Asian hedge funds recorded a more muted set of returns for November against a backdrop of Korean peninsula tension and the ongoing debt crisis in the Eurozone, with stock markets such as Hong Kong&
Leading global hedge fund, D.E. Shaw, plans to increase its presence in Asia as part of a strategy to attract assets from Japanese pension funds heading into 2011.
TORA, one of Asia’s leading providers of advanced trading technology and off-exchange liquidity pools to institutional traders, has extended its footprint in the region by opening an o
Singaporean oil-focused hedge fund, RedWell Fund SPC, has turned its attention to the distillates market reported the Business Times this week and begun tradin
Nomura Asia Holding, the Asian arm of the Japanese bank’s global prime brokerage division, is finally ready to laun
First Derivatives, a provider of software and consulting services to global investment banks, brokers, hedge funds and exchanges, has opened a Singapore office. The new Asian office consolidates First Derivatives’ offering of products and services in liquidity and data management
Hedge funds fell 0.24 per cent to open 2014 – but not as much as the broader markets. The average hedge fund shed 0.24 per cent in January, according to Hedge Fund Research's HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. But the
PineBridge Investments has announced the appointment of Arthur Lau as Managing Director, Head of Asia ex-Japan Fixed Income. Lau, who will be based in Hong Kong, will head the firm’s Asian fixed income capabilities, focusing on managing local fixed income
Financial Risk Management, one of the world’s biggest hedge fund research and investment specialists, has launched
Nikko Asset Management has reached an agreement with DBS Bank to acquire DBS Asset Management. In return, DBS Bank will become a strategic minority shareholder in Nikko AM, taking a 7.25 per cent stake in the Tokyo-based firm. This transaction
