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As of July 31, 2008	1 Month	YTD
CHW-HF Composite Index	-5.99%	-5.62%
CHW-HF Equity Hedged Index	-7.33%	-6.70%
CHW-HF Notes Index	-1.07%	-1.08%
CHW-FOHF Index	-1.33%	-3.62%
SC CDN HF Index Asset W.	-8.61%	1.26%
SC CDN HF Index Equal W.	-6.55%	1.62%
CSFB Tremont HF Index	-2.61%	-2.11%
HFRI Fund Weighted Comp. Index	-2.17%	-3.43%
Hennessee HF Index	-1.95%	-3.23%
MSCI World Index C$	-2.19%	-10.05%
S&P500 TRI C$	-0.61%	-10.30%
S&P/TSX Composite Index	-6.04%	-1.74%
NASDAQ Comp. Index C$	1.66%	-9.95%

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	RBC Capital Markets snaps up Bear Stearns team
	Sep 05/08 - New Page 1 RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada today announced th...Read more
	Celent reports formidable challenges for hedge fund administrators
	Sep 04/08 - With the hedge fund industry undergoing seismic shifts, fund administrators are faced with a formidable set of business and operational chal...Read more
	Hedge Funds Ripe for Consolidation
	Sep 04/08 - A survey released Wednesday by Global Custodian ranked the world's top hedge fund administrators and found the industry could be in for cons...Read more
	Citadel, SAC Hiring Survivors
	Sep 03/08 - While more than 200 hedge funds shut down this year, Balyasny, SAC Capital Advisors LLC and Citadel Investment Group LLC are going on a hiri...Read more
	Ospraie to Close Flagship Hedge Fund After 38% Loss
	Sep 03/08 - Ospraie Management LLC, the investment firm run by Dwight Anderson, will close its biggest hedge fund after slumping 38.6 percent this year ...Read more
	RBC Capital Hires 11 Former Bear Stearns Bankers for Europe
	Sep 03/08 - RBC Capital Markets, the investment- banking unit of Royal Bank of Canada, hired 11 former Bear Stearns Cos. bankers for a new U.S. institut...Read more
	Spouse Charged In Hedge Fund Fraud
	Sep 03/08 - The Securities and Exchange Commission has amended its complaint against Wextrust Capital, its principals and four affiliated Wextrust entit...Read more
	Private equity and hedge funds work both sides of the aisle
	Sep 02/08 - Donations flow to Dems and GOP in hopes of saving 15% carried-interest tax rate.Hedge funds and private equity firms arguably have more to l...Read more
	HF Chief Joins Sara Lee Board
	Sep 02/08 - Jeffrey Ubben, the head of an activist hedge fund with a major stake in Sara Lee Corp., has been added to the foodmaker's board of directors...Read more
	Worlds top 300 pension funds hit $12 trln-study
	Sep 02/08 - Despite adverse market conditions, contributions from sponsors have helped large pension schemes to grow. LONDON (Thomson IM) - The total as...Read more
	High-profile ex-Goldman trader quits US hedge fund
	Sep 02/08 - Halcyon Asset Management, the US hedge fund that scrapped a plan for an initial public offering earlier this year, told its clients that Ste...Read more