What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Thursday, June 14, 2012:

Around the web

Greek vote transfixes currency traders. (WSJ.com)

Vinik Asset Management moving HQ to Tampa Bay. (Tampa Business Journal)

Former Och-Ziff manager Manoj Jain, analyst Sohit Khurana to start Asia-focused Maso Capital. (Dow Jones Newswires)

Paulson & Co. supports Fresenius’s offer for Rhoen-Klinikum. (Dow Jones Newswires)

CME to return $130 million in MF Global assets. (DealBook)

Ex-Silicon Valley hedge fund manager Albert Ke-Jung Hu in federal fraud trial. (San Jose Mercury-News)

Former Winton duo Bruce MacDonald and Patrick McSharry launch Capitis Capital. (HFMWeek)

University of California opens door to smaller hedge funds. (HFMWeek)

Hedge funds see net inflows of 1.6% in past month, says GlobeOp. (HFMWeek)

Onion Imitating Life Dept.: Goldman Sachs hires single morally decent human being to work in separate, enclosed cubicle. (The Onion)

People moves

SEB Capital cap intro head Charlotte Bonde departs bank after 15 years. (HFMWeek)

Man Group research executive Darren Upton part of ISAM hiring spree. (HFMWeek)

EIM names former UBP pro Robert Phillips as head of long/short equity research. (HFMWeek)

EM specialist North of South hires Mark Watson as marketing director. (HFMWeek)

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