Hedge Fund Titans Rattled by US Trade Turmoil Eye Mideast Cash

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When David Solomon admitted to Ken Griffin that hopes for a surge in companies going public this year had so far been miserably unfulfilled, a nervous laugh rippled through the room.

That wasn’t even the grimmest dose of anxiety at last week’s gathering in Abu Dhabi, which drew hedge fund titans eying a slice of the Gulf city’s riches.