Interview
with Willy Ballmann and Dr Tan Lien Seng,
Portfolio Managers of SHK Quant Asia Fund
Eurekahedge
November 2005
SHK Fund Management Ltd (SHKFM) manages
the SHK Quant Asia Fund, a quantitative
and market neutral pan-Asia equity long/short
fund, with a scalable system-driven investment
process. SHKFM is a subsidiary of Hong Kong
Stock Exchange-listed Sun Hung Kai &
Co Limited, a leading financial services
and investment holding company in the Greater
China region.
The SHK Quant Asia Fund was launched in
June 2005 and is managed by Willy Ballmann
and Tan Lien Seng. Willy spent eight years
at the Government of Singapore Investment
Corp (GIC), where he was a portfolio manager
in the quantitative investment unit. Lien
Seng worked for eight years at UBS, where
he was an executive director in equity derivatives
trading.