Windy City Finance Biz Lures New Yorkers

Hedge fund says prices, lifestyle win converts
By News Dude,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 23, 2007 2:51 PM CDT
Windy City Finance Biz Lures New Yorkers
The Chicago Board of Trade building is seen 10 July, 2007 in...   (Getty Images)

If a Chicago-based hedge fund goes public, can it relocate East Coast talent to the Windy City? Citadel Investment Group, which is signaling interest in an IPO, says many New Yorkers fall in love with the city. Yet some still give it the cold shoulder:  "A lot of people in New York still believe anything west of the Hudson [River] is the wilderness,"  says one exec.

But Chicago's low prices and calmer lifestyle have won converts. One Citadel worker called his spouse "very much a Manhattan girl" before they moved, but now, he says, "she won't leave."  One Chicago Mercantile Exchange chair claims that a Western, "risk-taking" attitude boosts financial innovation. Yet some risks, such as boosting returns with leverage, have proven dicey. (More Chicago stories.)

Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X