Muddy Waters founder Carson Block is looking at potential shorts in the United States, Japan and India. The man who helped bring down Sino-Forest says one sector on which he’s focusing is technology.

Here we take a look at year-to-date through July risk-adjusted performance for the top 5 managed futures funds, as tracked by Lipper’s hedge fund database. To see more analysis, including assets under management and domicile information for the top 10 funds, click here. To be truly connected to all the Lipper analytics available on HedgeWorld, become a HedgeWorld Premium Plus member. To find out more about how to do that, visit hedgeworld.com/membership/.

What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012:

Around the web

Hedge fund liquidations up 14% in the first half of 2012: HFR. (FINalternatives)

Highbridge Capital Management vets Adam Chill, Ari Storch and Scott Wallace to close Kingsbrook Partners. (FINalternatives)

Hedge fund seeding for institutional investors. (Plan Sponsor)

A warning on bank complexity, from someone who would know – Sallie Krawcheck. (DealBook)

Moore Capital Management said to cut positions amid equity restructuring. (Bloomberg)

Grosvenor Capital Management seeds activist manager Engaged Capital. (FINalternatives)

Mason Capital to appeal Telus court victory. (FINalternatives)

Hedge Fund Association wants clear accreditation rules. (FINalternatives)

August euro rally catches funds by surprise. (WSJ.com)

Jana Partners makes quick work of Barnes & Noble stake. (Forbes)

Asia-Pacific watchdogs consider range of HFT curbs. (The Trade News)

Derivatives markets regulation: Unintended consequences. (The Economist’s Free Exchange blog)

Derivatives markets volumes unmoved by looming reforms. (The Trade News)

Congress to take a closer look at computer driven trading. (WSJ.com)

Treesdale Partners launches macro fund. (HedgeFund.net)

Yale Chief Investment Officer David Swensen diagnosed with cancer. (Yale Daily News)

People moves

Oak Hill Advisors hired Dalia Cohen and Eric Storch as managing directors. Cohen will serve as head of investor relations while Storch will be responsible for business development, client coverage and marketing, according to a news release from the firm. Cohen previously worked at JLL Partners where she headed up marketing and client coverage. Storch was a managing director and co-head of institutional marketing at GSO’s Customized Credit Strategies Group.

David Cranston rejoins Investcorp. (FINalternatives)

Under the Securities Act of 1933, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allows companies to offer securities for sale without having to register those securities or file periodic reports, provided the companies meet exemptions laid out in Regulation D. For hedge funds’ purposes, those securities are limited partnerships. When a hedge fund firm sells its first securities, it is required by Reg D to file a Form D, which includes names and addresses of the company’s executive officers and stock promoters and the date of the first sale in the offering. As such, Form D filings can be a useful tool to find new hedge fund launches.

TEMPUS QUO HORIZON FUND, LP

Harvest Small Cap Partners Qualified, L.P.

OC 520 Offshore Fund, Ltd.

Harvest Diversified Partners, L.P.

GoldenTree Select Partners II, L.P.

Roseman Wagner Partners, L.P.

Harvest Technology Partners Offshore, Ltd.

Hedge Fund Select: Brevan Howard Multi-Strategy Fund LLC

Hedge Fund Select: Bocage Global Resources Fund LLC

Forty4 Institutional Fund LLC

Forty4 Fund Ltd.

—Compiled by Angela Sormani

Here we take a look at year-to-date through July risk-adjusted performance for the top 5 long/short equity funds, as tracked by Lipper’s hedge fund database. To see more analysis, including assets under management and domicile information for the top 10 funds, click here. To be truly connected to all the Lipper analytics available on HedgeWorld, become a HedgeWorld Premium Plus member. To find out more about how to do that, visit hedgeworld.com/membership/.

