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From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York:

Assets are slowly but surely moving back into the hedge fund space. Investors added $20bln to the hedge fund portions of their portfolios in August, but the industry is still nowhere near the funding levels that it was prior to 2008. This slow paced return to pre-2008 levels is allowing institutional investors to apply pressures where fees and liquidity are concerned - even as the hedge fund industry quickly turned performance around to reach record-breaking levels. Asset managers sensing the sidelined cash available are moving to launch products that meet these demands.

Most recently, Opalesque carried the announcement of the launch of a new division at $7bln asset manager Denver Investments run in partnership with multi-strat alternatives investment firm GRT Capital Partners.

GRT will present details of the product to potential investors at a Morgan Stanley conference this week and Opalesque has learned that the new division - Denver Investments Alternatives - looks to encompass current institutional investor demands for the best of both worlds - the simple fee structures and better transparency of mutual fund accounts and the performance and non-correlation of alternatives in......................

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