Tudor returns to its roots

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  Filling in the missing middle

  Scopia Capital's Jeremy Mindich backs Root Capital's innovative mission.

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  Plain truth at Plainfield

  Max Holmes is fighting a smear campaign started by two dodgy creditors. As the facts come out, he's being vindicated.

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  David Tepper is the happiest man in hedge funds

  Never afraid to be first, David Tepper's Appaloosa grossed $7.5 billion last year by betting on financials early on.

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  The value of Seth Klarman

  Beaten-down markets have been a boon for Baupost, which has become the sixth-largest hedge fund in the United States & a force to be reckoned with.

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  Talking up Goldman

  Despite Goldman Sachs' run-in with the Securities & Exchange Commission, its fund-of-funds unit continues to grow.

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  A new strategy for New Mexico

  The state's pension for teachers is changing its hedge fund portfolio.

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  The indirect way to San Jose

  The city's pensions consider investing via funds of funds.

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  New funds bounce back

  Fund launches began to pick up pace compared with last year, and the biggest 43 funds garnered $10.9 billion.

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  Doing more with less

  Demand for aid went up during the recession—at the same time growth of hedge fund philanthropy slowed.

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  The boom in independent administration

  At least $587 billion in U.S. hedge fund assets now use independent administrators, up from $438 billion last year. Citco continues to be the top administrator, with $147 billion, according to the AR database.

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  Prime time

  Prime brokers are back on their feet and aggressively going after market share, using add-on services like capital introductions to attract cash-strapped hedge funds.

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  The Rich List

  Is the recession over? It is for the wealthiest hedge fund managers, who made a record $25 billion in 2009.

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  Hedge Fund Report Card: September 2010

  As investors have shifted their focus back to making money, they have also changed their views of many big players

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  Launching Lucidus

  Despite a less than spectacular start, the Caxton spinout has pulled in $1 billion on the strength of its founders' lengthy track record.

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  The dumbest ideas of the hedge fund boom

  A flood of money led managers into private equity & multistrategy funds, while those hoping to imitate hedge funds' success shopped portable alpha, replicators & 130/30s.

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  Will naked CDS get covered?

  The financial reform law could allow the CFTC to ban the controversial swaps if it's in the public interest.

Latest news

• JANA drops in August
• Elliott drops case against AR
• New funds update: September 2010
• Harbinger’s wireless bet rankles investors
• Steve Cohen hosts GOP strategy session
• Thiel, Singer and Mehlman to host soiree to support gay marriage
• Elliott keeps gains going for 2010
• Subprime star Greg Lippmann’s hedge fund staffs up
• AR to respond to Elliott on September 2
• Select Equity hires UBS marketer as head of sales
• Plainfield scrambles after whistleblower complaint
• Robeco-Sage storms foreign shores
• Senator hires client service, sales chief
• OSS battles the market’s lingering trauma
• Hedge funds hemorrhage on InterMune
• Paolo Pellegrini to return investor capital
• Alden Global lags 2009, waits for "realization"
• CQS’ Hintze joins AR Symposium lineup
• Druckenmiller's final letter
• Emerging markets player Triogem crosses $100 million
• HFI Global Briefing: August 2010
• Citadel assets drop $500 million
• Shumway equity fund stung by long positions
• Highfields co-founder Richard Grubman to retire
• Shumway, Glenview among equity funds whipsawed in July
• Passport raises $30 million from California pension
• Jefferies East Coast cap intro head to join Fidelity
• Cerberus shops new mortgage fund
• Suttonbrook drops below $1 billion as performance wanes
• Kingdon’s credit fund gains from short book, while flagship stagnates
• AR named best new publication of 2009, taking five ASBPE awards
• Blackstone, Marathon, Shaw join Symposium lineup

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  Bulls say too soon to dump gold

  Prices swooned this summer, but big managers keep piling on.

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  Europe's woes fall on emerging markets

  Troubles on the Continent have led EM debt funds to cut risk.

• Euro trashing

  With all the political maneuvering, traders say shorting the euro is the safest bet.

Absolute Return Indices July 2010

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