What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Thursday, March 15, 2012:

Around the web

CME’s incoming CEO Phupinder Gill isn’t seen as change agent. (Crain’s Chicago Business)

Hedge funds draw a crowd. (Crain’s New York Business)

HighTower nabs group from Merrill. (InvestmentNews)

N.Y. adviser Brian Raymond Callahan bilked investors, bought a beach house, SEC claims. (InvestmentNews)

Wall Street’s latest campus recruiting crisis. (DealBook)

U.K.’s Adair Turner says shadow banks a major threat. (MarketWatch)

Interactive feature: A chorus of criticism for Goldman. (DealBook)

Goldman plays damage control. (WSJ.com)

Fund consultant John Kinnucan pleads not guilty to illegal tips. (Thomson Reuters News & Insight)

13 reasons Goldman’s quitting exec may have a point. (ProPublica)

SS&C, GlobeOp deal would create ‘powerful force’. (HFMWeek)

UCITS hedge funds add to gains. (HFMWeek)

Level Global sued by its insurer for $7.45 million. (Financial Times)

Behold! Fear squared! CBOE launches VIX of VIX index! (WSJ’s MarketBeat blog)

Newedge saw MF Global red flags. (Financial Times)

Ex-MF Global broker Joseph Welsh charged with price manipulation. (Reuters)

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