Weekly Asia News (Friday)

Vam Funds, an investment boutique, has appointed Linda McLaren as business development manager for Asia. »

Global hedge funds finally reversed two consecutive months of declines by making positive returns in July, the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index »

New York-based hedge fund guru, Phil Falcone (pictured), is preparing to make his first foray into the Asia region with the launch of a Pan-Asia fund next month, reports FINalternatives. »

When UK-based Matrix Group decided to launch its Matrix Asia Fund »

Hong Kong-based Diamond Dragon Advisors Ltd, Asia’s first independent general partner advisory and fund placement firm established by industry veteran Ed Greene »

 Asia’s fourth largest emerging stock market, Taiwan, is in talks with the region’s largest – Japan – to cross-list its exchange-traded f »

 Nomura has announced the appointment of Henrik Melph as MD, Global Hea »

Matrix Group is celebrating the two year anniversary of the Matrix Asia Fund managed by Rupert Foster. »

Law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has promoted Ying Z. White to partner.  »

Regional fund placement veteran Ed Greene has established Diamond Dragon Advisors as the first independent general partner advisory and fund placement firm headquartered in Asia with global distribution and product sourcing capability in the alternative assets space. »