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SPARX Group teams up with ML Capital to launch the SPARX OneAsia Long Short UCITS Fund

Friday, November 13, 2015

Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

SPARX Asia Investment Advisors has teamed up with ML Capital to launch the SPARX OneAsia Long Short UCITS Fund, a Pan-Asia market neutral strategy hosted on the MontLake UCITS Platform.

The OneAsia investment and research team will be led by Hak Kim who has nearly 15 years of experience in the fund management business and is responsible for coordinating SPARX's fundamental research activities across Asia. Prior to becoming a founding member of the OneAsia team, Hak was portfolio manager at SPARX's Korean subsidiary where he ran a Korea long short fund.

Jay Lee, director of Business Development of SPARX Asia commented, "We are pleased to have partnered with the MontLake UCITS Platform as their first Asia focused strategy. With more than 50 years of combined investment and on-the-ground research experience in Asia, SPARX has built a reputation as one of the most distinguished asset managers in the region. Together with MontLake, we aim to achieve new heights for SPARX and become a leader in the liquid alternative investment industry."

Cyril Delamare, CEO of ML Capital added, "We are delighted to partner with such a well established and respected investment manager to launch our first Asia strategy fund on the MontLake platform. Investor demand for Pan-Asian UCITS strategies is at an all time high, and SPARX offers exper......................

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