As the number of Asian hedge funds posting their September performance figures to Eurekahedge pushes towards 75 per cent, AsianInvestor this week shared details of some of last month&r
As the number of Asian hedge funds posting their September performance figures to Eurekahedge pushes towards 75 per cent, AsianInvestor this week shared details of some of last month’s top performers, as well as those leading the way YTD and over the calendar year. Leading the way with returns of +36 per cent was Antipodean Capital Management A$ Currency Fund (3x) run by Australia-based Craig Ferguson, an FX expert with over 16 years’ industry experience. Fraternity Hedge Fund and MacroValue Fund gained 14.56 per cent and 14.07 respectively. The Fraternity fund is managed by Hong Kong-based manager, Pacific Foundation Securities Ltd. As of end-September, the best performer is Monsoon Asia-Pacific Systematic Program with returns of +42.7 per cent, closely followed by Pivotal Investments Ltd (+37.3 per cent) and Heartstrings Fund – Class A USD, an FX-trading strategy up 35.7 per cent.
Looking at the best performing funds over the last 12 months, Hong Kong’s Galaxy Asset Management, run by Joe Chan and Tim Tse, is in pole position. The firm’s Galaxy China Deep Value Fund has returned an impressive +72.3 per cent. Shinya Yamada, fund manager to Earth Asset Management’s multi-strategy Earth Japan Fund has delivered returns of +71 per cent, closely followed by Edge Investment Management Ltd with returns of +70.7 per cent.
