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RCM Partners is taking its Canadian special situations fund offshore.

The single-manager environmental fund will debut in the fourth quarter, helmed by new hire Paul Udall.

Disgraced former Congressman Vito Fossella apparently prefers the halls of power to those of the hedge fund world.

An Australian public pension fund has brought on a hedge fund manager to run its asset allocation and currency investments.

Greenlight Capital appears to have added a gold share class to its flagship hedge fund.

A snafu at the Securities and Exchange Commission has offered an unexpected look at Citadel Investment Group’s nascent investment banking operations.

The U.S. Senate yesterday approved the most far-reaching financial regulation overhaul since the Great Depression, including several key provisions that affect the alternative investments industry.

Hedge funds domiciled in the Cayman or Channel islands have been reassured that the European Union’s proposed alternative investment regulations won’t adversely affect them. Those based in Singapore may not be so lucky.

Polygon Investment Partners’ former global credit heads have founded their own hedge fund shop in advance of an August launch.

Alfredo Mattera and Ian Burgess have set up Warwick Capital Partners. The firm will launch its maiden European distressed and special situations credit fund in the summer, hoping to catch the volatility caused by the financial recovery over the next five years.

With mid-sized hedge funds finding fundraising a tough go lately, one prominent hedge fund investor may soon be seeding saplings.