Japan

One of Asia’s oldest and largest independent alternative asset managers, MCP recently broadened its scope beyond hedge fund solutions, tilting towards the growing venture capital and private market opportunity set in Japan.

The FinCity Tokyo initiative has secured some institutional buy-in from global allocators looking for emerging managers housed in a historically unlikely place.

Hedge funds investing in emerging markets have navigated macro trends and volatility to log gains in India, Eastern Europe and Latin America, according to the latest Hedge Fund Research (HFR) index figures.

Pictet Asset Management is expanding its $9 billion Total Return franchise with a new pan-Asian event driven special situations long/short equity fund.

Rockhampton Management, the Tokyo and Hong Kong-based long/short equity hedge fund firm, is closing down its pan-Asia strategy and will instead focus solely on its core Japan market.

Swedish alts giant EQT closed a major infrastructure deal today, but private credit took the lead in terms of deals with disclosed value with a total of $167 million in transaction value for May 12.

Sussex Partners, a global investment advisory firm specializing in hedge funds and other alternative assets, is expanding its footprint in Japan with the appointment of ex-Credit Suisse fund solutions head Kanji Kikuchi as a partner.

The U.S. Federal Reserve reaction to inflation and the ongoing market fallout continues to impact hedge fund strategies, according to UBS Hedge Fund Solutions.

The asset management division of Jefferies, Leucadia Asset Management, formed a strategic relationship with a newly formed credit long/short firm ISO-mts Capital Management.

LaSalle Investment Management raised over $2.2 billion for its latest real estate fund focused on key Asia Pacific markets -- Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. LaSalle Asia Opportunity VI is the firm’s sixth closed-ended opportunistic fund ...