What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Friday, Dec. 23, 2011:

Around the web

The lure of the hedge fund – despite poor performance. (Reuters Breakingviews, via The New York Times)

Instant history bias. (PerTrac)

Five hedge fund managers to watch in 2012. (MarketWatch)

Top 10 hedge fund trends and events of 2011. (AR)

Hedge funds bid for burned MF Global investors’ claims. (New York Post)

Hedge funds insist congressional information isn’t insider trading. (LearnVest)

Diverging fortunes predicted for hedge and private equity secondary markets. (Investment Europe)

Former Galleon manager Peter Swartz to start technology fund for Fortress. (Bloomberg)

Brevan Howard’s $201.3 million payout to partners down 79% from last year. (Bloomberg)

2011 was a year of horrors for hedge funds. (MarketWatch)

The HFA’s Ron Geffner: U.S. regulators ‘being set up for failure. (Global Financial Strategy News)

Forbes’ 2011 Lump of Coal Awards – the worst people and moments in fiscal policy. (Forbes)

MF Global trustee seeks money from British arm. (DealBook)

The euro: still in casualty. (BBC News)

North Korean bonds? Now could be the time. (WSJ.com)

Illinois representative Cross wants to examine Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System change to riskier investment strategy. (Daily Herald)

Drought may cause next year’s commodity prices to fluctuate. (Jerry Lackey in the Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News)

John Thomas: Parlaying experience into ‘mad’ success. (Futures Magazine)

Dutch government may veto Deutsche Boerse-NYSE merger concession: source. (Dow Jones Newswires, via Nasdaq)

Regulators expected to extend Volcker rule comment. (Reuters)

Impact of CFTC swaps reporting delay overstated. (The Trade News)

MF Global trustee reviewing firm’s practice of repledging collateral. (Thomson Reuters News & Insight)

High-speed trading rules loom. (Financial Times)

Emerging markets represent the future for high-frequency traders. (Advanced Trading)

‘Twas the week after layoffs…. (DealBook)

Muni bonds: The disaster that wasn’t. (WSJ.com)

Interview with Jeff Jennings, global head of prime services listed derivatives at Credit Suisse, on futures clearing post-MF Global. (COOConnect)

The (99%) funny side of hedge funds. (Simon Lack on Business Insider)

New Star boss John Duffield hits back at bullying claims in job case. (The Independent)

MF Global Holdings creditors and CFTC dispute customer funds. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

The eVestment/HFN outlook for 2012. (HedgeFund.net)

The sweet charity of hedge funds. (HedgeFund.net)

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