14 % of respondents believe that insider trading practices
in the alternative investment industry have become less
prevalent since the FBI arrested Raj Rajaratnam and scared the bejeezus out of everyone, a noticeable drop from January 2016 when 25 % of respondents felt this way; 37 % of respondents think the news of arrests and convictions there has had little impact on insider trading because those who engage
in such practices think they are smarter
than everyone else and will never get caught, compared with 39 % of respondents
in 2016; and 49 % of respondents believe the influx of money into funds
in recent years and the explosion
in the number of hedge fund firms has put enough pressure on fund managers that there will always be a few desperate enough to try anything, including insider trading, a significant increase from the 36 % of respondents who felt this way
in the Roundtable's previous survey on this topic.
The more
than 30 works
in the Modern Wing's Abbott Galleries inaugural exhibition speak from the artist's enduring concern with the natural world — specifically seascape, landscape, light, and flora — themes that have become increasingly
prevalent in recent years.