It’s the holiday stretch following a freaky weird year as folks tie a bow around 2008. As we in Minyanville pride ourselves in offering the financial news you need to know before you know you need it the following thoughts are top of mind as we begin to ready our fresh set of forward-looking expectations.  Is an overhaul of financial services compensation—from mutual funds to hedge funds to broker dealers—too “easy” to include as a top-tier theme? What about an organic two-for-one split in the number of hedge funds in existence? Will 2009 see the seismic readjustment to bring equity ...