>> The quant hedge fund world is possibly the area where secrecy hurts the most. Cool comment, thanks. I always assumed that the secret world of spies, secret

>> The quant hedge fund world is possibly the area where secrecy hurts the most. Cool comment, thanks. I always assumed that the secret world of spies, secret organizations and their technology development was more inefficient than the secret corporate worlds? Because (a) CIA et al have the same problems and (b) they aren't even limited by having to earn money -- they can even stamp embarrassing foul ups as state secrets!