Verition is navigating an inflection point that has been a hurdle for many rivals over the years. Success in the hedge fund world leads to more assets and bigger teams, but that growth can dilute and warp the secret sauce that first drove strong returns and culture. Verition, now $14 billion with more than 500 investing professionals around the world, has surpassed the head count and AUM checkpoints that previously bedeviled firms like Balyasny, Schonfeld , and Brevan Howard, which all dealt