Salt provides party backdrop to thorny capital-raising

"If you like money, put your hands in the air!" bellowed a singer from the stage at the poolside party for Salt Las Vegas. Of the hundreds of hedge fund industry delegates attending the conference's Latin-themed gala dinner, not a single hand went up.   Possibly it was out of good taste, or because they were holding a drink in one hand and a freshly-rolled Cuban cigar in the other. One delegate was seen stirring his drink with an unlit cigar. As the night rolled into early …