The Capital Guide to Alternative Investment in Asia

This Guide offers an insight into the development of the Asian hedge fund industry, going beyond the questions asked by start-up managers to those operating established funds in a rapidly developing marketplace. Written by recognised names in the hedge fund space subjects addressed will include: the developments over the last five years and the potential that lies ahead; risk management in an Asian context; managing a fund investing in China; what's happening in the gold and commodities markets; the myths and realities of Asian funds business and why academics and practitioners sometimes read the markets incorrectly. Foreword by Chairman, AIMA Hong Kong Chapter Hedge Funds in Asia Peter Douglas, GFIA Managing the Mountains and the Chasms Brian McDougall, 3A Asia Limited Alternative Investments: Myths Versus Reality Tom Schneeweis, CISDM Investing in Asian Hedge Funds? an On-the-ground Experience Eliza Lau, SAIL Myth and Reality of Asian Hedge Funds Ronnie Wu, Penjing Asset Management Hedge Fund Investing: Emerging Hedge Funds Tushar Patel, HFIM What to do About Commodities Greg Smith, Global Commodities Limited Gold-An Alternative Investment Option Katherine Pulvermacher, World Gold Council Recent Developments in the Australian Hedge Fund Industry David Jacobs and Susan Black, Reserve Bank of Australia Convergence of Private Equity & Hedge Funds Carlyon Knight-Evans, Ernst & Young, HK