AsiaHedge Strategy
Descriptions
Arbitrage
Funds with focus on
any of the following in Asia Pacific - convertible bond arbitrage, merger
arbitrage, fixed income arbitrage, diversified arbitrage, capital structure
arbitrage, dividend arbitrage and warrant/rights arbitrage, volatility
arbitrage, cash-future arbitrage, statistical arbitrage.
Asia
including Japan
Funds invested in
equities in Asia Pacific countries* including Japan, using long/short
strategies.
Asia
excluding Japan
Funds invested in
equities in Asia Pacific countries* excluding Japan, using long/short
strategies.
*These
include Australia, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand,
Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and
Vietnam.
Asian
Fixed Income
Funds with a focus on
Asian fixed income, credit, high yield bonds or leveraged loans using long and
short positions and/or leverage.
Asian
Market Neutral
Funds invested in
Asian equity strategies that maintain a market neutral exposure (equally long
and short).
Australian
Equity
Funds invested in
Australian equities, using long/short strategies.
Chinese
Equity
Funds invested in
equities in the greater China region - Hong Kong, Taiwan and China – using
long/short strategies.
Currency
Funds located in Asia
Pacific which are invested in global currencies.
Distressed
Securities
Funds with a focus on
distressed and special situation debt.
Event
Driven
Funds invested in
special opportunities (e.g. corporate restructuring, distressed, corporate
finance, mergers) that arise in Asia Pacific.
Global
Equity
Funds located in Asia
Pacific which are invested in global equities, using long/short
strategies.
Global
Fixed Income
Funds located in Asia
Pacific with a focus on global credit, high yield bonds or leveraged loans using
long and short positions and/or leverage.
Indian
Equity
Funds invested in
Indian equities, using long/short strategies.
Indonesia
Equity
Funds invested in
Indonesian equities, using long/short strategies.
Japanese
Equity
Funds invested in
Japanese equities, using long/short strategies
Japanese Market
Neutral
Funds invested in
Japanese equity strategies that maintain a market neutral exposure (equally long
and short).
Japanese Synthetic
Warrants
Funds invested in
synthetic warrants in Japan or Asia including Japan.
Korean
Equity
Funds invested in
South Korean equities, using long/short strategies.
Macro
Funds that take long
and short positions in various asset classes based on macroeconomic
analysis.
Managed
Futures
Funds that invest
long and short in various asset classes through futures markets, usually with a
systematic trend-following approach.
Multi-strategy
Funds with a
combination of any of the following with a focus on Asia Pacific - long/short
equities, arbitrage, special situations and event-driven strategies.
Specialists
Funds located in Asia
Pacific which are invested in a specific area such as health care and real
estate.
Thai
Equity
Funds invested in Thai
equities, using long/short strategies.
Vietnamese
Equity
Funds invested in
Vietnamese equities, using long/short strategies.