It’s true, according to a county official, two hedge fund service providers based there and the New York Post.
An increasing number of financial firms, especially private equity and hedge funds, are fed up with New York’s sky-high city and state tax rates and are relocating to the business-friendly climate in Florida’s Palm Beach County.
And they’re being welcomed with open arms — officials in Palm Beach recently opened an entire office dedicated to luring finance hot shots down south.
But wait, you say: Didn’t another Rupert Murdoch newspaper recently tell me that all of the hot young hedge funds want to be in New York because lazy institutional investors aren’t interested in driving to Connecticut (or, presumably, flying to Florida) to meet with them? And wasn’t that story backed up with statistics and interviews with several actual hedge fund managers? Read more »
