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Opalesque Roundup: Fewer hedge funds launch but also fewer fold: hedge fund news, week 37

Monday, September 19, 2016

In the week ending 16 September, 2016, HFR said that hedge fund launches and liquidations fell in the second quarter of this year from the first quarter; Rory Priday has launched a new hedge fund with $75m in assets; BlackRock has started a merger arbitrage hedge fund with a $200m investment from New Zealand’s sovereign-wealth fund; Westbeck Capital is seeking regulatory clearance for its energy fund and is targeting $100m in assets; Monsoon Capital is planning to launching its latest hedge fund, the Monsoon India Dynamic Alpha Strategy; Paulus Ingram has launched a sustainable investment fund; Alpha UCITS Platform has launched the Fair Oaks Dynamic Credit UCITS Fund; and Tages Capital has launched Tages Alternative Risk Premia Fund to focus on alternative risk premia.

Andrew Bazarian is shutting down his Asia-focused hedge fund that was backed by Alibaba Group.

The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index ended the week as of end Sept. 06, flat (-1.9% YTD); The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was flat in August, up 2.50% YTD; The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark ......................

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