Hedge Funds That Backed Trump Enter Washington, Demands in Hand

·         From Mnuchin to Mercer, industry figures gather clout in DC

·         ‘The screed of hatred’ is over, fund manager Scaramucci says

Donald Trump, the candidate, was blunt: “Hedge fund guys are getting away with murder.”

But Donald Trump, the President-elect, is going a bit easier on the hedge funders -- to huzzahs from the industry.

In Trump, hedge-fund types are finally getting their day in Washington. One of their own, Steven Mnuchin, is even a contender for Treasury secretary.

It’s a remarkable turnabout for a business that, at its height, came to symbolize an era of Wall Street hyper-wealth. After a painful run of scandals and investigations, industry veterans now hope Trump will bring a softer touch to the financial industry, if not rehabilitate its reputation.

“That nonsense is ending: the anti-banking cabal and the screed of hatred for people that live on Wall Street,” Anthony Scaramucci, a well-known money manager who is on the transition team, said last week following Trump’s victory.

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