SINGAPORE, May 24, 2011 -
With the conclusion of the Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2011, we are pleased to announce that the event was an exceptional success with 300 hedge fund industry players in attendance. As we gave credit to the top achievers of 2010 and 1Q2011, we were also pleased to welcome many new faces among this year’s remarkable turnout.
Out of the 14 awards presented to the best performing Asian hedge funds, BIA Pacific Fund stood out from the crowd by winning the much desired award of Best Asian Hedge Fund in addition to Best Asian Long/Short Equities Fund.
Awards for the top performers in the region were presented firstly to APS Asia-Pacific Hedge Fund for Best Singapore Hedge Fund, Acru China + Absolute Return Fund for Best Greater China Hedge Fund, ASM Asia Recovery Fund for Best Asia ex-Japan Hedge Fund, LIM Japan Fund for Best Japan Hedge Fund and India Capital Fund for Best India Hedge Fund.
The highlights of this year’s awards were Zeal China Fund who took the stage for Best New Asian Hedge Fund and HT Capital Management for being presented with the Special Achievement Award.
Other big winners on the night were LIM Asia Multi-Strategy Fund for Best Asian Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund (marking LIM Advisor’s second win of the night), Ortus Fund (Cayman) for the Best Asia-based Global Macro Fund, The Merchant Commodity Fund for Best Asia-based CTA/Managed Futures Fund, Regal Amazon Market Neutral Fund for Best Asian Relative Value Fund and Asuka Value Up Fund for Best Asian Event Driven Fund.
Eurekahedge would like to take this opportunity to extend our thanks to the sponsors, participants, delegates and judges who were deeply involved in the overwhelming success of this year’s awards. We appreciate the continued support and look forward to meeting everyone again next year.
For more information on the nominees, methodology and the event, please visit the awards web page at: //www.eurekahedge.com/news/11_hf_awards.asp
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In addition to fund data Eurekahedge publishes over 100 alternative investment benchmark indices along with the monthly Eurekahedge Report covering asset flows, fund performance, macroeconomic trends, league tables and specific index returns on the hedge fund industry.
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