Veteran investor Soon Hock Chua founded Asia Genesis Asset Management Pte Ltd in Singapore in 1999 and ran the Japan Macro Fund (JMF), an Asia-focused global macro hedge fund which returned 18.7% net annually with low downside volatility from 2000 till 2009. He then closed the US$800m fund and took an extended break, managing his own money.

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