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During my stay here in Tokyo I had the opportunity to chat with a number of local industry veterans. I also attended the Tokyo Hedge Funds Club Networking Evening, which is always a lively get-together. The next next event will take place on Tuesday June 12th, in conjunction with a conference organized by IQPC (more on this conference later. I will be a moderator on one of the panels.) The Tokyo Hedge Funds Club was founded by Stefan Nilsson in 2005 as an informal network for hedge fund managers and investors and is by invitation only tokyo@hedgefundsclub.com.

There are 111 regional banks in Japan and in compliance with “Basel 2”-requirements and pressure from the Japan FSA, many have redeemed hedge fund investments. (See previous coverage in Opalesque: 07.12.2006 Basel II capital requirement rules may force some Japanese banks to get out of much-loved hedge fund investments (Source) and 13.11.2006 Bank of Japan and Japan FSA increase supervision of regional banks` investments in hedge funds Source.

"Lower-tier regional banks may have to dispose of hedge fund assets because they're incapable of managing the risk," said Shin Kum......................

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