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Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: A roundup of the week’s hedge fund launches, closures, index performance, trends, regulatory, legal and financial events pertaining to the alternative investments industry.

Last week, we heard of fund launches from Insparo (Africa); Christofferson Robb (liquid version of flagship); Gorelick Brothers (closed-end FoHFs); Venus Capital (India Emerging Leaders) ; and Algebris Investments (fund focusing on capital securities that regulators say banks must issue).

Ex-hedge fund manager Marcel Melis started a capital-raising company; Atlanta-based law firm Morris, Manning & Martin launched a funds and alternative investments group; and New Zealand-based quant manager Pure Capital launched a new advisory service called 'CTAllocate'.

The Bloomberg Aggregate Hedge Fund Index fell 1.5% in November, +6.1% YTD; The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index went down 0.78%, +3.49% YTD; The UCITS HFS Index was up 0.78%, 4.42% YTD; The UCITS Alternative Index Global returned -0.21%, +0.78% YTD; The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained 0.26% (est.), +7.12% YTD; The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index was up 0.2%, +7.0% YTD; The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index went down -0.28% (......................

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