoping to pick up the face or the name and match it to a fund, a story, reported performance, scandal, promotionŠ something to give a steer on rank. The counterparty is doing the same Mostly you drift away as soon as is decently possible and find someone outside the business to talk to. Imagine then, a dinner full of fund managers. At least I landed an El...