Weekly Asia News (Friday)

BNY Mellon's Alternative Investment Services (AIS) division received top industry recognition in the 2012 Hedgeweek Awards last week in London, winning the Best Asian Hedge Fund Administrator Award. »

Hong Kong-based Athos Capital Ltd, who went into partnership with Ascalon Capital Managers, a unit of Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp, at the end of 2011, aim to launch a »

Leading Asian FoHF firm SAIL Advisors has underscored its commitment to expanding in the US market by reinforcing its New York team with the addition of industry veteran Jason Filib »

Met Capital Management is preparing to launch the MET Pacific Fund, an Asia Pacific long/short equity fund, in Q2 this year. »

Met Capital Management is preparing a Q2 launch of the Met Pacific Fund, an Asia-Pacific long/short equity trading fund. »

SAIL Advisors, one of Asia’s leading global fund of hedge fund managers, has reinforced its fast-growing team in New York with the addition of an industry veteran to help drive its expansion in the US market. »

A survey conducted by Kinetic Partners of senior figures in the Asian asset management, investment banking and broking industry revealed that almost half believe that regulation will continue to be the greatest challenge for the global finance industry over the next five years. »

Institutional investors seeking exposure to emerging Asian equity markets face challenges in accessing many of the region's closed markets and are turning to exchange-traded derivatives markets, as well as over-the-counter (OTC) instruments that can provide the exposure they need, says TABB Group in new research published today. »

Asian institutions would appear to be continuing to grow in importance as a source of new capital for hedge funds both within Asia and globally, with the majority looking to maintain or increase th »

Joseph Pacini (pictured) has been appointed Head of BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI) Strategy Group, As »