Peter Douglas has been named one of the top 25 most influential people in the Asian asset management industry. He started his career 1985 at Foreign & Colonial Management and has been researching emerging market hedge funds since 1997.
The Asian hedge fund industry has substantially matured over the last years. This brings abundant opportunities for global investors, yet some challenges remain.
In this Opalesque.TV BACKSTAGE video with Matthias Knab, Peter explains that while Asian hedge funds overall prove to be resilient, they can – as any business – fail, and points out the red flags to look out for. He warns of the "opportunist" hedge fund founder and advises how to recognize and avoid them.
Learn in this video:
- What is the Promise of Asian hedge funds?
- Why liquidity is always provisional in Asia?
- Why do hedge funds fail?
- What are common errors of people investing in Asia?
- What are some of the current trends and outlook for the Asian alternatives industry?
- What is behind the renaissance of unconstrained long managers? How investors use "intelligent beta" and hedge funds side by side.
Peter Douglas, CAIA, FICP is a member of CAIA Association board of directors and established the Singapore chapter of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). In 1998 he founded GFIA Pte Ltd. in Singapore, which is Asia's oldest hedge fund consultancy.
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Peter Douglas has been named one of the top 25 most influential people in the Asian asset management industry. He started his career 1985 at Foreign & Colonial Management and has been researching emerging market hedge funds since 1997.
The Asian hedge fund industry has substantially matured over the last years. This brings abundant opportunities for global investors, yet some challenges remain.
In this Opalesque.TV BACKSTAGE video with Matthias Knab, