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Another major hedge fund is battling a foreign firm over the rights to its name.

Hedge fund Coupland Cardiff Asset Management is set to launch an Asian consumer-focused hedge fund in partnership with a pair of veterans of the region.

UK-based Future Capital Partners (FCP), a £6 billion alternative investment boutique, has added three members to its real estate team.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Courage Capital Management has added two long/short equity specialists to its investment team.

New York-based CTA Systematic Alpha Management LLC has appointed Salomon Josue as its independent marketing representative in Asia.

While yesterday's midterm elections were a bloodbath for Democrats, who lost control of the House of Representatives and only narrowly held on to the Senate, the results for prominent Republican candidates with alternative investments ties were not nearly so good.

An Asia hedge fund founded last year by a former Goldman Sachs trader will close its doors this month.

Citigroup is looking to offload more than a half-billion in private equity co-investments made with CVC Capital Partners.

The Swiss banking group SYZ & CO has appointed Marc T. Clapasson as head of business development for its institutional management division, SYZ Asset Management.

IT specialist Julian Croxall, a former Merrill Lynch VP, has launched a consultancy firm to provide hedge and private equity funds with senior level technology management.