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From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

Hedge fund managers who participated in the recent Opalesque Hong Kong Roundtable agreed that managed futures¸ global macro and long-short strategies were three promising strategies for Asia’s hedge funds.

Tim Rainsford, managing director of Man Investments for the Asia-Pacific region, said that managed futures had proved what they could do in terms of providing some insulation to portfolios.

Kirby Daley, senior strategist and head of Capital Introductions - Asia for the Prime Brokerage Group at Newedge, agreed with Rainsford and added that his firm had seen a shift in investor interest into managed futures, global macro, currency, in addition to volatility.

Daley said: “At Newedge, we have been following these strategies for years, because these trading funds are our bread and butter clients, but we often didn't get the full attention of investors, especially in the last three or four years of the equity bull market.” And added: “The interest in meetings for managed futures managers coming out to Hong Kong and Asia has increased significantly, and we don't see any reason why that would stop.”

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