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• November 22, 2009 - Commodity Hedge Funds Take The Front Seat, New Firm To Be Set Up In 2010
  

  Former Millenium Capital Partners fund manager Tan Tien Leong is preparing to set up his own commodity hedge fund service in January 2010, a report by Bloomberg reveals. The new firm, to be called AN Commodity Fund, will reportedly invest 25 per cent of its  $10 million start-up capital in precious metals,  30 per cent in energy and another 30 per cent in agricultural derivatives.

• September 15, 2009 - Singapore Firm Launches Asian Hedge Fund Strategies
  

  Opvs Group, a Singapore-based alternative asset manager, has finally launched its first two Asian credit hedge strategies in a bid to attract key institutional investors in the region. Run by investment committee chairman and chief operations officer Colin Blackwell, liquid long/short credit head Sandeep Gill, and Opvs Asian Opportuni.

• July 1, 2008 - Singaporean Firm Heads for New Frontier with Fund Launch
  

  Singapore's Wittenham Investment Management has launched a fund of hedge funds to invest in frontier capital markets such as Africa, Middle East and countries in the former Soviet Union, continuing a recent trend of fund launches targeting such parts of the world, according to media reports. The MENA Plus fund is to start with at least $7 million seed capital and has a capacity to take as much as $300 million of funds from investors.

• May 23, 2008 - Hedge Fund Manager Opens Seoul, Hong Kong Offices
  

  Financial Risk Management, a global fund of hedge funds group with offices in Europe, Asia and North America, has opened new offices in Hong Kong and Seoul, South Korea. FRM manages $15 billion in assets for institutions and sophisticated private investors.

• June 15, 2007 - Hong Kong Simplifies Licencing Of Hedge Funds
  

  Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission has simplified the licencing process for overseas hedge fund managers looking to set up in the territory. Hong Kong is home to more hedge fund assets than any other Asian city, but is facing growing competition from Singapore.

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Latest Features for Hedge Funds

• November 5, 2002 - Australian hedge funds surge as investors chase performance
  

  Investment in Australian hedge funds has doubled over the past year amid volatile equities markets, though perhaps more due to their popularity among retail investors than the traditional high net-worth individuals. According to new figures from Rainmaker Information, the financial services analysts, investment in Australian hedge funds surged from $540m in September 2001 to $1. 1bn this year.

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