Weekly Asia News (Friday)

Boyer Allan Investment Management has decided to call time on its Boyer Allan Japan Fund, officially converting it into an emerging markets fund instead, reported »

The first six months of 2010 were tough for Asian hedge funds. »

It’s fair to say that 2010 wasn’t a stellar year for global hedge funds. »

Hong Kong-based PMA Investment Advisors, a member of the SPARX Group and one of Asia’s leading hedge fund managers, is to join forces with SPARX and Cosmo (another member of »

Quantedge Capital, established in 2006 by Leow Kah Shin and Chua Choong Tze, came out on top of the global macro charts for 2010 according to Bloo »

Fortress Investment Group has appointed Thomas Chan-Soo Kang as president, Fortress Asia. »

There’s a real buzz in the air right now. Why? »

US investment bank, Morgan Stanley, has appointed Kevin O’Reilly to run its China commodities at the turn of the year, reported Bloomberg this week. »

Tim Wannenmacher, Nomura’s Hong Kong-based global head of prime services, has sensationally left the bank just days after outlining aggressive growth plans fo »

UK bank, Standard Chartered, with its strong focus on emerging markets, has made a strategic move in Malaysia that will allow it to offer Shariah-compliant derivatives c »