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London has failed in a bid to stall voting on a controversial EU plan to tighten regulation on alternative investment funds.

Schroders has made hedge fund group Sloane Robinson accessible to retail investors with the addition of a new fund to its GAIA platform.

Quality Capital Management (QCM) is pushing into the retail market with the launch of a Ucits III version of its managed futures hedge fund.

Thames River plans to close down its Currency Alpha fund following the departure of manager Bill Muysken.

Hedge fund bashing never fails to go down a treat.

Much of the financial media's focus this week was on Goldman Sachs, US hedge fund Paulson & Co, the SEC, and problems with complex mortgage-related instruments.

HSBC is to wind up its $100m listed Global Absolute fund of hedge funds following a vote by shareholders.

Hedge fund Paulson & Co has been forced on the defensive over the firm's role in the Goldman Sachs fraud dispute.

One of the UK's best known hedge fund groups has taken a £47m bet against Prudential in the lead-up to its proposed $35.5bn acquisition of AIA.