Asian-based Hedge Funds | |||||
The hedge fund industry in Asia is a competitive jungle with different kinds of players attempting to capture alpha. This list reflects some of the prominent hedge funds in region. | |||||
Large firms' AUM (>US$1 billion) | |||||
Firm | Firm founded | Strategy | Head Office location | *Assets under management(AUM) in US$ millions | |
Value Partners | 1993 | Absolute return long-biased funds, long-short hedge funds, exchange-traded funds, quantitative funds, fixed income products | Hong Kong | $10,700.0 | Details |
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Value Partners is one of Asia’s largest asset management firms. Established in 1993, Value Partners has had 20 years of experience focuing on the Greater China region. In November 2007, Value Partners Group Limited became the first asset management firm listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. | Cheah Cheng-Hye | Chairman and co-CIO | Cheah Cheng-Hye is the co-founder of Value Partners. He is a member of the New Business Committee of the Financial Services Development Council. Previously he was with Morgan Greenfell Group in HK, where he founded the HK/China Equities research department. Prior to this he was a financial journalist for The Star in Penang, Asian Wall Street Journal and Far Eastern Economic Review. | ||
Hillhouse Capital Management | 2005 | Long-only equity | Beijing | $7,800.0 | Details |
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Hillhouse Capital Management Group is a long-term fundamental equities investor managing more than US$7 billion for leading endowments, sovereigns, pensions, and single-family offices. | Lei Zhang | Founder, president and CIO | Lei Zhang is the founder of Hill Capital Management, currently the largest hedge fund In mainland China. Prior to this he was with Yale University Investment Office (Yale Endowment) and a chief representative to China for the New York Stock Exchange. | ||
SPARX Group | 1989 | Multi-strategy and Asian focused equity | Tokyo | $7,291.0 | Details |
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SPARX Group is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, it offers asset management and investment advisory services. The firm primarily provides its services to corporate pension annuities, government entities, private and trust banks, and public pension funds. | Shuhei Abe | CEO | Shuhei Abe currently serves as CEO for the SPARX Group. Previously, he founded Abe Capital Research in 1985, where he managed Japanese equity investments for U.S. and European investors. Prior to that, he worked in Japanese equity sales at Nomura Securities International. He began his career as an analyst at Nomura Research Institute. | ||
Arisaig Partners | 1996 | Long-only consumer investment, emerging markets | Singapore | $5,129.6 | Details |
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Arisaig Partners is an independent, investment management company founded in October 1996. The firm’s focus is exclusively on listed, consumer staples businesses in Asia (ex-Japan), Africa and Latin America. | Lindsay Cooper | Co-founder and portfolio manager | Linday Cooper is one of the co-founders of Singapore-based multi-billion dollar hedge fund Arsaig Partners. Prior to this he was with Crosby Securities Asia in Hong Kong (1993-1996) He was also previously with Price Waterhouse Coopers in Hong Kong and Ernst & Young in Edinburgh. | ||
PAG | 2002 | Multi-strategy and absolute return | Hong Kong | $4,500.0 | Details |
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PAG is one of the largest independent alternative investment management groups in Asia. The firm normally invests in the public equity, fixed income and alternative markets in Asia. It employs value strategy to make its investments. | Chris Gradel | CIO of absolute returns | Chris Gradel currently is the CIO of PAG's absolute returns group. He founded PAG in 2002 and has over 16 years of investment experience across Asia. Prior to founding PAG he led several investments for the Marmon Group in China and was an engagement manager for McKinsey & Co. based in Hong Kong. | ||
Dymon Asia Capital | 2008 | Macro | Singapore | $3,500.0 | Details |
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Dymon Asia Capital is a investment management company with a focus on macro funds. The company was one of the best performers in 2011, delivering net returns in excess of 20%. Paul Tudor Jones' Tudor Investment Corp provided the start up capital for Dymon Asia Capital. | Danny Yong | CIO and founding partner | Danny Yong currently serves as CIO of Dymon Asia Capital. Prior to this he was the CIO and CEO of Abax Global Capital. He has held positions at JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, where he was head of trading for South Asian derivatives, fixed income and FX. | ||
APS Asset Management | 1995 | Long/short equity | Singapore | $3,100.0 | Details |
