| 03.12.2004 Opalesque Exclusive: Japanese pension funds content with hedge fund investments, some increase allocation by 25%, don`t ``send kids to market your funds`` and more secrets how to enter the Japanese institutional market |
| Matthias Knab reports from the HedgeFundsWorld conference in Tokyo: Daisuke Hamaguchi, director of the $2bln Mitsubishi Corporation Pension fund, started in 1999 to build a more diversified portfolio and was one of the first pension funds in Japan to include hedge funds and private equity. The fund uses the help of a global advisor. The hedge fund investments are roughly equally split with 50% FOF |