Three funds managed by London-based Arcus Investment, a Japan value specialist, are invested in shares of Elpida Holdings, the Tokyo-listed maker of computer memory chips, which declared bankruptcy last week.
Arcus Japan Long / Short Fund, a UCITS structure, had 1.6% of its assets exposed to the Japanese company based on the closing price of Elpida shares last month; in the Arcus Japan Fund the exposure was 1.5%; and at Arcus Zensen Fund, it was 1.3%.
According to the AsiaHedge database, the three fund structures run current assets of $25 to $50 million each.
The Arcus funds were all underwater last year, but posted strong gains in the first...