Investors

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  Connecticut begins formal search for FoHFs

  03 Jul 2012

• University of California ready to add three hedge funds with targeted approach

  03 Jul 2012

• UK’s Hillingdon withdraws from FoHFs

  03 Jul 2012

• Colorado Fire & Police hires Pershing Square

  03 Jul 2012

• Greenwich survey reports direct investment to the fore in Asia

  03 Jul 2012

• New Jersey expands, adds $100m to BlueCrest

  03 Jul 2012

• Mass PRIM’s Mavromates leaves for CIO post at Mercer

  03 Jul 2012

• Louisiana outlays $300m for Prisma and Entrust mandates

  03 Jul 2012

• Cornell formally appoints Edwards as CIO

  03 Jul 2012

• North Yorkshire considers hedge fund foray

  03 Jul 2012

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  Louisiana Teachers tables hedge fund debate after trustees put further decisions on hold

  03 Jul 2012

• UK’s Waltham Forest to allocate $39 million

  03 Jul 2012

• Geneva’s Cern accelerates hedge fund stakes

  03 Jul 2012

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  Royal Berkshire reviews its absolute return programme

  03 Jul 2012

News

• Asia-focused Arowana underway with $15m

  03 Jul 2012

• Crestline adds to opportunistic team

  03 Jul 2012

• Wilkinson takes lead FoHF role at Sciens

  03 Jul 2012

• Connecticut’s ABS enters EM space

  03 Jul 2012

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  2012 M&A wave gains traction as KKR acquires custom portfolio experts Prisma

  03 Jul 2012

• Morgan Stanley bolsters sales distribution team with several key appointments

  03 Jul 2012

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  Investors focused on customised hedge fund approach, says Russell Investments

  03 Jul 2012

• Global Trading Composite to grab the coat-tails of the on-rushing global macro headwind

  03 Jul 2012

• Lyxor teams up with Koris to offer tailored design solutions for investors

  03 Jul 2012

Industry Analysis

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  US endowments look everywhere in their quest for hedge fund alpha

  03 Jul 2012

  Harvard may be the largest but UTIMCO and Richmond allocate the most by assets and percentage under management, respectively

Profiles

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  Merchant Navy test drives new model with Towers Watson at the helm

  03 Jul 2012

  In a novel twist where one consultant oversees another consultant, risk falls and returns rise as Navy pension fund sails into hedge funds

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  Sweden’s law change could spell a windfall for Folksam’s new Multi Fund

  03 Jul 2012

  Nordic insurer teams up with local FoHF to launch a UCITS product for the retail market

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  UBS taps into hedge fund ‘Holy Grail’ with Liquid Alpha platform

  03 Jul 2012

  A late entry into the managed account market gives UBS a competitive edge in the post-crisis investment arena

Performance

• RIC Watch: Mellon Optima to sell Raptor in secondary market

  03 Jul 2012

  Mellon Optima L/S Strategy Fund

• Most GMS funds withstand May’s turmoil with small losses, but not all are unscathed

  03 Jul 2012

• Global equity market strategies battered on all fronts

  03 Jul 2012

• Macro winners lock onto volatility as Eurozone uncertainty lingers on

  03 Jul 2012

• US, Europe equities slump in washout month

  03 Jul 2012

• Performance: Top 10 funds of funds

  03 Jul 2012

• Performance: GMS USD

  02 Jul 2012

Events

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  InvestHedge Forum 2012: The Pursuit of Performance

  03 Jul 2012

  InvestHedge unites the Forum and Awards to create a unique investor experience on 2-3 October at the British Museum in London

Comment

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  Are consultants set to become the modern day saviours?

  03 Jul 2012

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  New institutional investor economy favours job hunters

  03 Jul 2012

  It seems activity in the institutional investor sector has picked up again with a number of high profile moves in recent weeks and months

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  London whale betrays an elephant still in the room

  03 Jul 2012

  The JP Morgan case demonstrated clearly the continuing huge scale of some of these major prop desks

Mandates

• Institutional mandates – July 2012

  03 Jul 2012

  Guide to current hedge fund mandates

Data

• Top 10 funds by strategy over the past 3 months

  03 Jul 2012

• InvestHedge league tables May 2012

  03 Jul 2012