Reuters – Eyes glued to the screen 14 hours at a time, no lunch breaks, on call 24 hours a day, buying, selling and settingnew trends is the busy image that comes to mind of a hedge fund manager.
But put that workaholic image away and picture these people playing polo, cricket, parachute jumping, laser shooting and watching The Who, one of the world’s most famous music bands, while sipping Pimms.
On June 7 and 8 at HedgeStock (www.hedgestock.co.uk), a charity event at Knebworth — the country estate North of London — organised by hedge fund advisory company Albourne Partners, that’s what you will see.
“What we’re going for is an Edinburgh Festival type of feel in that at any one time there are a load of different things you can do,” said Simon Ruddick, Albourne’s managing director. “We’re going for the work hard, play hard theme.”
HedgeStock is expected to attract more than 4,000 hedge fund managers, investors and bankers from around the world, making it one of the world’s biggest hedge fund events.