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APS Asset Management is a Singapore-based boutique fund management firm. The principal activity of APS is to provide fund management, specialising in Asia Pacific equity investments. | Wong Kok Hoi | Founder, CIO | Wong Kok Hoi founded APS Asset Management in 1995. He currently serves as the CIO. Mr. Wong has 20 years of investment experience in Asia Pacific equity markets. Prior to setting up APS, he worked as senior investment officer, Asia Pacific Equities Department, at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation from 1981 to 1985. He then joined Citicorp Investment Management HK as vice resident, and then as CIO of Cititrust, Japan. | ||
Prime Capital Management | 2003 | China focused | Shanghai | $3,000.0 | Details |
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Prime Capital Management is one of the oldest and largest hedge funds in China. The firm invests exclusively in Chinese companies advised by a experienced team of researchers. Prime Capital Management was able to deliver average annual returns of almost 26%. | Liu Yijun | Founder | Liu Yijun is the founder of Prime Capital Management. Prior to this he was a futures trader at the Yongjin Group, a large private equity and investment group. | ||
Turiya Capital | 2010 | Long/short equity | Hong Kong | $2,800.0 | Details |
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Tuiya Capital is a Hong Kong-based hedge fund that focuses on long/short equity. Its Turiya Master Fund is one of very few funds based in the Asia-Pacific region that has a global equity long/short mandate. | Davide Erro | President and CIO | David Erro is president and CIO of Turiya Capital. He was the founder of Gandhara Capital and ran the fund until it 2009 when it incurred losses of 19% and had diffculty meeting redemption requests. Prior to this he worked at Deutsche Bank and was Asia head of global arbitrage desk at Goldman Sachs. | ||
Tybourne Capital | 2012 | Long/short equity | Hong Kong | $2,600.0 | Details |
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Tybourne Capital Management is a privately owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm invests in public equity markets across the globe with a bias to Asian equity. It will focus on investing in consumer, financials, technology, media, telecommunications and industrial sectors. | Eashwar Krishnan | CEO | Eashwar Krishnan currently serves as CEO of Tybourne Capital Management. He was previously the Asia head for U.S. hedge fund Lone Capital where he worked for the firm for 12 years. He raised US$500 million when he started Tybourne Capital Management. | ||
Myriad Asset Management | 2011 | Long/short equity and Asia focused | Hong Kong | $2,400.0 | Details |
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Myriad Asset Mangement is based in Hong Kong and focuses on Asia-Pacific-related equities, convertible and corporate bonds as well as credit and equity derivatives. | Carl Huttenlocher | Founder and portfolio manager | Carl Huttenlocher is founder and portfolio manager of Myriad Asset Management. He also is the co-founder and CEO of BuySideDirect LLC a internet-based trading platform. He has held positions at Long-Term Capital Management and was Asia head at Highbridge Capital Management. | ||
Janchor Partners | 2009 | Long/short equity | Hong Kong | $1,900.0 | Details |
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Janchor Partners is a Hong Kong based hedge fund that focuses on long-term fundamental investing in the Pan-Asian region and takes a multi-year approach to investing in compaines. Trading with about US$100 million it started. | John Ho | CIO | John Ho is the founder of Janchor Parnters and also serves as the firm's CIO. Prior to this he was director of The Children's Investment Fund Management Asia, in charge of handling investments primarily made in Asia-Pacific and Japan. He was also a senior equities analyst with Citadel Investment Group in Chicago and part of the Boston Consulting Group in Sydney. | ||
LIM Advisors | 1995 | Multi-strategy | Hong Kong | $1,700.0 | Details |
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LIM Advisors was founded in 1995. The firm is based in Hong Kong and has a wide regional coverage with additional research offices in Tokyo and Beijing. LIM Advisors employs a multi-strategy investment approach across the Asian region with a focus on low equity directionality and controlled risks. | George Long | CIO and chairman | George Long currently serves as CIO and chairman to LIM Advisors. He founded the firm in 1995. Prior to this he set up and ran Barclays Global Investors asset management business in Asia. He has also held positions at Manufactures Hanover Trust Company, Indosuez W.I. Carr and Gartmore Asia where he was managing director and CIO. | ||
Argyle Street Management | 2002 | Distressed and special opportunities fund | Hong Kong | $1,665.0 | Details |
