Permal Group has appointed of Professor Zhiwu Chen (pictured), Professor of Finance at Yale University, as Chief Adviser. This is a consultancy role, working closely with Permal’s Investment Committee, which is made-up of four senior members and eight portfolio managers,
Gottex Fund Management Holdings’ co-founder, Max Gottschalk, has moved to Hong Kong to help further grow the company’s business in Asia Pacific. Gottschalk, who is a Senior Managing Director, Head of Asia and Global Head of Marketing, as well
Woori Absolute Partners (WAP), a Singapore based alternative investment management firm, and NewAlpha Asset Management (NewAlpha), the European based global hedge fund incubation specialist have teamed up to launch an Asia based investment vehicle which will seed emerging hedge fund
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) has issued a time-limited no-action letter for OTC Clearing Hong Kong Limited. The letter states that DCR will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action against
Alp Ercil’s Asia Pacific fund has officially become the region’s largest hedge fund launch for 2012. The former Asia head of New York-based Perry Capital has closed the fund to new capital this week after raising an impressive USD940million according
JTC Group has made an investment in Kensington Trust Group (KTG), enhancing the alliance between the two companies which commenced in early 2013. With KTG having offices and a prominent presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Labuan, Kuala Lumpur and
People moves are the initial focus of this week’s Asia blog, in what has been a fairly quiet seven days for Asia’s hedge fund industry. Starting with prime brokerage, it was reported by AsianInvestor that the Royal Bank of Scotland
Jefferies has appointed Naomi Kumagai, Makarim Salman and Masahiro Wakasugi as Senior Equity Research Analysts based in Tokyo. Kumagai will cover the Healthcare sector, Salman will cover the Financial Services and Insurance sectors, and Wakasugi will cover the Technology sector.
Newedge has hosted a seminar in Chicago for senior executives from nearly 40 of China’s top futures commission merchants on opportunities in today’s international futures market. The China Futures Association (CFA) Orientation Program focused on strategic cooperation and featured presentations
Hedge fund capital invested in Emerging Markets reached a new record level in Q1 2011, as global investors increased exposure to Emerging Asia and Russia, according to the latest data released by Hedge Fund Research. Total assets invested in Emerging
