The Jade Japan Fund was launched in June 2000 and is managed by Dominic McEwan, who joined Jade in May 2001. He has over 15 years' experience in the Japanese markets, most recently as a director of Bonfield Asset Management, where he was one of the inaugurators of its Japanese funds. Prior to Bonfield, Mr. McEwan was head of Japanese equities at Commerzbank and a senior vice president at Jefferies International.

The Jade Japan Fund is a long/short Japanese equities hedge fund. Security selection is based on both bottom-up and top-down fundamental analysis. The Fund was -1.1% for 2002 and estimated to be +0.5% for January 2003.

Interview with Dominic McEwan