What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012:

Around the web

Level Global co-founder Anthony Chiasson says co-founder David Ganek also guilty of insider trading. (FINalternatives)

Pierre-Henri Flamand’s Edoma Partners said to suffer exit of partners Oliver Haslam and Casper Lund as assets fall. (Bloomberg)

Catastrophe reinsurer Nephila Capital joins Hedge Fund Standards Board. (FINalternatives)

Middle office outsourcing firm Etops expands to Geneva. (FINalternatives)

Seven bursts Nine’s bubble. (The Australian)

Former SEC commissioner Richard Y. Roberts on board of embattled Yorkville Advisors. (Dow Jones Newswires, via the Denver Post)

Man Asian literary prize loses sponsorship. (The Guardian)

Crumbling deal exposes clash of wealthy family dynasties. (DealBook)

Surveys cover Dodd-Frank, shareholder activism, pension allocations. (HedgeFund.net)

SEC names Andrew Calamari head of its New York office. (DealBook)

Executives at high-speed trading firm Eladian Partners shut firm. (DealBook)

Sneak peeks into Greg Smith’s new book about Goldman Sachs. (DealBook)

When Wall Street firms change risk models. (DealBook)

Is there life after the commodity ’supercycle’? (Reuters)

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