Investors

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  $36bn LACERA searches for bespoke provider

  03 Feb 2011

• UK’s Brent mulls Fauchier’s proposal for distressed credit opportunities

  03 Feb 2011

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  Texas Teachers’ hedge fund portfolio earns 7.7% in 2010

  03 Feb 2011

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  PennSERS lowers allocation

  03 Feb 2011

• Arizona Public Safety adds two, considers seeding

  03 Feb 2011

• UK Environment Agency takes UCITS route with Comgest

  03 Feb 2011

• San Antonio prepares for direct investment foray

  03 Feb 2011

• UK’s Lincolnshire hires Morgan Stanley to manage alternative investments portfolio

  03 Feb 2011

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  Florida considers six additional hedge funds

  03 Feb 2011

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  New York City pensions taps consultant Aksia

  03 Feb 2011

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  New Jersey adds extra $40m to credit manager Centerbridge

  03 Feb 2011

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  Wisconsin hires AQR, Bridgewater for risk parity

  03 Feb 2011

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  University of Vermont grows direct investment programme

  03 Feb 2011

• OhioPERS seeks consultant, hires K2, PAAMCO and Prisma FOHFs

  03 Feb 2011

• Penn. School Employees adds two funds

  03 Feb 2011

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  Year-end 2010 precipitates leadership changes at US endowments, pensions

  03 Feb 2011

• Review by UK’s Avon concludes disappointing performance

  03 Feb 2011

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  New Mexico issues RFP for emerging debt

  03 Feb 2011

• USS set to explore emerging managers

  03 Feb 2011

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  AP1 selects seven groups to advise on $1.5bn allocation

  03 Feb 2011

News

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  Ellis looks forward to creating the next generation of alpha-focused multi-manager operations at Man

  03 Feb 2011

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  Antarctica readies macro play

  03 Feb 2011

• William Blair takes stake in Guidance Capital

  03 Feb 2011

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  Aveon Group outlines its alternative to the FoHF model

  03 Feb 2011

  As multi-managers set about re-inventing themselves, size and scale seem to be key to attracting institutional assets.

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  Two new hires for Edmond de Rothschild

  03 Feb 2011

• Chuck Clarvit set to retire from BlackRock in March

  03 Feb 2011

• Peak Partners to launch three new diverse funds in Q1

  03 Feb 2011

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  Man finalising negotiations over $1.5bn managed account deal

  03 Feb 2011

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  FRM adds Simpson for global business development role

  03 Feb 2011

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  New Permal/JP index raises $500m at launch

  03 Feb 2011

• Madoff trustees juggle settlements and lawsuits

  03 Feb 2011

Industry Analysis

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  Investors seeking golden opportunities

  03 Feb 2011

  Institutional allocations hit pre-2008 levels with $22bn in confirmed 2010 search activity

Profiles

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  UK’s Merseyside Pension goes direct with a little help from its friends

  03 Feb 2011

  Post-portfolio rationalisation, the UK’s Merseyside has settled on PAAMCO to handle oversight of its alternative investments

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  Mercer grows its alternatives business

  03 Feb 2011

  Growth is set to accelerate even faster with Mercer’s recent acquisition of Hammond Associates

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  Fauchier Partners has an aggressive approach to risk-taking to keep exposures on track

  03 Feb 2011

  Focused portfolios coupled with high-quality reporting have helped the firm build a solid performance record over the past few years

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  Blackstone Strategic backs those that want to be bigger, better, faster

  03 Feb 2011

  Blackstone’s second seeding vehicle, Strategic Alliance II, has just launched with $2.35bn and seeks to invest $100m apiece in 15 to 20 star managers

Performance

• Global multi-strategy welcomes year-end gains following a disappointing run in 2010

  03 Feb 2011

• Mixed performance reflects volatility in the global equity sector

  03 Feb 2011

• Fixed income finishes 8.98% for the year

  03 Feb 2011

• Performance: Top 10 funds of funds

  03 Feb 2011

Events

• What will the future face of the fund of funds industry look like?

  03 Feb 2011

  “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change” Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

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  FoHF industry of tomorrow to be rewarded in New York

  03 Feb 2011

  InvestHedge unveils nominations for the ninth annual black tie funds of funds gala dinner

Comment

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  Caveat emptor: beware of bespoke

  03 Feb 2011

  As the trend towards bespoke or customised portfolios gathers momentum, it is probably time for InvestHedge to issue a health warning in case investors are hit with cyclical Alzheimer’s: Buyer Beware

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  Do trustees know they may have hedge funds in drag?

  03 Feb 2011

  Does it matter whether trustees actually know the difference between a hedge fund, a real return or an absolute return manager?

Mandates

• Institutional mandates: February 2011

  03 Feb 2011

  Guide to current hedge fund mandates

Data

• InvestHedge league tables Jan-11

  03 Feb 2011

• Top 10 funds by strategy over the past 3 months

  03 Feb 2011