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.

Queensboro Fund LLC

Global Aggressive Strategy LLC

ROC INTERNATIONAL II MASTER LP

PIMCO Multi-Asset Volatility Offshore Fund II Ltd.

—Compiled by Angela Sormani

What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Monday, Feb. 25, 2013:

Around the web

Agrium makes terms of scuttled settlement deal with Jana Partners public. (Canadian Press, via News1130.com)

Eyes turn to New York in Argentina’s battle with bond holdouts. (BNAmericas)

What will come of Canada’s defined benefit pensions? (Financial Post)

New hedge fund deposits to triple, Deutsche Bank says. (Bloomberg)

Apple CFO visits analysts and investors in New York, giving out iPad Minis. (New York Post)

The challenge of sentencing white-collar defendants. (DealBook)

Barclays, RBS making plans to boost capital: sources. (Reuters)

Ex-Man executive Raffaele Costa readies ambitious hedge fund launch with Tyndaris. (Financial Times, via FINalternatives)

Investors see hedge fund growth, settle for lower returns. (FINalternatives)

Morgan Stanley, Equinox Fund Management offer Mesirow Financial’s UCITS CTA. (FINalternatives)

Moody’s: Activists big-game hunting in 2013. (FINalternatives)

San Diego County Employees’ Retirement Association told hedge funds ‘just a compensation scheme’. (FINalternatives)

Reinsurer Hiscox welcomes hedge funds into fold. (FINalternatives)

Emerging market hedge funds boom with billions more assets. (City A.M.)

Why George Soros trades gold as a currency now and so should you. (ArabianMoney)

Council at odds with Commission on dark pools, derivatives. (The Trade News)

Michael Steinhardt’s Judaica to be in Sotheby’s auction. (WSJ.com)

Here we take a look at January 2013 absolute performance for the top 5 equity market neutral funds in two categories - all funds and U.S.-only 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 in each category, click here for all funds and here for U.S.-only funds. 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.

AlphaParity All-Weather Fund, LP

Stilwell Value Partners V, L.P.

Duet Emerging Macro Fund, L.P.

S Squared Capital Partners LP

—Compiled by Angela Sormani

What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Friday, Feb. 22, 2013:

Around the web

Severn River Capital Management LLC to wind down amid challenges. (Bloomberg)

Office Depot extends board submission deadline for Starboard Value. (Palm Beach Post)

Wausau Paper to close mill in Brainerd, Minn.; move follows persistent pressure from Starboard Value. (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)

Activist investors make inroads among Massachusetts banks. (Boston Business Journal)

Sansar Capital: ‘Just showing up’ gives you edge in Iraq. (FINalternatives)

Woori Absolute Partners seeds Asian equities specialist Mosaic Asset Management. (FINalternatives)

Ex-SAC, Diamondback portfolio manager Adam Wolfberg plans EastBay Asset Management with Steven Landry. (Absolute Return, via FINalternatives)

Hedge fund redemption requests jump in February. (FINalternatives)

CFTC’s Gensler questions long-term viability of LIBOR. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Brevan Howard alumnus Tristan Edwards to start Mosaic Asset Management to invest in Asian stocks. (Bloomberg)

People moves

JPMorgan names José Berenguer Neto as head of Brazilian unit. (Reuters)

Here we take a look at January 2013 absolute performance for the top 5 pure emerging markets funds in two categories - all funds and U.S.-only 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 in each category, click here for all funds and here for U.S.-only funds. 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, Feb. 21, 2013:

Around the web

Economist in a tizz with lure of East. (London Evening Standard, second item)

How London & Capital is taking on the eurozone. (Citywire)

U.S. financial transaction tax bill faces tough reception in Congress. (The Trade News)

In Apple fight, Einhorn unveils ‘iPrefs’. (DealBook)

Carlyle Group profit drops. (FINalternatives)

Aquila Capital’s innovative risk parity bond strategy. (HedgeCo.net)

Hedge funds gain 2% as January outflows hit $9 billion. (FINalternatives)

Hedge funds add 0.53% as of mid-February. (FINalternatives)

National Healthcare Development Fund aims to capitalize on problems facing U.S. healthcare system. (FINalternatives)

Goldman Sachs: Hedge funds most bullish on stocks since 2007. (WSJ’s MarketBeat blog)

Forget Icahn/Ackman’s Herbalife argument, Jim Rogers and Marc Faber’s Chinese debate is more crucial. (Benzinga)

What happens with high-flyers in the finance sector fall to earth. (The Times)

Swiss lawmakers back watchdog over LIBOR UBS probe. (Reuters)

Deutsche Boerse CEO says Asian expansion top priority. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Winton Capital applies science to finance. (Financial Times)

Cairn Capital launches CLO. (Financial Times)

Einhorn under fire from Greenlight investor. (Financial Times)

People moves

Affiliated Managers Group opened a new office in ZĂĽrich, Switzerland, and appointed Patrick Sege as director and head of distribution for Switzerland and Axel Weiss as director of sales and relationships for Germany. Both men will work in the new ZĂĽrich office, according to a news release from AMG. Sege previously worked at Liongate Capital Management as head of sales and business development for Switzerland and continental Europe. Weiss was with Fidelity Investments, where he was director of sales and relationships for institutional clients.

Citigroup vice chairman Chad Leat to retire. (WSJ, via eVestment)

AIMA appoints Winton Capital Management’s Andrew Bastow, Marchall Wace’s Chris Pearce deputy chairmen.

Stanley Druckenmiller, Duquesne Capital Founder, explains what the Fed is doing wrong, the state of the economy and the number-one threat to young people’s financial futures. “The biggest unintended consequence of the Fed right now is Congress is not getting the market signal,” says Druckenmiller. He is joined by Geoffrey Canada, Harlem Children’s Zone CEO.

Here we take a look at January 2013 absolute performance for the top 5 dedicated short bias funds in two categories - all funds and U.S.-only 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 in each category, click here for all funds and here for U.S.-only funds. 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.

2013 Natural Resources Series, a series of Gresham Real Assets Strategies, L.P.

Multi-Strategy Legends ASP Fund, a series of Alternative Strategies Platform, LLC

AllBlue ASP Fund, a series of Alternative Strategies Platform, LLC

GoldenTree Credit Opportunities ASP Fund, a series of Alternative Strategies Platform, LLC

Halcyon Multi-Strategy ASP Fund, a series of Alternative Strategies Platform, LLC

PWP Asset Based Income ASP Fund, a series of Alternative Strategies Platform, LLC

Tricadia Credit Strategies ASP Fund, a series of Alternative Strategies Platform, LLC

York Multi-Strategy ASP Fund, a series of Alternative Strategies Platform, LLC

Alternative Income Legends ASP Fund, a series of Alternative Strategies Platform, LLC

—Compiled by Angela Sormani