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Hedge fund charities start to feel the pinch

By James Mackintosh, Hedge Funds Correspondent

Published: March 3 2009 23:31 | Last updated: March 3 2009 23:31

The riches-to-slightly-less-riches story of hedge funds in the past year is hitting philanthropy, with Europe’s biggest charity fundraising event cutting back.

Absolute Return for Kids, which raised £25.5m at an extravagant £10,000-a-head ball in Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College last year, plans to hold a smaller event this year at Waterloo station, where it has hired the old Eurostar terminal.

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