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Leading Asian hedge fund manager builds European representative office

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

PMA, one of Asia’s leading hedge fund managers, has announced Christy York as PMA representative in Europe. “I am immensely thrilled to have Christy on board,” said Chris Agar, Head of Business Development at PMA. “We have known him since PMA began 6 years ago and we are happy to have him represent us in Europe,” commented Farhat Malik, CEO of PMA.

Prior to joining PMA, Christy was at Deutsche Bank in London between 2001 and 2007. He established the Hedge Fund Capital Group in Europe. In 2006 he moved to the Investment Banking Group at Deutsche to lead a coverage group focusing on hedge funds.

Prior to joining Deutsche, Christy spent six years working for Charlemagne Capital, an emerging markets fund management company which included one of the first large Asia hedge funds. He was responsible for sales and marketing to European, US and Middle Eastern clients. Christy attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and spent six years in the British Army serving as an officer with an armoured reconnaissance tank regiment.

PMA presently has $2.7 billion in assets under management with offices in Hong Kong, Sydney, London and Dubai. It is the leading ex-Japan alternative management house in the Asia-Pacific region. It became a part of the SPARX Group in April 2006. SPARX is Asia’s largest listed asset manager with assets of more than $15 billion. Corporate website:......................

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