Weekly Asia News (Friday)

Weekly Asia News (Friday)
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Superfund to increase alliances with Japanese brokerages

Superfund, the Vienna-based managed futures firm established by Christian Baha in 1995, is planning to increase alliances with Japan’s major securities broke »


Hiroshi Yoh, CEO CIO, Tokio Marine Asset Management Pte Ltd

Tokio Marine's Yoh moves to Janus Capital

As Singapore ushers in the New Year, so a new chapter beckons for Hiroshi Yoh (pictured) who has decided to join one of the Lion City’s hedge fund managers, Janus Cap »


Robert Appleby, co-founder, ADM Capital Europe

ADM Capital’s O’Brien sees value in Kazakhstan medium-sized companies

For Patrick O’Brien, a partner of ADM Capital Europe LLP, Kazakhstan holds investment potential into distressed companies every bit as huge as the country. »


Bill Hwang, founder, Tiger Asia Management

Tiger Asia feels the bite with 0.5 per cent gains in 2010

New York-based Tiger Asia Management, one of the so-called “tiger cubs” that received seed capital from Julian Robertson, has expressed its disappointment at the fund&r »


Lee Porter, head of Asia, Liquidnet

Liquidnet adds Indonesian equities to its trading operations

New York-headquartered Liquidnet, the off-exchange liquidity platform that provides institutional buy-side traders with secure and anonymous block trading of equities, announced th »


Hong Kong at night

Nezu Asia receives USD50million Tiger seed for two Asian hedgies

Nezu Asia, a hedge fund with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and a research office in Japan, which first opened its doors back in 2000, has had a good start to the New Year. »


Stephen Diggle, co-founder, Artradis

Artradis hedge fund to shut, new firm planned

Singapore-based Artradis Fund Management, co-founded in 2001 by Stephen Diggle and Richard Magides, is to shut down and return investors’ mo »


Brian Meese, CEO, TriOptima

TriOptima appoints Yutaka Imanishi as APAC CEO

TriOptima, the award-winning provider of post-trade risk management and OTC derivatives infrastructure services, has announced this week several organizational changes. »


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Monterey Japan Equity Fund gains +19 per cent, 2010

Singapore-based Monterey Capital Management Pte way exceeded the equity l/s returns generated by Asia ex-Japan hedgies last year. »


Alexandre Harkous, Group CEO of BI-SAM

BI-SAM expands its reach from Hong Kong to Singapore and Australia

BI-SAM, a provider of performance attribution and reporting software solutions for the global asset management industry, has announced  several new appointments, increasing its presence in Asian markets. »


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