About us
The Hedge Funds Club is an informal industry network. Our mission is to
promote the Asian hedge fund industry and help it grow by connecting
investors and hedge fund managers through networking events. The club,
founded by Stefan Nilsson in 2005, has grown into Asia's biggest network for
the hedge fund industry.
The Hedge Funds Club is an informal industry network. Our mission is to
promote the Asian hedge fund industry and help it grow by connecting
investors and hedge fund managers through networking events. The club,
founded by Stefan Nilsson in 2005, has grown into Asia's biggest network for
the hedge fund industry.
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Hedge Funds Club
About Stefan Nilsson
Stefan Nilsson is the Founder and President of the Hedge Funds Club. As an
executive director he manages the capital introduction group in Japan at J.P.
Morgan, one of the world's largest prime brokers. At J.P. Morgan he works
closely with global hedge fund managers and Japanese institutional
investors, investment consultants as well as institutional and retail
distributors. Stefan covers hundreds of pension funds, banks, insurers,
corporations and asset managers in Tokyo as well as regional cities such as
Yokohama, Osaka, Kyoto and Nagoya. He regularly organises hedge fund
manager roadshows and closed-door capital introduction events as well as
providing continuous intelligence on Japanese investor trends.
He was previously in charge of capital introduction in Japan and Singapore for
Bear Stearns' prime brokerage and prior to that worked on marketing and
sales of the hedge funds of Bear Stearns Asset Management in Japan and
the rest of Asia. Before joining Bear Stearns he was managing director of
Profit Research Center, a Tokyo-based hedge fund advisory firm, and a
board member of Profit Fund, a Liechtenstein-based fund management firm.
Stefan is a former member of the executive committee of the Alternative
Investment Management Association (AIMA) Japan and he also served as
chairman of its events committee. He currently serves as chairman of SNS –
Centre for Business and Policy Studies in Tokyo and as a committee
member of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan.
Prior to relocating from London to Asia, Stefan was among other things
general manager of Hedge Funds World and project manager for Euromoney
Institutional Investor PLC. He has been involved in organising networking
events in Asia, Europe and North America since 1997. He was educated in
Sweden, USA and England and received his MBA from Leicester University in
the UK. He is a qualified broker/dealer in Japan and Singapore.
Over the years, Stefan has been a commentator on alternative investments
for global and local media, including TV Tokyo's World Business Satellite,
BBC, Financial Times, Nikkei, Daily Yomiuri, Bloomberg News, Straits Times,
PBS TV's Nightly Business Report, AsianInvestor and CNBC. He has also been
a speaker, chairman and moderator at many industry conferences, including
Japan Investment Forum, GaimAsia, RiskJapan, Alternative Investments
China, Hedge Fund Investments Japan, Hedge Funds World Japan, Investor
Asset Allocation Japan, Hedge Funds World Asia, Hedge Funds World
Scandinavia, TradeTech Japan, Distressed & Troubled Asset Investing
Summit and many more.
Stefan Nilsson is the Founder and President of the Hedge Funds Club. As an
executive director he manages the capital introduction group in Japan at J.P.
Morgan, one of the world's largest prime brokers. At J.P. Morgan he works
closely with global hedge fund managers and Japanese institutional
investors, investment consultants as well as institutional and retail
distributors. Stefan covers hundreds of pension funds, banks, insurers,
corporations and asset managers in Tokyo as well as regional cities such as
Yokohama, Osaka, Kyoto and Nagoya. He regularly organises hedge fund
manager roadshows and closed-door capital introduction events as well as
providing continuous intelligence on Japanese investor trends.
He was previously in charge of capital introduction in Japan and Singapore for
Bear Stearns' prime brokerage and prior to that worked on marketing and
sales of the hedge funds of Bear Stearns Asset Management in Japan and
the rest of Asia. Before joining Bear Stearns he was managing director of
Profit Research Center, a Tokyo-based hedge fund advisory firm, and a
board member of Profit Fund, a Liechtenstein-based fund management firm.
Stefan is a former member of the executive committee of the Alternative
Investment Management Association (AIMA) Japan and he also served as
chairman of its events committee. He currently serves as chairman of SNS –
Centre for Business and Policy Studies in Tokyo and as a committee
member of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan.
Prior to relocating from London to Asia, Stefan was among other things
general manager of Hedge Funds World and project manager for Euromoney
Institutional Investor PLC. He has been involved in organising networking
events in Asia, Europe and North America since 1997. He was educated in
Sweden, USA and England and received his MBA from Leicester University in
the UK. He is a qualified broker/dealer in Japan and Singapore.
