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Mark Latham has joined Odey Asset Management to launch a new global equity hedge fund. Crispin Odey, chief executive of Odey Asset Management, and Latham worked together at Baring Asset Management. Latham has a 17-year track record covering the US, Emerging Markets, UK, Europe and Resources. The Odey Latham Global hedge fund will target double-digit returns with low volatility in any market conditions. Investors will include institutions, fund of funds and private individuals. Latham is not worrying about capping the size of the fund initially, but noted that when the fund grew to trip...