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Argyle Street Management Limited (ASML) is a privately owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm invests in public equity and fixed income markets of Asia. | Yeh V-Nee | Co-founder and chairman | Yeh V-Nee is co-founder and chairman of Argyle Street Management in 2002, a distressed-asset specialist. He has established a string of fund management groups in Hong Kong including Value Partners and Cheetah Investment Management Group. He profited with Argyle Street Management in 2010 when he bought bonds from investors fleeing China's Asia Alumminum. | ||
ADM Capital | 1998 | Event-driven/distressed securities | Hong Kong | $1,600.0 | Details |
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Founded in 1998, ADM Capital is an investment manager that looks to achieve long term capital appreciation by investing in opportunities across Asia and Central/Eastern Europe. | Robert Appleby | CIO | Robert Appleby is co-founder of ADM Capital, CIO and the chairman of ADM Capital's Investment Advisory Committee. Before establishing ADM Capital, Robert was a managing director in the Asian Fixed Income Division at Credit Agricole Indosuez and prior to that spent 13 years at Lehman Brothers. | ||
Winnington Capital | 1999 | Long/short equity and Asia focused | Hong Kong | $1,500.0 | Details |
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Winnington Capital is a Hong Kong-based, Asian focused alternative investment advisor. It provides consultancy, financial, investment, and project co-ordinating services. In 2008 the firm raised more than US$1billion of equity for its Trophy Property Development Fund. | Kenneth Hung | CEO | Kenneth Hung is currently CEO of Winnington Capital, he founded the firm in 1999. Prior to this he was responsible for marketing derivatives at Peregrine Equity Derivatives. He started his career at Sheppard & Chase a London-based stockbroker. | ||
Income Partners | 1993 | Fixed income products and credit | Hong Kong | $1,400.0 | Details |
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Founded in 1993, Income Partners is a fixed income focused asset management firm with over 21 years of experience working in the Asian region. Income Partners has been a market leader in both traditional and alternative Asian fixed income and credit strategies. | Emil Nguy | CIO | Emil Nguy is CIO of Income Partners and co-founded the firm in 1993 with Francis Tija. Prior to this he worked for Indosuez Asia Investment Management where he managed several funds including the Asian Income Fund and the Malacca Fund. He has nearly 30 years of experience in investment management. | ||
Senrigan Capital Group | 2009 | Event-driven | Hong Kong | $1,160.0 | Details |
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Senrigan Capital Group is a event-driven hedge fund managed by the Blackstone Group. Blackstone Group provided Senrigan Capital Group with US$150 million in seed money in early 2009. | Nick Taylor | CIO | Nick Taylor currently serves as CIO of Senigan Capital Group. Prior to this he was a manager at Modal Capital Partners (part of Credit Suisse's in-house hedge funds), where he oversaw over US$1 billion. He was also head principal at Citadel Investment Group. | ||
Greenwoods Asset Management | 2005 | Long/short equity | Shanghai | $1,100.0 | Details |
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Greenwoods Asset Management is an investment management company specializing in managing funds investing into mainland China companies, including but not limited to A shares, B shares, H shares, Red Chips, and ADRs. Greenwoods funds include both international funds investing in Greater China equities for global investors and A-share trusts for qualified Chinese domestic investors. | George Jiang | President and CIO | George Jiang is the founder of Greenwoods Asset Management and currently serves as the president and CIO. He has 20 plus years of experience in investing. His prior experience includes being part of the Shenzhen stock exchange where he served as the general manager of Bonds and the Futures Department. | ||
Quantedge Capital | 2006 | Macro | Singapore | $1,049.0 | Details |
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Quantedge is a quantitative global macro hedge fund that is based in Singapore. It was founded in 2006 with US$3 million under management and has returned 33% annually since then. It uses statistical models to pick trades. Most of their investors include high-net-worth individuals, family offices and fund of funds. | Kah Shin Leow | Managing Director | Kah Shin currently serves as managing director at Quantedge. Prior to this he worked in Bermuda as a reinsurance pricing actuary for Max Re Capital (now Alterra Capital). Before this he was in Boston with Tillinghast-Towers Perrin (now Towers Watson), serving as an acturial consultant to the insurance and financial services industry. | ||
* Latest available data as of October 13, 2014 |
Medium firms' AUM (US$500 million-US$1 billion) | |||||
Firm | Firm founded | Strategy | Head Office location | *Assets under management(AUM) in US$ millions | |
Munsun Asset Management | 2003 | Asian equities | Shenzhen | $1,000.0 | Details |
