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The hedge fund industry starts the decade with $456 billion under management. In May, Yale University CIO David Swensen publishes Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment. In November the board of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System approves the pension plan’s landmark $1 billion allocation to hedge funds.