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GLOBAL - Hedge fund investments nose-dived at the end of last year, a survey by LJH Global Investments shows.

GLOBAL - The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index, which covers over 1200 hedge funds, grew by 1.3% in January.

GLOBAL - AIG Global Investment has joined IMMFA, the Institutional Money Market Funds Association, bringing the total number of members to 27.

GLOBAL - The global macroeconomic outlook took a turn for the worse in January as fund managers adopted a more cautious stance on global growth, profits and prices.

GLOBAL - Active equity managers have run out of effective strategies to deal with the current market volatility, a leading fund manager claims.

GLOBAL - JPMorgan has appointed Marco Baggioli as vice-president and head of its American depository receipt (ADR) group for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

GLOBAL - Van Hedge Fund Advisors has launched a tracker fund that will replicate the Van Global Hedge Fund Index.

GLOBAL - Some 500 of the world's largest companies could face billion dollar wipe-outs in shareholder value if they fail to act on climate risk. A new report, commissioned by the Carbon Disclosure Project, warned stockmarket heavyweights that they face...

GLOBAL - Managed futures funds outshone all other style-based sectors in January.

GLOBAL - Pension funds are still showing signs of "irrational optimism" about the prospects for share prices, the London Business School warns.