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Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

Former Matchpoint Investment Management co-founder Sean Debow has announced plans to launch a new hedge fund at Asiya Investments Hong Kong that will bet on the rise and fall of stocks in the Asia-Pacific region, Bloomberg reported.

Christopher Johnson, chief operating officer of Asiya Investments, said that the Asiya Interlink Asia-Pacific fund will begin trading next month with nearly $100 million in initial capital. The news hedge fund is backed by the Kuwait Investment Authority as well as funding coming from a U.S. east-coast university endowment, Asiya Investments and several other early investors. Johnson did not provide details about the identity of the investors and the endowment because of confidentiality clause in the agreements.

Johnson told Bloomberg, "We believe the over-exuberance of retail investors in China has been addressed. The margin lending that propelled the indexes to dizzying heights has been addressed. What remains is compelling valuations and a continuing China growth story."

Debow co-founded Matchpoint in 2009 with former Och-Ziff Capital Management Group partner Raaj Shah. He left Matchpoint in 2015 and joined Asiya Investments earlier this month with former Matchpoint colleagues, including senior lead analyst Jae Kim. Prior to that, he was the former Asia research di......................

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