What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011:

Around the web

Hedge fund strategy makes major difference in performance. (Insider Monkey)

Top 5 places to land a hedge fund job in 2011. (HFObserver)

Hedge funds suffer losses after Molycorp was downgraded by JPM. (Insider Monkey)

Hedge fudging: A margin for error in hedge fund filings. “… the results, which they’ll present at the American Finance Association’s annual meeting in Chicago next week, suggest hedge funds ‘take advantage of lax regulation by strategically fudging equity position valuations to impress…potential or existing clients.’” (WSJ.com)

Big hedge funds build case for housing. (WSJ.com)

Federated Investors acquires Prime Rate Capital Management. (HedgeCo.net)

Simon Lack spills the beans in ‘Hedge Fund Mirage’. (InvestmentNews)

Fed says dealers tighten terms on hedge fund securities trades. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Key wealth management concerns for 2012. (Reuters)

What, exactly, is the argument against gold? (Marginal Revolution)

Recessions are costly. (Economic Logic blog)

JPMorgan fires James Koutoulas before he leaves. (Futures Magazine)

UK pension schemes pile into hedge funds. (Financial News)

JĂĽrgen Schmidhuber: simplicity drives algorithmic performance. (Opalesque)

Sears Holdings liquidation sale. (Bronte Capital)

MF Global scrutinized on money move. (DealBook)

How the 1 percent live, and give. (Chicago Tribune)

Comment period extension will help address ‘complex’ Volcker rule: SIFMA. (The Trade News)

Financial terrorism: the war on terrabytes. (The Economist)

Enercare rejects Octavian Advisors’ special meeting request. (HedgeFund.net)

Glenview Capital’s Larry Robbins gets go-ahead for indoor hockey rink. (Bergen County (N.J.) Record)

Privet Fund Management holds 9% stake in J. Alexander’s. (HedgeFund.net)

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