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In the week ending 05 June, 2015, reports claimed that 227 investors around the globe that have $1bn or more in assets invested in hedge funds. A total of 51 investors have increased their allocation to the asset class to over $1bn, while 27 investors have seen their allocation fall below the $1bn mark over the past 12 months. Collectively these investors have $735bn invested in the asset class, representing 24% of the total capital invested in the industry, and is up 13% on the amount of hedge fund assets the Club had in their portfolios as of May 2014.

Ben Deschaine from Balter Capital said that asset flow to hedge funds continues to go to the largest managers. Balter Liquid Alternatives has launched the Balter Discretionary Global Macro Fund. Daniel Martin is starting a hedge fund in London named Rye Bay Capital while Harbert Management raised EUR122m for its first European growth capital fund.

HedgeCoVest launched a new alternative investment platform that acts as a half step between liquid alternatives and traditional hedge fund investment relationships; Edmund Ng said he plans to start a Chinese bond funds for institutions; Goldman Sachs launched the Global Equity Long Short Portfolio managed by the GSIS; Wesley Wong plans to start a pan-Asia equity long-short hedge fund in the third quarter.

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