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Swiss-Asia adds five alternative funds to its platforms in Singapore and Hong Kong

Thursday, November 05, 2015

Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

Swiss Asia Group has posted a strong Q3-2015 with the addition of five funds to its platforms in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Swiss-Asia Holding Pte Ltd is a Singapore-Registered Financial Holding Company with two main subsidiaries, one in Singapore and one in Hong Kong. It was founded in 2004 by Olivier Mivelaz. Swiss-Asia runs a fund management platform, a wealth management platform and a B2B platform.

The fund platform provides a cost effective solution for managers who look to launch a fund in Singapore or Hong Kong, by providing back and middle office fund operations. In the structure, fund managers are able to choose their preferred counterparties for trading, custodian service, audit and fund administration.

Swiss Asia Managing Partner Steve Knabl said that the S$2.5bn ($1.78bn) platform had signed five new fund managers that have launched in Q3-2015.

The fund management platform continues to see strong interest in its hedge fund incubator model, said Steve Knabl. Swiss-Asia is also providing options for fund managers in the $3-7m that can be extremely cost effective and offer all the flexibility that a Cayman Fund does.

Head of Business Development Omar Taheri told Opalesque, "The new fund managers are seeing the merit in joining a platform as they can focus on their trading, the continued interest has seen exponential growth and we invite all service pr......................

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