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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 - up to 23rd December.

Last week, Asia-based Sparx, Cosmo and PMA together are planning to launch a pan-Asia hedge fund.

Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index went down -0.99% in November, 5.89% YTD; most Edhec hedge fund indices were flat; and the Greenwich Composite Investable Index was down 0.58%, +1.28% YTD.

There were more news of relocation and people stepping down in the industry: British hedge fund firm 36 South Capital Management plans to move its funds to Ireland to cut costs, providing a boost to the troubled country after its $112bn bailout, said Reuters; Golden Tree's co-founder and chairman Leon Wagner is retiring; Balkany's co-founder Julien Balkany moved on to new opportunities; and GLC's CEO Caroline Hoare stepped down.

KCIC and a group of 29 other investment firms from around the globe have come together to provide input and have a key role in widening adoption of the standards among hedge funds managers internationally through the newly launched Investor Chapter at Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB).

Prices on the hedge fund secondary market remain volatile according to the latest data from Hedgeb......................

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