Cogo Wolf Asset Management ....

Cogo Wolf Asset Management, an multi-asset hedge fund-of-funds firm announced that Alan J. Andreini, Jr. has joined the firm as an Analyst. In this position, Andreini will assist the firm in judiciously growing the firm's global client base and supporting the servicing of clients and consultants.

Andreini was most recently Vice President, Business Development for Money Management Group, LP, a manager of hedge fund products, where he helped grow assets from $50 million to $1 billion over the past five years and service those new clients. He was also responsible for managing the firm's CRM database, fulfilling client and consultant requests and producing client reports, along with helping close new business.

Cogo Wolf is a 13-year-old global strategy multi-asset hedge fund-of-funds firm. The Cogo Wolf Global Strategy Fund has been ranked in the top 1% amongst global FOFs. The 3-year CAR ranks the firm 8th out of 921 global FOFs and the 5-year CAR ranks Cogo Wolf 2nd out of 552 global FOFs (Bloomberg FOF database as of 1/1/08).

MFA appoints Roger Hollingsworth, former sr. policy advisor to Senator Dodd as EVP and MD of government relations to develop and coordinate legislative and regulatory priorities and initiatives
Managed Funds Association (MFA), the trade association of the hedge fund industry, announced that Roger Hollingsworth has been named executive vice president and managing director, government relations, effective September 8, 2008. He will be responsible for the implementation of the Association's political and government relations outreach before the Executive Branch, Congress and relevant regulatory agencies. Mr. Hollingsworth joins MFA from the United States Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, where he served as deputy staff director and senior policy advisor to Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT). Mr. Hollingsworth will work directly with Mr. Baker to develop and coordinate MFA's legislative and regulatory priorities and initiatives.....

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