Over the years, Stefan has been a commentator on alternative investments
for global and local media, including TV Tokyo's World Business Satellite,
BBC, Financial Times, Nikkei, Daily Yomiuri, Bloomberg News, Straits Times,
PBS TV's Nightly Business Report, AsianInvestor and CNBC. He has also been
a speaker, chairman and moderator at many industry conferences, including
Japan Investment Forum, GaimAsia, RiskJapan, Alternative Investments
China, Hedge Fund Investments Japan, Hedge Funds World Japan, Investor
Asset Allocation Japan, Hedge Funds World Asia, Hedge Funds World
Scandinavia, TradeTech Japan, Distressed & Troubled Asset Investing
Summit and many more.
Our history
The Hedge Funds Club has been organising
networking events for hedge fund
managers and investors in Asia since 2005.
2005
Stefan Nilsson, at the time heading a small
global macro shop in Tokyo, came up with
the idea of creating an informal network for
hedge fund managers and investors as a
way of promoting the industry and helping
it grow. He had early help with setting up
the network from his colleague Jim
Macdonald. The very first Tokyo Hedge
Funds Club networking evening was held in
June 2005 on the patio of French bistro Aux
Bacchanales at Ark Hills in Tokyo. Kirby
Daley at prime brokerage Fimat (now
Newedge) became the very first corporate
sponsor of the new industry network.
2006
The Hedge Funds Club continued to grow
and firmly established itself as the meeting
place for Japan’s hedge fund industry.
2007
After seven successful events at Ark Hills
the networking evenings had grown too
large and moved to the ballroom of the
Tokyo American Club. One of the year’s
highlights was the Australian wine tasting
evening with Carl Robinson in September.
Another was the Harry Markowitz luncheon
that the Hedge Funds Club hosted jointly
with Superfund.
2008
By popular demand the Hedge Funds Club
expanded overseas and hosted its first
event in Singapore. The event took place at
the Tower Club in the 64th floor bar of the
Republic Plaza with views over all of
Singapore and beyond. As part of its
Singapore activities, the club also joined
forces with CME Group to host a talk on
commodities by Michael Coleman. Back
home in Tokyo the iconic Roppongi Hills
Mori Tower became the club’s new home.
2009
The Hedge Funds Club successfully
expanded into Hong Kong where the first
Hong Kong Hedge Funds Club event took
place at Sir David Tang’s retro-chic,
Shanghai-style China Club in the Old Bank
of China Building.
2010
The Hedge Funds Club celebrates five years
of networking in Asia and continues to grow
with regular events in Tokyo, Hong Kong
and Singapore.
The Hedge Funds Club has been organising
networking events for hedge fund
managers and investors in Asia since 2005.
2005
Stefan Nilsson, at the time heading a small
global macro shop in Tokyo, came up with
the idea of creating an informal network for
hedge fund managers and investors as a
way of promoting the industry and helping
it grow. He had early help with setting up
the network from his colleague Jim
Macdonald. The very first Tokyo Hedge
Funds Club networking evening was held in
June 2005 on the patio of French bistro Aux
Bacchanales at Ark Hills in Tokyo. Kirby
Daley at prime brokerage Fimat (now
Newedge) became the very first corporate
sponsor of the new industry network.
2006
The Hedge Funds Club continued to grow
and firmly established itself as the meeting
place for Japan’s hedge fund industry.
2007
After seven successful events at Ark Hills
the networking evenings had grown too
large and moved to the ballroom of the
Tokyo American Club. One of the year’s
highlights was the Australian wine tasting
evening with Carl Robinson in September.
Another was the Harry Markowitz luncheon
that the Hedge Funds Club hosted jointly
with Superfund.
2008
By popular demand the Hedge Funds Club
expanded overseas and hosted its first
event in Singapore. The event took place at
the Tower Club in the 64th floor bar of the
Republic Plaza with views over all of
Singapore and beyond. As part of its
Singapore activities, the club also joined
forces with CME Group to host a talk on
commodities by Michael Coleman. Back
home in Tokyo the iconic Roppongi Hills
Mori Tower became the club’s new home.
2009
The Hedge Funds Club successfully
expanded into Hong Kong where the first
Hong Kong Hedge Funds Club event took
place at Sir David Tang’s retro-chic,
Shanghai-style China Club in the Old Bank
of China Building.
2010
The Hedge Funds Club celebrates five years
of networking in Asia and continues to grow
with regular events in Tokyo, Hong Kong
and Singapore.