Finance and Economics；Funds of hedge funds；Going, going, gone?
财经；综合基金；渐行渐去？
An overdue wave of consolidation is hitting the funds-of-funds industry；
迟到的兼并浪潮冲击着综合基金管理；
“If one individual can serve as the embodiment of the hedge-fund industry—its entrepreneurial spirit, its youthful energy after decades of growth and its pursuit of the next great manager—it is Arpad “Arki” Busson.” So cooed the Financial Times in 2006. Now Mr Busson seems to have become the embodiment of his industry's struggles. On May 29th reports surfaced that Mr Busson is seeking to sell EIM, his fund of hedge funds, which manages 6.2 billion dollar, less than half of what it did in 2008.
对冲基金这一行业极具创业精神，历经数十年的发展依然朝气蓬勃，而且始终积极寻找下一任出众的经理人。如果说某个人能体现出对冲基金的这些特点，那这个人非阿帕德·比松莫属。金融时报在2006年也有过这样的评论。如今比松先生摇身一变成为对冲基金坎坷发展的化身。5月29日有报道披露比松目前正与有关人士洽商出售其对冲基金EIM旗下的综合资金管理(FOF)部门，该部门经营着62亿美元的资产，不过这一数字与2008年相比萎缩了50%以上。

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