After a promising start to the year Asia ex-Japan hedge funds lost some of their momentum last month, losing 3.10 per cent to leave up 6.28 per cent for the year according to the HFRI Emer
Former Millennium Management LLC traders plan to start two Japan-focused hedge funds in May to tap into the country’s recovering equity markets reported Bloomberg this week.
Shorting US-listed Chinese stocks was a popular theme among global hedge funds last year thanks to questionable accounting practices.
Adam Wallace, who headed up Asia Pacific hedge fund services at JP Morgan i
Alternative asset management group Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited (Gottex), has appointed Steven Lee Hyungwk as Marketing Director for the Asia Pacific region. Based in Gottex’s Hong Kong office, Hyungwk will play an active role in marketing and business development
Swiss fund of hedge funds firm, Gottex Fund Management, has appointed Steven Lee Hyungwk as marketing direct
Eurex Zürich is becoming a minority shareholder of the Taiwanese futures exchange TAIFEX. Subject to regulatory approval by the Taiwanese authorities, Eurex will acquire a five per cent stake in TAIFEX from Yuanta Financial Holdings. The agreed purchase price
Preqin’s latest Hedge Fund Spotlight reveals that hedge funds focusing on the Asia Pacific region posted significant returns in January and February 2013 of 3.97 per cent and 2.18 per cent in each month respectively. This is in comparison to
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) has issued a time-limited no-action letter to the Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing Limited (SGX-DC). In the letter, DCR states that it will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement
After several years of pedestrian performance in Asia, hedge funds are starting to rally, and compensation is adjusting accordingly, says professional services firm Heidrick & Struggles. According to the firm’s second annual Hedge Fund Compensation Survey (Asia 2013), base salaries for
