Hedge funds
Q&A: Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s Patrick Reid
Patrick Reid, a UK-based managing director for alternatives distribution management at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, plots the future of themes around secondaries, longer holds, and hybrid approaches to PE
OCP Asia raises $200m direct lending fund
Hong Kong and Singapore-based hedge fund manager OCP Asia has raised a $200 million direct lending vehicle to make private equity-style credit investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME).
Late-stage tech: Hedging bets in India
Everyone is trying to get of the piece of tech story in India and US hedge funds are not different, but what will their entry into the early stage rounds mean for the broader venture capital industry
TPG invests in Hong Kong-based hedge fund seeder
TPG Capital will take an ownership interest in HS Group, a Hong Kong-based investment company that provides seed capital to hedge funds, as part of strategic partnership between the two firms.
Exhilway to invest $1b in India via Global Opportunities Fund
Exhilway Global, a US-based hedge fund and emerging markets private equity GP, is looking to invest $1 billion in India as it prepares to launch its Exhilway Global Opportunities Fund (EGO) next month - targeting $2 billion.
Nine Entertainment targets listing within 18 months
Nine Entertainment is expected to list on the Australian Securities Exchange within 18 months following its A$3.4 billion ($3.5 billion) recapitalization, according to court documents submitted this week. The company reached an agreement with its creditors...
Ascalon's Chuak Chan promoted from Asia head to CEO
Ascalon Capital Managers has appointed Chuak Chan as CEO. He joined the Australia-headquartered firm last year as head of Asia, having previously worked at Hong Kong hedge fund Segantii Capital Management, ING Investment Management and Bankers Trust in...
Muddy Waters founder may launch hedge fund
The founder of short-seller research firm Muddy Waters, which claims responsibility for exposing financial irregularities among US-listed Chinese companies, is considering launching a hedge fund.
Dymon targets Singapore mid-market PE
Dymon Asia Private Equity (DAPE) sees a gap in the Singapore mid-market. With the likes of Baring Private Equity Asia and Navis Capital Partners having scaled up their fund corpuses to $1 billion or more in the last six years, ticket sizes have passed...
Hedge fund Dymon branches into PE – report
Hedge fund manager Dymon Asia Capital is said to have launched a private equity vehicle with support from Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings. It is the latest in a string of managers to offer both hedge fund and PE strategies under one...
SAIF Partners to launch China hedge fund – report
China-focused private equity firm SAIF Partners is reportedly planning to launch a Greater China hedge fund, which would make it the first major Chinese PE player to attempt such a move.
PE firms hedge their bets
Numerous private equity and hedge funds are pursuing alliances with one another in Asia. Could a multi-strategy approach be the golden strategy for the region’s investment environment?