Time for Darwinian evolution
Hedge funds are at a critical stage in their evolutionary development. If they do not now step up and take control of their destiny, they may find external forces drive them to at worst, extinction, or at best, a very different structure to what they are now. It is now clear that the confluence of public opinion, political thinking and a perceived threat to global stability is forcing hedge funds to make some difficult and probably long overdue changes to the way they behave.
In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Funds cannot afford to dismiss public opinion, fuelled by a less than well informed media, as inconsequential to their operations. The vast majority of people may not understand hedge funds but that does not stop them
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