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Munsun asset management was first established in 2003 and focuses on public equity investments. The firm adopts a PE approach when it comes to research, due diligence, and stock picking. They focus on listed companies in high growth sectors that are undervalued by the market. | Xianghong Li | Founder, chairman of the board, executive director and CEO | Xianghong Li is the founder of Munsun Asset Management and currently serves as its CEO. He has more than 20 years of experience in the asset management industry. He is also a deputy director at the Shenzhen Financial Consultancy Association. | ||
Ortus Capital Management | 2003 | Active currency manager and macro | Hong Kong | $951.0 | Details |
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Ortus Capital Management Limited is a active currency manager. Founded in 2003, the group currently manages a number of funds and accounts. Their investment approach focuses on portfolio approach, adaptation to changing market conditions, and risk management. | Joe Zhou | CIO | In 2003 Joe Zhou founded Ortus Capital Management, one of the most profitable large hedge funds in the Asian region. Prior to Ortus, he co-founded Divergence Capital Management and was head of research at quantitative financial strategies. He started his career as a propietary trader at Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. | ||
AR Capital | 2005 | Long-only equity | Singapore | $900.0 | Details |
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AR Capital is a Singapore-based specialist Asian investment management firm employing active investment strategies. Their investment focus is on Asian ex-Japan equities, as well as global companies which are largely driven by Asian dynamics. | Leong Wah Kheong | Founder and managing director | Leong Wah Kheong is co-founder and managing director of AR Capital. He has 28 years of equity investment experience. Prior to starting AR Capital he spent 20 years with global asset management firm Schroders, where he was the CIO for Asia Pacific ex-Japan equities. | ||
Ward Ferry Management | 2000 | Long/short equity | Hong Kong | $878.0 | Details |
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Founded in 2000, Ward Ferry Management focuses on long/short equity Asia Pacific investments. The firm conducts in-house research to make its investments. It operates as a subsidiary of Ward Ferry Management (BVI) Limited. | Scobie Ward | Co-Founder and CEO | Scobie Ward is co-founder and CEO of Ward Ferry Management. He founded the firm with Christopher Ferry. Prior to this he was CIO at Lloyd George Management He was responsible for managing several of Lloyd George Management’s major accounts, including the LG Asian Smaller Companies Fund and the LG Asian PLUS Fund. Previously, he started his investment career in 1989 at the Indosuez Asia Investment Services, first as an Investment Analyst and then as an Investment Manager of the US$100 million Himalayan Fund. | ||
Azentus Capital Management | 2010 | Multi-strategy | Hong Kong | $750.0 | Details |
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Azentus Capital Management is a Hong Kong based hedge fund manager. It carries out a multi-strategy approach to its investments. Was one of the region's biggest and most high profile start-ups with at least US$1 billion in assets when it started trading. | Morgan Sze | CIO | Morgan Sze is CIO at Azentus Capital Management. Prior to this he was the former global head of Goldman Sachs's Principal Strategies (GSPS) group. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1993 as part of the investment banking unit in New York. | ||
Tree Line Investment Management | 2006 | Medium/long term investment and Asia focused | Hong Kong | $740.0 | Details |
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Tree Line Investment Management is a Hong Kong-based hedge fund founded in 2006. It currently has nine investment professionals throughout Asia-Pacific each with at least 10 years experience. | Zaheer Sitabkhan | CEO | Zaheer Sitabkhan serves as the CEO of Treeline Investment Management. Prior to this he was at Lloyd George Management where he managed the LG Asian Plus Fund. He previously served in business development projects with companies both in Prague and Moscow. | ||
Zeal Asset Management | 2009 | Long/short equity | Hong Kong | $656.0 | Details |
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Zeal Asset Management s a privately owned investment manager. It provides its services to sophisticated investors globally, including family offices, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, pension funds and individual investors. The firm launches and manages hedge funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity markets of China. The firm primarily invests in value stocks across all market capitalization. | Franco Ngan | CEO | Franco Ngan is CEO of Zeal Asset Management. Prior to this he was CEO and executive officer for Value Partners one of the largest hedge funds in Asia. He has also worked at Altamira Investment Services and at Manulife Asset Management where he served as the director of sales and distribution. | ||
