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Review of hedge fund launches, closures, trends, regulatory and legal events - week 35
Saturday, September 03, 2011

There were two launches reported last week: Touchstone Investments launched the Touchstone Merger Arbitrage Fund (merger arbitrage), and KeySquare Group announced it has launched its maiden fund, KeySquare Global Fund (global macro).

There was one fund closure as Tennenbaum Capital Partners said it has closed its Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund VI, LLC.

Hedge fund industry performance in August was the worst it has been since October 2008, as market turmoil brought big losses. European absolute return and multi asset flexible fund managers find they are being put to harsh questions by investors, especially in times of turmoil. Just as performance in August stumbled, AR Magazine released a new survey that showed investors put more value on performance than on ......................

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