Korea Hedge Fund Launch

Filed in archive Hedgetalk on January 10, 2008

In a HedgeCo story, HFG Investments Pte Ltd announced the launch of its inaugural fund on December 3rd. "The HFG Korea Fund reflects a trend towards specialization in strategy and region-specific fund of funds", stated Thomas Picard, Managing Partner of HFG Investments.

"We are extremely excited about the launch of this product", added Jennifer Carver, CEO of 3A Asia Ltd. "The Korean hedge fund market has been growing dramatically in recent years and the HFG Korea Fund creates the ideal opportunity for global investors to either establish or expand their exposure to Korea. We expect HFG to receive significant demand for this product."

HFG Investments Pte Ltd is represented by Mr. Sean Kang and Mr. Jake Kang, Executive Directors of strategic planning and Institutional Sales, respectively, for Hana Daetoo Securities, and Mr. Tommy Kim, Managing Director of Opvs Investment Holdings as directors of the company. The Board is joined by Mr. Thomas Picard, former Lehman Brothers Asia head of Derivative Marketing and Head of Asia Sales at the Royal Bank of Scotland.