Adamas Asset Management (fomerly Gen2 Partners) | 2009 | Fund of hedge funds | Hong Kong | $610.0 | Details |
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Adamas Asset Management is an investment firm specializing in funding growth enterprises in Greater China and developed markets in Asia. It typically invests in small & medium sized companies with an enterprise value of USD $40 million to USD $500 million that have substantial operations in Asia. It was previously known as Gen2 Partners in 2009. | Paul Heffner | Managing Partner and CEO | Paul Heffner is co-founder, Managing Partner and CEO of Adamas Asset Management. Prior to this he was a Partner at Ajia Partners which managed around US$320million in alternative investments focused on Asia.He was also a associate director with Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management. He has 20 years of investment experience in Hong Kong. | ||
Trivest Advisors | 2010 | Long/short equity | Hong Kong | $500.0 | Details |
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Founded in 2010, Trivest Advisors is a equity hedge fund that invests in Chinese long/short stocks across all sectors and market capitalization. | Wu Huimin | CIO | Wu Huimin serves as CIO to Trivest Advisors. Prior to this he was a founder of Prime Capital Management where he managed the Dragon Billion Greater China Fund. Was a fund manager at State Street Global Advisors where he focused on China from 2001-2004. | ||
* Latest available data as of October 13, 2014 |
Small firms' AUM (<US$500 million) | |||||
Firm | Firm founded | Strategy | Head Office location | *Assets under management(AUM) in US$ millions | |
HT Capital | 1997 | Long/short equity | Hong Kong | $400.0 | Details |
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HT Capital was established in 1997 with a long/short equity strategy in mind when it first began. As of August 2014 it currently manages two funds the HT Asian Catalyst Fund and the HT Asian Alpha Amoeba Fund. | Ophelia Tong | Fund manager | Ophelia Tong co-founded HT Capital Management in 1997 and currently serves as the firm's investment director. She has over 30 years of total fund management experience involving Asian markets. Prior to this she worked as fund manager at Sofaer Global Research. She was once part of National Mutual Funds Management (now AXA) and became their CEO/CIO in 1994. From 1986-1991 she helped set up Scimitar Asset Management. | ||
OCP Asia | 2009 | Credit, equity | Hong Kong | $390.0 | Details |
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Established in 2009 OCP Asia is a Asia-focused alternative investment fund manager. The firm has a team of 25 people with over a third of the team having more than 15 years of experience investing in the Asia Pacific region. | Teall Edds | Co-partner | Teall Edds is co-founder of OCP Asia. Prior to this he was with Stark Investments where he was a senior portolio manager responsible for structured finance, fixed income and hybrid credit strategies in the Asian region. He has held various positions at Credit Suisse most recently serving as head of credit risk management at Credit Suisse Financial Products (Hong Kong). | ||
9 Masts | 2010 | Asia-focused relative-value capital arbitage, long/short and event driven | Hong Kong | $350.0 | Details |
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Nine Masts Capital is a privately owned hedge fund sponsor that invests in Asian public equity, fixed income and hedging markets. The firm uses a combination of strategies to make its investments. Founded in 2010, sources say that it returned an estimated 20% in its first eight months. | Wang Bing | CIO | Wang Bing currently serves as CIO for Nine Masts Capital. Prior to this he was head of Saba Principal Strategies in Asia a Deutsche Bank proprietary team that once managed US$10 billion in Hong Kong until it was shut down in 2008. | ||
Vegasoul Capital Management | 2004 | Multi-strategy | Hong Kong | $331.0 | Details |
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Vegasoul Capital Management is an employee owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm manages hedge funds for its clients. It invests in public equity, fixed income, and alternative investment markets across the globe. The firm invests in a broad range of asset classes that include equities, fixed income, currencies etc. It employs quantitative analysis to make its investments. | Vincent Wong | Founder and CIO | Vincent Wong is currently the CIO of Vegasoul Capital Management. Traded personally from 2001-2004 right after graduating Monash University with a degree in Economics. | ||
Pureheart Capital Asia | 2006 | Long/short equity and value-oriented | Hong Kong | $230.0 | Details |
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Pureheart Capital is a privately owned investment manager. The firm normally invests in the public equity markets across the globe. It seeks to invest in value stocks of compaines. In conducts in-house research to make its investments. | Zhao Danyang | Director | Zhao Danyang is founder and current director at Pureheart Capital. Prior to this he was based in Shenzhen and ran a consumer electronics company that produced dance mats. He is famous for being the man in 2008 who paid US$2.1 million to an auction to have lunch with Warren Buffett. | ||
