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Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

THE EUREKAHEDGE ASIAN
HEDGE FUND AWARDS 2009

ASIAN CIVILIZATION MUSEUM, SINGAPORE • 29 MAY 2009

The Event | Pictures From The Night | The Winners | Nomination/Judging Methodology | Judges | Categories and nominees | Previous Asian Hedge Fund Awards

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The Event

Thank you all for attending our hedge fund awards on 29 May. I think we can all agree that the evening was a huge success with 250 guests and nine happy winners who fully deserved their awards for navigating the tricky markets of 2008 and early 2009. The full list of winners and nominees are below.

We would especially like to thank our sponsors for making this event possible and the World Food Program for participating in the evening. Full details on the charity contribution will be announced at a later stage.

In support of  Logo of World Food Programme, charity partner at the Eurekahedge Asian hedge fund awards 2009.

For more information please email awards@eurekahedge.com or call +65 6212 0925.

Pictures From The Night
Picture of guests at the Eurekahedge Asian hedge fund awards 2009
 
Picture of guests at the Eurekahedge Asian hedge fund awards 2009
Picture of guests at the Eurekahedge Asian hedge fund awards 2009
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Picture of award winner at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009
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The Winners

The full list of winners is as follows:

Regional Awards

Presented by:

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Best Asian Hedge Fund
Artradis AB2 Fund

 

 

 

Presented by:

  Logo of United Nations World Food Programme, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

Best Asia ex-Japan Hedge Fund
PMA Harvester Fund

 

 

 

Presented by:

Logo of Eurekahedge, organiser and sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009 

Best Japan Hedge Fund
Prowess of Japan Fund

 

 

 

Presented by:

Logo of RBC Dexia, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009 

Best Singapore Hedge Fund
Artradis AB2 Fund

 

 

 

Presented by:

Logo of Sophis, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

Best Greater China Hedge Fund
QBridge Fund

 

 

 

Presented by:

Logo of innerExchange, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

Best New Asian Hedge Fund
DoReMi Fund

Strategic Mandate Awards

Presented by:

Logo of Walkers, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

Best Asian Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund
Artradis AB2 Fund

 

 

 

Presented by:

Logo of AIMA, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

Best Asia-based Macro Fund
BIA Pacific Macro Fund

 

 

 

Presented by:

Logo of Citi, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

Best Asian Other Strategies Hedge Fund
Northwest China Opportunities Fund

 

 

 

Presented by:

 Logo of CME Group, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

Best Asia-based CTA/Managed Futures Fund
The Merchant Commodity Fund

 

 

 

Presented by:

Logo of HSBC, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

Best Asian Long/Short Equities Fund
Riley Paterson Asian Opportunities Fund

Nomination/Judging Methodology

Nominees to the Asian Masters of Hedge Awards were selected through voting by an independent panel of judges, from a working list of funds reporting to the Eurekahedge databases. All Asian hedge funds listed with Eurekahedge and operating as at the end of March 2009 were eligible for nomination. A master file of all eligible funds for each of the award categories (according to their regional/strategic mandates) was compiled and circulated among the judges to facilitate nomination for the awards (note: consequently, it is not unlikely that the same fund would be nominated for multiple awards).

Once the votes were collated and the list of nominees finalised, the winners were selected by the panel of judges, weighing in on both quantitative and qualitative aspects of the funds in question. The quantitative discussion, while mainly based on 2008 performance, also evaluates 1Q2009 risk/return metrics, on grounds of consistency in fund performance.

The selection of nominees and winners was entirely under the remit of the panel of judges, and the role of Eurekahedge in this endeavour was limited to supplying data and moderating the discussion.

Judges

The winners were selected by an independent panel of judges based on both quantitative data and qualitative knowledge of the funds listed in the Eurekahedge database.

The five judges are:

Picture of Peter Douglas, judge at the Eurekahedge Asian hedge fund awards 2009Peter Douglas,
Principal, GFIA, Singapore & Chairman,
AIMA Singapore Chapter
Picture of Richard Johnston, judge at the Eurekahedge Asian hedge fund awards 2009Richard Johnston,
Managing Director,
Albourne Partners,
Hong Kong
 Picture of David Walter, judge at the Eurekahedge Asian hedge fund awards 2009David Walter,
Director,
Pan Asia Alpha Strategies,
Singapore
Picture of John Knox, judge at the Eurekahedge Asian hedge fund awards 2009John Knox,
Director,
LGT Capital Partners (Asia Pacific) Limited,
Hong Kong
Picture of Akane Hashimoto, judge at the Eurekahedge Asian hedge fund awards 2009Akane Hashimoto,
Director,
HC Asset Management Co Ltd,
Japan
Categories and nominees:
The nominees were as follows:

Regional Awards

 

Best Asian Hedge Fund
Investing in Asia Pacific (and all regions within)

Presented by:

       Logo of HSBC, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

 

Best Asia ex-Japan Hedge Fund
Investing in Asia ex-Japan (with a broad mandate to invest across all Asian countries except Japan i.e. no single country investing funds or funds with Japanese exposure)

Presented by:

        Logo of United Nations World Food Programme, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

 

Best Japan Hedge Fund
Investing in Japan only

Presented by:

       Logo of Eurekahedge, organiser and sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

 

Best Singapore Hedge Fund
Singapore-based

Presented by:

      Logo of RBC Dexia, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

 

Best Greater China Hedge Fund
Allocating to China, Taiwan and/or Hong Kong

Presented by:

      Logo of Sophis, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

 

Best New Asian Hedge Fund
Launched in 2008, and based and/or investing in Asia

Presented by:

  Logo of innerExchange, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

Strategic Mandate Awards

 

Best Asian Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund
Investing in multiple Asia-Pacific (and all regions within) asset classes/ strategies

Presented by:
  Logo of Walkers, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

 

Best Asia-based Macro Fund
Asia-based Macro

Presented by:

      Logo of AIMA, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

 

Best Asian Other Strategies Hedge Fund
Investing in Asia Pacific (and all regions within). Includes the following strategies: arbitrage, distressed debt, event-driven, fixed income and relative value; all judged on their own merits vs their peers and not across strategies

Presented by:

     Logo of Citi, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

 

Best Asia-based CTA/Managed Futures Fund
Asia-based CTA

Presented by:

      Logo of CME Group, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

 

Best Asian Long/Short Equities Fund
Investing in Asia-Pacific (and all regions within) equities

Presented by:

       Logo of HSBC, sponsor at the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards 2009

Previous Asian Hedge Fund Awards

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