Incisive Views from Professionals
From Milken Institute: Ray Dalio in discussion with Robert Kegan of Harvard Graduate School of Education (59 minutes in total) A radical approach to people development: Radical truth (including mistakes and weaknesses) and radical transparency (tape everything, make the tapes available to everyone). A meritocratic approach. Millennials would find Bridgewater a perfect place to work […] Read more »
By Taylor Pearson, with an introduction by Simon Kerr of Enhance Consulting Introduction This essay has been published on HFI (with permission) not because it mentions two familiar names/brands from the hedge fund industry (Ray Dalio and Bridgewater, and Peter Thiel of Clarium Capital). Rather, a number of constructions that are key to successful […] Read more »
By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight Increasingly, large hedge fund groups have to be structured in how they address staffing issues. Nearly a year ago Citi Prime Finance commissioned research for a paper titled “Exploring the Concept and Characteristics of People Alpha” – the result of having surveyed 24 large and medium-sized […] Read more »
By Ariel Markelevich, Ph.D., CMA, and Leena Roselli for Financial Executives Research Foundation, Inc. Based on recently published financial information, Merger and Acquisition (M&A) activity has been on the rise since 2009 with 2013 activity volume valued at $2.9 trillion-the highest since 2008’s $3.1 trillion mark.1 This upward trend has continued into the first […] Read more »