Exclusive networking events for hedge fund managers and investors in Asia since 2005

A packed and fun Hong Kong Hedge Funds Club evening reception

On Thursday 26th April the Hedge Funds Club hosted yet another fabulous by-invitation-only evening reception for hedge funds and investors in Hong Kong. Attended by the best local fund managers and smartest Asian investors, it was an enjoyable evening at Club Lusitano full of laughter, handshakes, smiles and drinks. The event was sponsored by Ogier, S&P Global Market Intelligence, OP Investment Management, Eurex, Maybank Kim Eng Securities, Apex Fund Services, Eze Castle Integration and Interactive Brokers. A big thank you to everybody who participated!

 

Interview: To outsource or not outsource trading for emerging managers

 

Jeff LeVeen, Managing Director and Head of Outsourced Trading at JonesTrading talks with Himali Kothari, Founder of Aquamarine Value. Read the full interview here.

 

Singapore evening reception saw great turnout by local funds and investors

 

On 13th March, HFC hosted another splendid evening reception for hedge funds and investors in the Atlantic Dining Room at the Tower Club in Singapore. Both long-term members and quite a few new faces enjoyed a fine evening of hedge fund networking. The event’s sponsors were Ogier, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Apex Fund Services and Spark Plus. Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make this another win. Cheers!

 

 

Splendid Tokyo year-end evening rounds off a fab year for the Hedge Funds Club

On Friday 1st December, HFC’s traditional year-end evening reception for hedge funds and investors at the Roppongi Hills Club in Tokyo finished off another busy and productive year. The evening was sponsored by Ogier, Eurex and CIBC Fund Administration Services. We had a great turnout of local fund managers, investors and asset managers as well as quite a few distinguished overseas guests.

 

Interview: OPIM’s Alvin Fan talks about strategic investment in FundSeeder

OP Investment Management recently invested in an equity stake in the company FundSeeder. HFC’s Stefan Nilsson decided to check in with OPIM’s CEO Alvin Fan to find out what this is all about. Read the full interview here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Hedge Funds Club Dialogue luncheon with S&P Global a success

The Hedge Funds Club Dialogue is a new initiative where we host senior hedge fund industry executives for an off-the-record roundtable discussion over lunch. The first event took place at Tokyo American Club on 13th November in partnership with S&P Global Market Intelligence. We had a great discussion about corporate governance, market outlook, geopolitics, taxation, regulation and much more.

 

Hong Kong rocked and rolled by the Hedge Funds Club once again

On 8th November, the Hedge Funds Club hosted another packed evening reception in Hong Kong. Plenty of old familiar faces from Hong Kong’s hedge fund community shard drinks and stories with quite a few new people as well. A big thank you to the event sponsors Ogier, OP Investment Management, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Colliers International, Eurex and SPEEDA.

 

HFC Advisory Group is very proud to announce that the Hedge Funds Club scholarship for the Henley Executive Hedge Fund Program in Singapore has been awarded to Kameshwara Suppiah.

“Since 2005, the Hedge Funds Club has been supporting the hedge fund industry in Asia by connecting hedge funds and investors. Henley Business School’s hedge fund program, taught by seasoned industry practitioners, helps to shape the future of the hedge fund industry.  We have the same goals and it is a pleasure for us to partner with Henley,” says HFC’s founder Stefan Nilsson. “We selected Kameshwara for the first Hedge Funds Club scholarship from a pool of very diverse and motivated people. We think he has the right mix of eagerness, motivation and competitiveness to do well on the course and in the hedge fund industry.” Kameshwara Suppiah, a graduate of the National University of Singapore, will join this month’s intake of the Henley course in Singapore. The course is currently being run in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore and will soon launch in New York and London.

 

 

From fund management to modern art: The Walking Creative from Oz

By day, James Smith works in operations at an Adelaide fund manager. In his spare time he is The Walking Creative, an emerging artist. We had a chat with him about his art. Read the full interview here.

