Hedge Funds Mull Leaving London

Discussion in 'Professional Trading' started by ASusilovic, Mar 31, 2009.

  1. At the start of this week, and in the run-up to the G20 summit in London, Stuart Roden of Lansdowne Partners, Michael Hintze of CQS and Stanley Fink of ISAM vowed to fight against the threat of too much intervention. Crispin Odey of Odey Asset Management said: "We don't have to be in London."

    Against this backdrop our Contributing Editor, Simon Kerr, spoke to CNBCs Europe Tonight, last night (30 March 09), about whether or not too much intervention in the form of increased regulation and a harsher tax regime - could result in fund managers leaving the UK.



    http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1078045246&play=1

    "Good" news for Mr. Brown and U.K. economy...
     
  2. London is finally turning into a wasteland:

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