One of the world’s best known hedge fund managers, Steve Cohen’s (pictured) SAC Capital, has strengthened its equity l/s por
Some 42% of Japanese institutional investors plan to increase their allocations to hedge funds in the near term according to a new investor survey by HFC Advisory. HFC Advisory, a Tokyo-based consulting and research firm, interviewed a wide range
Having already seen UBS and State Street increase the scope of their hedge fund services in Asia, the former launching a hedge fund administrat
Hedge funds may drive initial demand for Shanghai-listed stocks through a linkage of the city’s bourse with that in Hong Kong, according to Goldman Sachs, reports Bloomberg. The link will tap into pent-up demand from hedge funds to buy Yuan-denominated class-A
London-based Hugh Hendry’s Eclectica Credit Fund, positioned to profit from a slowdown in China economic growth, has performed strongly over the las
Pierre Lagrange, one of the industry’s leading fund managers, has taken on a newly appointed role as C
2014 has been good for long/short equity funds, asset-wise – investors poured USD51.6 billion (net) into them in H1 2014, the strongest inflows since H1 2006. According to the latest data from Eurekahedge, global hedge funds saw net inflows of
Income Partners Asset Management (HK) Limited has launched its first China onshore RMB bond fund under the Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) scheme. Income Partners is the first independent, Hong-Kong based “non-Chinese” asset manager to launch an onshore RMB
Global Investment House’s Mayur Hedge Fund, a long short absolute return growth oriented fund with a net long bias, has reported a 49 per cent return for the first six months ending 30 June 2014. That return makes it the
Institutional investors performing due diligence on Asia-Pacific focused hedge funds may be best served homing in on long/short equity and macro strategies. According to a recent report from Cambridge Associates: “Investing in Asian Hedge Funds: Opportunities and Challenges”, which notes
