Investors

• UBS man Webb appointed as Baylor University's new CIO

  04 May 2010

• Camden postpones alternatives decision until after UK election

  04 May 2010

• UK's Kingston mulls review

  04 May 2010

• Lincoln county council issues $152m RFP

  04 May 2010

• Ohio pension to boost hedge funds to $1bn

  04 May 2010

• New Mexico Educational Retirement taps GAM to add $150m for funds of funds

  04 May 2010

• CalPERS redeems more than $300m from direct portfolios

  04 May 2010

• Global macro blooms in California and Chicago

  04 May 2010

• North Carolina reviews hedge fund exposure

  04 May 2010

• Ohio Police and Fire add leverage

  04 May 2010

• Irish Pension hires Aksia to consult on FOHFs

  04 May 2010

• New Mexico PERA adds $20m to Asia multi-strategy fund

  04 May 2010

• New Jersey increases alternatives allocation to improve risk-adjusted returns

  04 May 2010

• LASERS begins mortgage-backed securities manager search

  04 May 2010

• San Bernardino completes long/short search

  04 May 2010

• Oakland seeks equity hedge funds

  04 May 2010

• West Yorkshire to reach 5% target with extra $100m

  04 May 2010

• UK's Anglian Water considers 5% move into funds of funds

  04 May 2010

• Denver to hire multi-strategy fund for $80 million mandate

  04 May 2010

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  State pension rehab takes direct route

  04 May 2010

  New York State adds $2.5 billion to hedge funds, plans emerging manager addition

News

• UBS man Webb appointed as Baylor University's new CIO

  04 May 2010

• Camden postpones alternatives decision until after UK election

  04 May 2010

• UK's Kingston mulls review

  04 May 2010

• Lincoln county council issues $152m RFP

  04 May 2010

• Ohio pension to boost hedge funds to $1bn

  04 May 2010

• New Mexico Educational Retirement taps GAM to add $150m for funds of funds

  04 May 2010

• CalPERS redeems more than $300m from direct portfolios

  04 May 2010

• Global macro blooms in California and Chicago

  04 May 2010

• North Carolina reviews hedge fund exposure

  04 May 2010

• Ohio Police and Fire add leverage

  04 May 2010

• Irish Pension hires Aksia to consult on FOHFs

  04 May 2010

• New Mexico PERA adds $20m to Asia multi-strategy fund

  04 May 2010

• New Jersey increases alternatives allocation to improve risk-adjusted returns

  04 May 2010

• LASERS begins mortgage-backed securities manager search

  04 May 2010

• San Bernardino completes long/short search

  04 May 2010

• Oakland seeks equity hedge funds

  04 May 2010

• Texas Permanent prepares for FoHF quest

  04 May 2010

• West Yorkshire to reach 5% target with extra $100m

  04 May 2010

• UK's Anglian Water considers 5% move into funds of funds

  04 May 2010

• Denver to hire multi-strategy fund for $80 million mandate

  04 May 2010

• Unigestion hires new head of hedge funds

  04 May 2010

• Ramius to advise Perpetual on hedge fund solutions

  04 May 2010

• Lyxor opens door to domestic US managed account business

  04 May 2010

• SkyBridge to buy Citi's hedge fund business

  04 May 2010

• Weston takes on Harcourt's Herbst

  04 May 2010

• Partners Group sells managed account platform to Sciens Capital Management

  04 May 2010

• Portugal's Espírito Santo rolls out compliant fund of funds

  04 May 2010

• UBP continues move to single product range

  04 May 2010

• BlackRock hires Towers Watson hedge fund specialist David Gold

  04 May 2010

• New Kairos UCITS III fund to focus on global macro and CTA

  04 May 2010

• Cadogan hires Volfing as managing director, operational risk

  04 May 2010

• Albourne Partners takes on ex-IMF and AIMA man Groome

  04 May 2010

• Crestline hires for credit team

  04 May 2010

• Permal FoHF to capitalise on China growth

  04 May 2010

• New SkyBridge seeder aims to benefit from volatile market

  04 May 2010

• F&C set to buy Thames River Capital for $81.5m

  04 May 2010

• McCarthy to run Sciens' new commodities fund

  04 May 2010

• Hilltop's new GMS fund to operate with a novel fees structure

  04 May 2010

Industry Analysis

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  Battle of the investor surveys

  04 May 2010

  Two major new surveys by Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank highlight key changes in investor attitudes

Profiles

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  State pension rehab takes direct route

  04 May 2010

  New York State adds $2.5 billion to hedge funds, plans emerging manager addition

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  Avoiding risk is key to Stenham's success

  04 May 2010

  Stenham Asset Management owes a great deal of its success to keeping out of trouble – specialising in consistent returns with low volatility

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  Former Man Group experts cash in on surplus talent with seeding platform

  04 May 2010

  Revere Capital Advisors aims to provide full support for its managers while investing its own capital

Performance

• Texas Permanent prepares for FoHF quest

  04 May 2010

• Good outlook for economy boosts returns for global equity funds

  04 May 2010

• Returns in Europe reflect the buoyant market in March

  04 May 2010

• Arbitrage up in March as credit spreads tighten

  04 May 2010

• A storming month for credit and equity

  04 May 2010

• Performance: Top 10 funds of funds

  04 May 2010

Comment

• Is über regulation really the answer?

  04 May 2010

  Fear-based change in hedge funds is just as likely to destroy the species

• Changing the rules of the diversification game - a pensioner's tale

  04 May 2010

  For all the diversification talk between 2000 and 2008, why did all pensions, no matter their asset mix, seem to lose out equally?

Mandates

• Institutional mandates: May 2010

  04 May 2010

  Guide to current hedge fund mandates

Data

• Top ten funds by strategy over the past 3 months

  14 Jul 2010

• InvestHedge league tables Apr-2010

  04 May 2010