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In the week ending 24 April, 2015, there are now more hedge funds launched than ever as investors have the choice of an estimated 10,149 hedge funds and funds of hedge funds as of March 31; BlackRock has launched two new funds which provide investors with hedged exposure to European and Japanese equity markets respectively; Macquarie Group said it would launch a quantitative hedge fund this year that will invest in stocks listed in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Chile and Mexico; Jon Corzine is planning a comeback and plans to launch his own hedge fund; Stephen Kirk has dropped a plan to launch his own independent company and will instead join forces with Pelham Capital.

Ben Goertzel said he would launch a hedge fund in the U.S. that will be managed by artificial intelligence; Jesse Cohn announced plans to start a buyout fund; Liontrust Asset is set to launch a new Dublin-based fund at the end of this month; Man Group is adding four new ‘systematic strategies’ to its UCITS fund range; and Purpose Investments has announced the launch of two new international investment funds.

Armajaro Holdings has shut down a commodities fund after it became too small; Gina Germano and Dipankar Shewaram have decided to close down Goldbridge Capital; Denjoy Capital Partners is shutting down its European long-short equity hedge fund following a slump in returns; and Carlyle Group announced it would closed down its two two liquid alternative mutual funds.

The Barclay Hedge Fund Index was up 0.46% in March (+2.57% YTD); And the Barclay CTA Index gained 0.50% (+3.47% YTD).

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