According to Hedge Fund Research (HFR), hedge-fund assets have crossed the $1.917 trillion mark, The Wall Street Journal reports. The assets increased by a net $149 billion in the fourth quarter of last year. Investors added around $13.1 billion in new money during the last quarter, after having put in $19 billion in the third quarter of 2010, adds Reuters. The industry last touched the $1.93 trillion figure in the second quarter of 2008.
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