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If you ever wondered what Wall Street holiday parties were like, here you go. Parties thrown by PIMCO in London and Credit Suisse in Poland, where the bank has one of its largest back office operations, this year each had Great Gatsby themes, recalling the 1920s era of decadence and social change. PIMCO's featured a "flash mob" of dancers from a company called Brazilian Fantasy, while Credit Suisse's was full of young men and women in "Roaring 20s" garb. The dance floor at Credit Suisse's party was backed by a digital image of actor Leonardo DiCaprio holding a cocktail while portraying Jay Gatsby. PIMCO's other holiday party near its Newport Beach headquarters featured women in bedazzled snow-white angel costumes whose wings glowed with LED lights. Private equity firm Apollo's party, hosted in a Greek restaurant near Central Park, featured "live statues": humans standing completely still, painted to look like marble. They evoked images of Greek gods such as Adonis, Aphrodite - and, of course, Apollo. AQR Capital, the hedge fund firm run by Cliff Asness, had a carnival-themed bash at luxury Manhattan event venue Cipriani. One attendee's photo showed champagne being poured into a glass through a poof of nitrogen steam, and carried the caption: "Snakes, clouds, swords, oh my!" More here
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