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Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund launches continue unabated: hedge fund news, week 09

Monday, February 23, 2015

In the week ending 20 February, 2015, hedge funds have started their 2015 performance in the black as the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark gained 0.07% in January; 36 South Capital gained 2.5% from central-bank surprises; Dan Elsberry said he expects hedge fund returns to catch up with high-flying equities; Andrew S. Peskin’s Omniversal ‘very small CTA’ averages 6.90% per month since April’14 inception; and Old Park Capital's $300m Maestro Managed Futures Strategy continued its winning streak and returned 0.53% in January.

Tiger Global Management has raised $700 to launch a new internet hedge fund called Tiger Global Internet Opportunities; Shilpi Chowdhary has started a multistrategy fund with $130m that seeks to gain from weakness in the euro; Ortus Capital has announced the launch of Ko-Zhou Fundamental FX Fund which will commence trading in mid-March; Skënderbeg Funds has launched four traditional single-manager funds together with Your Wealth AG; and Venus Capital Management has launched the Venus India Structured Finance Fund.

Some 370 hedge funds shut down......................

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