Colorado is a great place to be a hedge fund manager, according to Colorado hedge fund managers, and not just because of the fantastic mountain scenery and fresh air. The fact that the cream of the world's corporate chiefs descends on Aspen and Vail in chatty mood, ready to enjoy the skiing, may have something to do with it.

A roundtable of seven hedge fund managers and an auditor met in Denver this month to tell online press cuttings service Opalesque why they like working in the Rocky Mountain state.