A new Asia-focused hedge fund that will invest in stocks and derivatives tied to Asian companies is gearing up for launch by two former Credit Suisse senior traders reported Bloomberg this w
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has introduced three new Asian Index Futures to provide investors wider access to almost all of Asia’s key capital and growth markets. The new contracts, the SGX-PSE MSCI Philippines Index Futures, SGX MSCI Thailand Index Futures and
Eze Castle Integration, a provider of strategic IT services, technology solutions and strategic consulting to hedge funds, has opened an office in Hong Kong. Eze Castle’s expansion to Hong Kong builds on its success in Singapore and allows the company
Leading offshore law firm, Mourant Ozannes, announced this week it has opened an office in Hong Kong to provide clients with access to the firm’s offshore legal services in an Asian ti
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has appointed Robert Kim, global advisor for Alternative Summit Korea, and Raymond Kang, chief executive of Prodigy Capital Management, as Korea Chapter regional co-directors. The pair will focus on developing educational programmes with unique content
Interdealer-broker Tullett Prebon’s alternative investments (AI) team has opened an office in Dubai to serve the Middle East market. Gahtan Vahidy, a member of the team since May 2010, has been appointed head of alternative investments Middle East. The
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and the London Metal Exchange (LME) hosted a seminar in Tokyo on Wednesday to update participants on the LME’s markets. The theme of the seminar was the metals marketplace. The event included
Operational risk has come into greater focus in the last four to five years among OTC derivatives market participants, particularly in the wake of the financial crisis, according to a new report, Operational Risk Management in OTC Derivatives in Asia,
Some 58 per cent of firms in Asia Pacific are not prepared for a shorter settlement cycle in Europe which will change from trade date plus three days (T+3) to trade date plus two days (T+2) in October. That’s according to
Much has been made of the poor performance of Asian hedge funds in 2011, particularly equity long/short strategies (which still dominate the regional industry) which ended th
