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Asian hedge funds returned 1.79 pct in June -Eurekahedge

July 22, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters India – Asian hedge funds were up a fourth straight month in June, rising an estimated 1.79 percent, on the strength of gains in Chinese and Japanese stocks, hedge-fund tracker Eurekahedge said. The positive returns in June, which is […]

Darwin Japan Hedge Fund Returns 31% Since January on Small Caps

July 10, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Darwin Capital Premier LS1 Fund, a hedge fund investing in Japanese stocks, has returned 31 percent since opening to investors in January as bets on companies including JP-Holdings Inc. and Daiken Medical Co. paid off. The fund, advised […]

Sumitomo Trust Finance to Start New Japan-Focused Hedge Fund

June 23, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Sumitomo Trust Finance (H.K.) Ltd., the asset-management unit of Japan’s fifth-biggest bank, will start a new multi-strategy hedge fund that invests in Japanese stocks, index options, futures and credit-default swaps. The Tactical Equity Concepts-Japan Fund, also called TEC- […]

TCI Cuts $1 Billion of Japanese Short Stock Positions

May 19, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – The Children’s Investment Fund Management UK LLP, a $9.5 billion U.K. hedge fund, cut its short positions in Japanese stocks including Toshiba Corp. by almost $1 billion in less than two months, exchange filings show. The London-based fund, […]

TCI Has $1.2 Billion of Japan Short Positions, Sells Toshiba

April 3, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – The Children’s Investment Fund Management UK LLP, a $9.5 billion London-based hedge fund, has about $1.2 billion of short positions in Japanese stocks including Toshiba Corp., according to exchange filings. The fund, better known as TCI, has shorted […]