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

 

 

Stephen Fisher: gone fishing on his own terms 

Three years ago Stephen “Fish” Fisher, aka DJ Dr Fish, left JP Morgan after a couple of decades at the firm to set up his own fund in Singapore. Leaving his gig as Head of Global Fixed Income Product – Asia Pacific at JPMorgan Asset Management, Fish became the chairman and CIO of First Degree Global Asset Management. HFC’s Stefan Nilsson decided that it was a good time to have a chat with his former JP Morgan colleague Fish about running money, house music, shovelling snow, three billion Asians getting rich, what gets him out of bed in the morning, FT headlines, leaving JP Morgan, predictable markets, managing risk, aircraft leasing and fishing for absolute returns. Read the full interview here.

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Singapore Hedge Funds Club Evening

Monday 1st September 2014, 6:30pm-9:00pm

Join us for the 42nd Hedge Funds Club networking evening. This is a private, by invitation only, event for hedge fund managers and investors. The evening’s sponsors are Ogier, FactSet, SuMi Trust Global Asset Services, Vistra Fund Services, Global Prime Partners, Linedata and Dealreporter. For more information or to register for your free place, please email: stefan.nilsson@hedgefundsclub.com.

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Chance Xie: alternative journeys

Hong Kong-based hedge fund investor Chance Xie decided to follow her passion and launch Journeys by Chance, a high-end active lifestyle creator based in Hong Kong. HFC’s Stefan Nilsson decided to talk to his former JP Morgan colleague about her alternative journey from hedge funds to bespoke travel. Read all about it here.

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The Hedge Funds Club rocked Roppongi again

As Japan’s rainy season kicked off outside, the sun was still shining inside the Roppongi Hills Club in Tokyo on Thursday 5th June as a few hundred hedge fund managers and investors came to have fun and network at the big Tokyo Hedge Funds Club summer party. The exclusive, by invitation only, networking event brought Japan’s hedge fund community together for a relaxed evening of business and pleasure. Legendary jazzman Michael Goto and his trio entertained the guests at the event which was sponsored by Ogier, TSI International Group, Vistra Fund Services, Global Prime Partners and Alfa Romeo.

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Prerna Chainani-Monsen: from hedge funds to fashion

Prerna Chainani-Monsen is well-known in Hong Kong’s hedge fund community. Having earlier gone from investment banking to jewellery to hedge funds, she has recently launched her own fashion clothing business, Maison Monsen. Hedge Funds Club’s Stefan Nilsson decided to have a conversation with the fashionable Prerna about the passions in her life. Read all about it here.

 

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 Chris White: an ice climbing portfolio manager

Chris White is currently portfolio manager at Nezu Asia Capital Management in Singapore and an active ice climber. Hedge Funds Club’s Stefan Nilsson decided to chat with him about risk management on the trading desk versus up a mountain and climbers with punk rock attitudes. Read the full conversation in our interview section here.

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Hedgies in Singapore and Hong Kong went long alcohol

The Hedge Funds Club events in Singapore on 27th February and Hong Kong on 3rd March were two more successes. Asia’s favourite hedgie club keeps putting hedge fund managers and investors together over drinks. Asia’s best fund managers and smartest investors came together at these two exclusive, by invitation only networking evenings. A big thank you to our wonderful sponsors Ogier, FactSet, TSI International Group, SuMi Trust Global Asset Services, Morningstar, Global Prime Partners, StatPro and Vistra Fund Services. Next stop Tokyo.

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The CME-Hedge Funds Club Dinner in Tokyo a great success

On the occasion of CME Group CEO Phupinder Gill’s visit to Tokyo, the Hedge Funds Club organised a teppanyaki dinner discussion for a small group of Japanese fund managers, traders and investors in Ginza on 12th February 2014.

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A smashing year-end party for Japan’s hedgies and investors

Japan’s hedge fund managers and investors celebrated a great year with a packed Tokyo Hedge Funds Club year-end party in Roppongi on Thursday 5th December. Japan’s biggest and best fund managers were there as were Abenomics-propelled start-ups and some of the biggest Japanese institutional investors. Michael Go-To’s jazz trio entertained a big, by invitation only, crowd busy networking and enjoying some drinks. The evening was sponsored by Fiat Chrysler, Vistra Fund Services, Ogier, S&P Capital IQ, TSI International Group, NYSE Liffe, CME Group and App Annie.

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Yoshiki Ohmura: Fast cars and alternative investments

The long and the short of racing fast cars: Racing driver Yoshiki Ohmura has long been involved in the alternative investment industry. Swiss-Japanese Ohmura, a true international business- and sportsman, has been able to successfully combine his love for fast cars and racing with a successful career in alternative investments. HFC decided to check in with our old friend Ohmura to find out more about what he is up to. Read our exclusive interview with Yoshiki Ohmura, racing driver and chief executive of Conquest Financial Partners and Vesper Capital Management here.

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