What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012:

Around the web

Pivotal Investments shuts down. (Investments & Pensions Asia)

York Capital Management’s flagship hedge fund up 3% in August. (ValueWalk)

Hedge funds see September inflows: SS&C GlobeOp. (FINalternatives)

MBIA hit with new suit from CQS calling 2009 restructuring a $5 billion fraud . (Thomson Reuters News & Insight)

New Bridgewater HQ: Consultant may review Stamford boat yard plan. (Stamford (Conn.) Advocate)

Graham Capital Management nets nearly $200 million from pensions. (HFMWeek, via FINalternatives)

Corgentum Consulting opens San Francisco office. (Opalesque)

Direct Access Partners to acquires I.A. Englander’s derivatives team. (FINalternatives)

Chesapeake Energy gets breathing room with $6.9 billion asset sales. (Reuters)

Why AIG may not be able to avoid the Volcker rule. (DealBook)

JPMorgan reshuffles its operations again. (DealBook)

Aberdeen’s Fiona Gillespie sees light on the eurozone horizon. (Citywire)

PerTrac releases new infographic illuminating the world of hedge funds. (PerTrac)

UBS credit default swaps trade system shows clients like live prices. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Want to blunt high-frequency trading? Australia has a plan. (WSJ’s MarketBeat blog)

Trading industry ponders remedies as software malfunctions multiply. (Traders Magazine)

Brevan Howard credit fund gains on JPMorgan CDS disaster. (FINalternatives)

Baupost files hot put-back complaint vs. Bear Stearns. (Thomson Reuters News & Insight)

Spotlight on Form PF filings. (HedgeFund.net)

Seattle city council ready to sign off on Christopher Hansen’s Sodo arena deal. (Bellevue (Wash.) Reporter)

Morgan Stanley, Citigroup settle brokerage dispute. (Reuters)

People moves

Legg Mason CEO Mark Fettig stepping down. (Reuters)

Capula Investment Management LLP hired Steven Heanly from Angelo Gordon to trade debt. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Third Avenue Management hired David L. Resnick as President. Previously he was chairman of Rothschild Inc.’s global financing advisory practice.

Here we take a look at year-to-date through July risk-adjusted performance for the top 5 global macro funds, as tracked by Lipper’s hedge fund database. To see more analysis, including assets under management and domicile information for the top 10 funds, click here. To be truly connected to all the Lipper analytics available on HedgeWorld, become a HedgeWorld Premium Plus member. To find out more about how to do that, visit hedgeworld.com/membership/.

Under the Securities Act of 1933, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allows companies to offer securities for sale without having to register those securities or file periodic reports, provided the companies meet exemptions laid out in Regulation D. For hedge funds’ purposes, those securities are limited partnerships. When a hedge fund firm sells its first securities, it is required by Reg D to file a Form D, which includes names and addresses of the company’s executive officers and stock promoters and the date of the first sale in the offering. As such, Form D filings can be a useful tool to find new hedge fund launches.

GFS MAP Trust

Harvest Opportunity Partners Offshore Fund, Ltd.

Harvest Agriculture Select, L.P.

Amvona Fund, LP

J. W. Coons Advisors, LLC

—Compiled by Angela Sormani

Under the Securities Act of 1933, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allows companies to offer securities for sale without having to register those securities or file periodic reports, provided the companies meet exemptions laid out in Regulation D. For hedge funds’ purposes, those securities are limited partnerships. When a hedge fund firm sells its first securities, it is required by Reg D to file a Form D, which includes names and addresses of the company’s executive officers and stock promoters and the date of the first sale in the offering. As such, Form D filings can be a useful tool to find new hedge fund launches.

Mitchell Bradley Fund, LLC

London Park Global Value Fund, LP

Catenary Alternatives Partners, LP

SHL PARTNERS, LP

Alternative Liquidity Solutions Ltd

—Compiled by Angela Sormani

Here we take a look at year-to-date through July risk-adjusted performance for the top 5 funds of funds, as tracked by Lipper’s hedge fund database. To see more analysis, including assets under management and domicile information for the top 10 funds, click here. To be truly connected to all the Lipper analytics available on HedgeWorld, become a HedgeWorld Premium Plus member. To find out more about how to do that, visit hedgeworld.com/membership/.