Interesting article here about Nigeria, and an inpending oil war.

I came across this interesting tidbit on a Lehman insider.

There are some common questions and answers here on the Future of Hedge Funds.

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Finally, WhiteRock Says Markets May Be Rollercoastering but Recruitment is Accelerating. "There's never been a better time to look for a job on Wall Street, or the Asian financial markets," says Gustavo Dolfino, founder and chief executive officer of WhiteRock Group. And amazingly, there's never been a better time to be looking for talent either."

To understand why the recruitment business is booming even as the industry appears to be retrenching, one must understand that the overheated markets of the past few years have actually made recruiting more difficult.