News

• Texas Teachers expands with Asia funds of funds

  04 Dec 2009

• Fort Worth adds $25 million to HFs

  04 Dec 2009

• Tyne & Wear halts hedge fund moves

  04 Dec 2009

• Aberdeen replaces Bramdean as UK's Hampshire readies $500m

  04 Dec 2009

• Boeing plans first direct move into hedge funds

  04 Dec 2009

• New York increases allocation with $50 million to Diamondback

  04 Dec 2009

• Teesside pension mulls HF allocation

  04 Dec 2009

• CalPERS review finds lapse in contracts

  04 Dec 2009

• Nestle hires for cross-border fund

  04 Dec 2009

• CalPERS redeems $343m

  04 Dec 2009

• Connecticut begins absolute return hunt

  04 Dec 2009

• New Mexico PERA adds two funds

  04 Dec 2009

• Havering pension fund issues RFP

  04 Dec 2009

• Philadelphia adds Mariner Caspian

  04 Dec 2009

• Nashville to issue long/short RFP

  04 Dec 2009

• Lambeth begins fund of funds search

  04 Dec 2009

• QSuper commits $100m

  04 Dec 2009

• Innocap grows managed account platform

  04 Dec 2009

• Liongate targets MENA with Dubai office

  04 Dec 2009

• HedgeMark jumps on managed accounts bandwagon with open, web-based platform

  04 Dec 2009

• JP Morgan starts alternative indices

  04 Dec 2009

• FoHF consolidation gets off to a slow start

  04 Dec 2009

• Krusen hires for platform build out

  04 Dec 2009

• LFG and Ganymede launch UCITS III platform

  04 Dec 2009

• Former Renaissance man enters FoHF arena with $350m multi-strategy vehicle

  04 Dec 2009

• Signet taps Fusion for hedge fund overlay

  04 Dec 2009

• Reyl adds managers to fast-trading vehicle

  04 Dec 2009

• London-based IAM hires two

  04 Dec 2009

• FRM launches high-net-worth product range

  04 Dec 2009

• Hermes BPK appoints senior analyst

  04 Dec 2009

• Kenmar to open London office

  04 Dec 2009

Features

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  UTIMCO tops 'A' List as single largest allocator to hedge funds in the US

  04 Dec 2009

  University of Texas Investment Management Company tops the new InvestHedge 'A' List survey of the US's largest hedge fund investors in absolute terms, but it is Duke Management Company, with a 59% allocation to hedge funds, that leads the polls in terms of largest percentage allocation

Profiles

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  Swedish pension fund for journalists blazes a high-return trail

  04 Dec 2009

  Investing pension assets is more akin to a marathon race than a short-distance sprint, and only a few have been in the run longer than PP Pension in Sweden

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  'Multi-capable' LGT puts its focus on bespoke solutions for institutions

  04 Dec 2009

  LGT Capital Partners has come a long way since launching its first fund of hedge funds on the six Swiss Exchange in 1997

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  NewAlpha scatters its seed widely ready for a rich harvest

  04 Dec 2009

  Antoine Rolland and Philippe Paquet are still vetting managers for their third-generation seeder fund, but already they are working on their fourth fund, Genesis 4

Performance

• Run of consecutive gains finally comes to a halt

  04 Dec 2009

• Commodities rally continues as equity markets stutter

  04 Dec 2009

• Russia, China shine in emerging markets

  04 Dec 2009

• InvestHedge medians and top-ten performance data

  04 Dec 2009

Events

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  Survival of the fittest to be rewarded at the InvestHedge Awards

  04 Dec 2009

  Like a phoenix, the fund of hedge funds industry is rising from the ashes - many players have been able to capitalise on the magnificent opportunities that the mercurial markets have offered

Comment

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  How can we learn from the ghosts of hedge funds past?

  04 Dec 2009

  The tale begins on Christmas Eve, eleven years after the death of Long Term Capital Management

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  A question of intellectual honesty

  04 Dec 2009

  Transparency - every institutional investor says they want it and every manager doubts that they will know what to do with it

Investors

• Boeing plans first direct move into hedge funds

  04 Dec 2009

• New York increases allocation with $50 million to Diamondback

  04 Dec 2009

• Teesside pension mulls HF allocation

  04 Dec 2009

• CalPERS review finds lapse in contracts

  04 Dec 2009

• Nestle hires for cross-border fund

  04 Dec 2009

• CalPERS redeems $343m

  04 Dec 2009

• Connecticut begins absolute return hunt

  04 Dec 2009

• New Mexico PERA adds two funds

  04 Dec 2009

• Havering pension fund issues RFP

  04 Dec 2009

• Philadelphia adds Mariner Caspian

  04 Dec 2009

• Nashville to issue long/short RFP

  04 Dec 2009

• Lambeth begins fund of funds search

  04 Dec 2009

• QSuper commits $100m

  04 Dec 2009

Mandates

• Institutional mandates: December 2009

  04 Dec 2009

  Guide to current hedge fund mandates

Data

• Top 10 funds by strategy over the past 3 months

  08 Dec 2009

• InvestHedge league tables Dec-09

  04 Dec 2009