Berger To London

Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, a fund-of-hedge funds with approximately $15 billion dollars under management, said that New York-based managing director Gideon Berger will take over the < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />London office at the beginning of next year. www.blackstone.com< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />