Salient to Investors:

Paul Tudor Jones at Tudor Investment apologized for saying that women cannot compete with men as macro traders after having children, that you will never see as many great women investors or traders as men, and women often turn their focus to raising children at a crucial time of life for learning about markets and trading. Jones said his comments were with regard to global macro traders, who are on-call 24/7, and life events, such as birth, divorce, death of a loved one and other emotional highs and lows are obstacles to success in this specific field of finance.

Rothstein Kass said the Women in Alternatives Hedge Index returned 9 percent in 2012 through September versus a 2.7 percent gain for the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index.

Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-24/tudor-s-jones-apologizes-for-remarks-on-female-traders.html

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