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The week ending 15 May, 2015 saw a discussion if or how hedge funds could use celebrities to market their products. Meanwhile, certain industry players warned that startups should be wary of hedge fund generosity.

Consultant NEPC said that the diversity and size of fund investment committees rank as the top two factors for endowments and foundations in their allocations; hedge funds have a big leg up on individual investors in the stock market when it comes to short interest data; and RWC Partners has hired a 15 person investment team previously at Everest Capital to establish a new emerging, frontier and Asia equity business.

M-III Partners has announced the launch of its restructuring/distressed fund; RBC Global Asset has added three new funds to its SICAV range; Tullett Prebon has launched an online platform to match up sellers of alternative investment positions; Clearfield Capital began its investment operations this month with roughly $500m; Marshall Wace is to launch a new quantitative futures-based strategy, MW Helium; Franklin Templeton has launched Singapore’s first liquid multi-manager alternatives fund for retail investors; Auspice Capital launched the first ETF for Canadian heavy crude oil; and Greenwoods Asset said it plans to start a hedge fund tapping opportunities in t......................

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