UPDATED 8/10/04: Gartmore’s Company Men

Who says you can’t run a successful hedge fund franchise within a traditional money management organization? Gartmore is doing just fine, thanks.

“There’s a long line of people telling me I’m crazy,” says Roger Guy.

All around the world, from London to New York to Singapore, portfolio managers, bankers and research analysts are fleeing financial behemoths to join or set up their own hedge funds, lured by the freedom and -- these are not charities, after all -- the prospect of enormous wealth.

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