The State of Hedge Fund and Fund of Funds Industries

Investor Select Advisors www.investorselectadvisors.com is a fund of hedge funds advisor, managing assets in 9 multi-manager portfolios primarily on behalf of institutional investors and distributors. It has in excess of US$340 million in assets under management, allocated to 57 hedge funds globally and over a dozen in the Asian time zone. Its 15 staff members include a research team of 6; 3 are located in Asia.

Peter Douglas has been researching hedge funds in Asia since 1998. He has 18 years' experience in the asset management industry, gained in London, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. After spending 10 years with the Foreign & Colonial group of asset management companies, he was a director of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia for 3 years before founding GFIA pte ltd, a strategy consulting firm focussing on the asset management industry in Asia. He has been managing director, Asia ex-Japan, of Investor Select Advisors, since 2001. Peter has an honours degree from the University of Exeter, UK, and an MBA from INSEAD, France. He was the founding honorary secretary of the Financial Planning Association of Singapore, and is the Council Member representing Singapore for the Alternative Investment Management Association.

Interview with Peter Douglas