Vulpes Investment Management | 2011 | Multi-strategy | Singapore | $200.0 | Details |
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Vulpes Investment Management is a alternative investments group that covers multiple asset classes and offers products ranging from a volatility fund to a global diversified fund and funds focused on agricultural land ownership and biotechnology. | Stephen Diggle | Founder and principal | Stephen Diggle is founder and principal at Vulpes Investment Management. Prior to this he was a co-founder of Artradis Fund Management which started in 2002 with US$4 million and peaked to nearly US$4.9 billion in late 2008, the fund closed in 2010. Prior to this Stephen spent several years heading up equity derivative trading teams at Lehman Brothers. | ||
RCMA Asset Management (formerly Aisling Analytics) | 2004 | Commodity long/short | Singapore | $133.0 | Details |
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Founded in 2004, RCMA Asset Management is a Singapore based commodity focused hedge fund manager. Their flagship product is The Merchant Commodity Fund. The fund managed US$1.56 billion in 2010 and saw its assets slump down to a low of US$132 million. | Michael Coleman | Managing Director | Michael Coleman is the managing director at RCMA Asset Management. Prior to this he founded U Derivatives where he served as the CIO. He spent most of his career at Cargill in a variety of commodity trading and trading management positions. Based in Singapore since 1984 he is active in and was a former Chairman of the Singapore Chapter of the Alternative Investment Management Association. In 2010 he became a major share holder and director in the RCMA Group, a global commodity merchant focused on rubber and soft commodities. | ||
Acru Asset Management | 2004 | Long/short equity | Hong Kong | $110.0 | Details |
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Acru Asset Management International, is a privately owned investment manager. The firm invests in the public equity markets of China. | Billy Chan | Co-founder and director | Billy Chan co-founded of Acru Asset Management in 2004. Prior to this he was at INVESCO where he was the director of China and Hong Kong. He spend 12 years there as the CIO of INVESCO Great Wall Fund Management. | ||
Sentosa Capital | 2011 | Credit | Singapore | $50.0 | Details |
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Founded in 2011 by ex-Standard Chartered Bank bankers, Sentosa Capital is a Asian credit focusing fund aimmed at investing in the region's fixed income market and local currency bond markets. In 2011 logistics company Vibrant Group invested US$30 million into the Sentosa Asian Credit Offshore Feeder Fund. | Brad Levitt | CEO | Brad Levitt is currently the CEO of Sentosa Capital. Prior to this, he was the former global head of capital markets for Standard Chartered Bank. He has also held positions as director of Asian and Middle East fixed income and vice-president of capital markets in Standard Chartered. Also worked for Coopers & Lybrand Securities, Pangea Business Planning and First Interstate Bank. | ||
DM Capital | 2003 | Long-only | Hong Kong | $45.0 | Details |
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Founded in 2004, RCMA Asset Management is a Singapore based commodity focused hedge fund manager. Their flagship product is The Merchant Commodity Fund. The fund managed US$1.56 billion in 2010 and saw its assets slump down to a low of US$132 million. | Michael Coleman | Managing Director | Michael Coleman is the managing director at RCMA Asset Management. Prior to this he founded U Derivatives where he served as the CIO. He spent most of his career at Cargill in a variety of commodity trading and trading management positions. Based in Singapore since 1984 he is active in and was a former Chairman of the Singapore Chapter of the Alternative Investment Management Association. In 2010 he became a major share holder and director in the RCMA Group, a global commodity merchant focused on rubber and soft commodities. | ||
Tantallon Capital Advisors | 2003 | Asia Pacific focused long/short equity | Singapore | $30.0 | Details |
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Tantallon Capital Advisors began trading in 2003 with US$5.5 million in assets. The fund had a peak of US$1.7 billion AUM at the end of March 2008 however, during the global financial crisis the fund paid US$1.1 billion to clients who needed quick liquidity. | Nick Harbinson | CIO and director | Nick Harbinson is CIO at Tantallon Capital Advisors. Prior to this he was at Merrill Lynch where he was responsible for Asian sales and sales-trading. He has held positions at Goldman Sachs and WI Carr where he was the CEO. He has over 20 years of sales and management experience in investment banking in Asia. | ||
* Latest available data as of October 13, 2014 |