Singapore Hedge Funds Club networking evening a smash hit

On Tuesday 5th September, Singapore’s hedge fund community came together once again for drinks and networking in the splendid Atlantic Dining Room at the Tower Club at Raffles Place. The packed by invitation only evening reception – which saw hedge fund managers, traders and asset managers mingle with investors – was generously sponsored by Ogier, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Noviscient, Eurex, Colliers International and Osaka Exchange – JPX Group.

The Hedge Funds Club celebrated its 12th anniversary in Tokyo

 

On Monday 5th June, the Hedge Funds Club celebrated its 12th anniversary with a splendid evening reception at the Roppongi Hills Club in Tokyo. Hedge funds, FoF, pension funds, insurers, trust banks, bank treasuries, asset managers, investment consultants and gatekeepers came together to catch up with old friends and make new connections. The evening’s sponsors were Ogier, CIBC Fund Administration Services, Maybank Kim Eng Securities and Osaka Exchange – JPX Group.

The 2 and 20 model is not dead: It’s not the fees, it’s the fund managers

Read HFC boss Stefan Nilsson’s thoughts on the never-ending hedge fund fee debate on LinkedIn.    

 

HFC rocked Hong Kong like it’s nobody’s business

On Wednesday 26th April, Hong Kong’s hedge fund community came together for some proper old-school networking at a great evening of business and pleasure. HFC rocked Hong Kong like it’s nobody;s business. The packed event was one of HFC’s best events ever in our 12-year history. A big thank you to everyone who participated and especially to the evening’s sponsors Ogier, Maybank Kim Eng Securities, OP Investment Management, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Privium RKR, Invast Global, Colliers International and Qilin World Capital.  

Maybank Kim Eng’s Ade Olopade on the changing prime brokerage business

  The international prime brokerage industry has seen major changes happening in the past decade. HFC’s Stefan Nilsson talked with Ade Olopade, Regional Head of Prime Services with Maybank Kim Eng Securities in Singapore. Read the full interview here.                

 

 

 

Interview: Mohammed Ali-Reda of Darkhorse Capital

Three years ago, Mohammed Ali-Reda founded Darkhorse Capital in Hong Kong to manage his own bottom-up emerging Asia and Middle East and North Africa equity long/short strategy. HFC’s Stefan Nilsson decided to have a chat with him about this journey so far. Read the interview here.                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Treloar of Noviscient: Re-imagining investment management

 

“At Noviscient we offer something new and better” says Scott Treloar in an interview about his new investment management business with a difference which he launched in 2016. Scott Treloar has a solid background working in hedge funds, private equity and banking, where he has primarily worked on portfolio management and risk management, much of it focused on quantitative analysis and systematic trading strategies.  Read the full interview here.                

 

New book: Successfully Launching and Managing a Hedge Fund in Asia

HFC boss Stefan Nilsson is a contributing author to a new book by Henri Arslanian called “Entrepreneurship in Finance: Successfully Launching and Managing a Hedge Fund in Asia” (out now, published by Palgrave Macmillan). This is a perfect read for anyone starting out in the hedge fund industry. All author proceeds will be donated to the Help for Children charity. Available on Amazon: goo.gl/fL33gt

 

Misaki Capital’s Masaki Gotoh: Constructively adding value to corporate Japan

 

Misaki Capital is one of the bright new fund manager stars in Japan. HFC’s Stefan Nilsson decided to catch up with Masaki Gotoh, who is a partner and chief investment officer at Misaki Capital in Tokyo. Read the interview here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPIM’s Alvin Fan:

“Entrepreneurship is in our blood”

 

Interview: HFC’s Stefan Nilsson talks to OPIM CEO Alvin Fan about the Hong Kong fund house’s evolution and its current role in the hedge fund industry. Read the full story here.

 

 

 

The legal side of the Asian hedge fund industry

HFC’s Stefan Nilsson wanted to find out more about the legal side of the Asian hedge fund industry and decided to have a chat with Ogier’s Kate Hodson. Read all about it here.