Hedge Funds
Asian managers beat peers as hedge funds up 8% in 2013
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Here's what boosted this growth.
                    
                                        
                    
                New fund on LSE allows access to Chinese stock market
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Invest in the top 50 companies in mainland China.
                    
                                        
                    
                New hedging standard to require more disclosures
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	But accounting will be simpler.
                    
                                        
                    
                Hedge funds raise US$100b through asset flows in 2013
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Asian hedge funds outperform the underlying markets.
                    
                                        
                    
                Asia ex-Japan hedge funds outperform underlying markets by 10%
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	But total AUM fell to US$1.90t.
                    
                                        
                    
                Rallies in global markets dodged rumours on US Federal Reserve's slowdown
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Hedge funds up 0.90% in July.
                    
                                        
                    
                Guess what are the worst-performing hedge funds in June
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	They recorded a loss of 2.20%.
                    
                                        
                    
                Japanese hedge funds up 17.38%
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	But other regions were severely hit.
                    
                                        
                    
                Asian hedge funds outperform market for 3 consecutive months
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	As global AUM hits record US$1.88 tn.
                    
                                        
                    
                India-focused hedge funds give negative return
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	India hedge funds have posted negative returns of 0.9 percent so far in 2012.
                    
                                        
                    
                Goldman relocating Asia brokerage business from Japan to HK
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Goldman Sachs is scaling back operations of its prime brokerage unit in Japan, which services hedge funds.
                    
                                        
                    
                Foreign hedge funds may now invests Chinese residents' funds abroad
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	China has commenced a new investment reform allowing foreign hedge funds to use funds from Chinese residents in investments abroad.
                    
                                        
                    
                Ex-Och-Ziff directors start Asia hedge fund
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Two former managing directors of Och-Ziff Capital Management will start their own Asia-focused hedge fund firm Maso Capital in Hong Kong within the...
                    
                                        
                    
                Ex-Lehman trader quits as Asia hedge funds falter
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Former Lehman Brothers trader Allan Bedwick is shutting his $120 million Asia-based fund after giving it a two-and-half-year run.
                    
                                        
                    
                Symphony seeks $1B for Japan-focused hedge funds
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Symphony Financial Partners is seeking $1 billion from investors after its Japan-focused hedge fund returned more than four times its peers.
                    
                                        
                    
                China to open up markets to hedge funds
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	China's regulators are proposing to allow hedge funds to directly trade in mainland stocks and bonds.