Make millions, lose millions, who cares, what’s the point of it all?...
Update:
A reader let's us know that FT Alphaville had lots of detail:
...Or it could be that the man just needs a break? The FT story describes a somewhat unhealthy work-life balance:...MUCH MORE
When Greg Coffey goes on holiday, the 42-year-old Australian trading star at hedge fund Moore Capital Management takes his work with him – in a very literal sense.Once he checks out of Moore’s offices in the posh Mayfair district of London, a team of technicians starts to dismantle his workstation.They deconstruct Mr Coffey’s serried ranks of screens and trading terminals, carefully catalogue and pack the scattered detritus of his desk, and then fly the collected contents to wherever Mr Coffey is holidaying.It is the turbocharged, hedge fund equivalent of the hastily checked BlackBerry on a beach: Mr Coffey’s desk is recreated ready for him to sit down at while his family sleeps, or in between black ski runs....
