Hong Kong based long-short equity hedge fund firm Rockhampton Management, which also has an office in Tokyo, is going back to its Japan-focused routes after deciding to shutter its pan-Asia hedge fund, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hong Kong based long-short equity hedge fund firm Rockhampton Management, which also has an office in Tokyo, is going back to its Japan-focused routes after deciding to shutter its pan-Asia hedge fund, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The report cites an email from Rockhampton COO Ken Esparza to investors and service providers last week as revealing that the company is planning to invest exclusively in Japan and cease all other Asia trading.
The decision follows the resignation of Daniel Lane who led the firm’s non-Japan Asia investment business. Lian joined Rockhampton in 2016 from Baring Asset Management as a regional commodities analyst, rising to become portfolio manager of the non-Japan Asia strategy in January 2018.
In October 2018, the firm spun the non-Japan Asia strategy into a standalone fund – the Rockhampton Asia ex-Japan Fund, which was later renamed the Rockhamption Pan-Asia Fund.
Rockhampton was established in 2003 by Eric Forday and originally focused exclusively on Japan before diversifying into other Asia investment markets in 2011.
