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In the week-ending 28th December 2012, Future Capital Partners told FTAdviser it would be launching four enterprise investment scheme investments within entertainment and media, renewable energy, land allocation services and the alternative investment market.

The Parker FX index reported a +0.15% return for November 2012 (-1.53% YTD); The Morningstar MSCI Composite Hedge Fund Index went up 0.5% (est.) (4.8% YTD); And the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.64% (+3.27% YTD).

Hedge funds that invest in mortgage-backed securities gained 13.9% through November to make them the industry's best-performing strategy, according to the Absolute Return index; AlphaClone.com said the best performing hedge fund clones were two biotech funds, DAFNA and Ridgeback, followed by tiger cub Second Curve, a financials focused fund.

Sloane Robinson's flagship emerging markets fund is down 1.7% YTD after losing 17% last year, and the firm’s AUM is down to $2.5bn from a high of $15bn in ’08, said Reuters; RAB Capital saw its flagship fund lose 20% in November due to a losing position in an oil exploration company.

The Economist wrote a negative article about hedge funds’ performance in the last decade, pointing out the industry’s only trump card is its few star managers; Harold Ehrlich, adviser to JPMorgan's FoHF, told ......................

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