What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013:

Around the web

Icahn takes Herbalife stake. (WSJ.com)

Mount Kellett lobs more fire at Clearwire, urges review of Dish offer. (WSJ’s Deal Journal)

Ex-SAC manager Charles Simonian said to start stock hedge fund Sigma Capital. (Bloomberg)

Neuberger Berman fund adds Halcyon Asset Management stake. (FINalternatives)

Third Point eyes Morgan Stanley pay. (FINalternatives)

Peregrine Financial founder Russell Wasendorf to be sentenced Jan. 31, faces up to 50 years. (FINalternatives)

Louisiana pension funds cut ties with Consulting Services Group after Fletcher Asset Management investment hits snags. (NOLA.com)

Hedge funds end 2012 up 5.63%. (FINalternatives)

Yale University increases HF investments. (eVestment)

CalSTRS invests in MKP Capital Management. (Pensions & Investments, via eVestment)

E Fund Management shuts down long/short equity strategy. (Asian Investor, via eVestment)

Myriad Asset Management, Azentus Capital Management post gains as Asian hedge funds beat peers. (Bloomberg)

Mariner Investment Group to take over Concordia Advisors’ operations. (Bloomberg)

Red Kite’s Michael Jansen favors tin as ’super-cycle’ continues. (Bloomberg)

HKEx seeks to be ‘gateway for China’. (Financial Times)

People moves

Capula adds another distressed debt expert, Mark Berry. (FINalternatives)

Caymans lawyer Julie O’Hara joins Carne Group as full-time hedge fund director. (FINalternatives)

Credit Suisse senior exec. Megan Kenney joins HF start-up. (Financial News, via eVestment)

Palisade Capital Management launches hedge fund, hires Paul Flather. (Hedge Funds Review, via eVestment)

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