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Matthias Knab reports “live” from Singapore: Seppo Leskinen, Global Head of Hedge Fund Services, SEB Merchant Banking moderated a panel with Hugo Kattendijke, Managing Director, Harcourt Alternative Investments HK, Manuel Echeverria, CEO and CIO Optimal Investment Services Switzerland (Group Santander), Ajay Bagga, CEO of Lotus India Asset Management, Bryan Goh, Head of Hedge Fund Research, First Avenue Partners LLP (UK) and Thomas Tey, Head of Product Management & Institutions, Singapore Exchange as his guests.

Kattendijke said that out of the 600 “true” Asian hedge funds (based in Asia and investing in Asia), 400 would be L/S funds, 300 invest in Japan which means there is still a substantial concentration. However the competition of the regional financial centers (Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Mumbai) about who will be the leading financial hub for Asia creates structural changes and a market dynamic which for example is completely missing in Latin America or Eastern Europe. This means that the hedge fund industry in Asia is growing faster than in the Western markets and step-by-step new instruments and strategies are coming to the market.

Interestingly, most Asian hedge fund investments still come from Europe and U.S., the panellists agreed it will still take more time to develop a strong local institutional and retail participation.

According to the panellists, the following are among the interesting st......................

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