On a seasonably cold Monday night in Manhattan earlier this month, four hedge fund managers--who oversee more than $20 billion in assets between them--gathered in a private back room of The Modern, Danny Meyer's bustling, upscale restaurant adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art. They dined on Alaskan king crab salad and foie gras terrine, beef tenderloin with butternut squash, venison loin and chestnut petit beurre. Over several bottles of wine, they discussed big spending and big banks. Even Meyer himself made a table-side appearance at the end of the two-and-a-half-hour meal to discuss his various restaurant ... (full story)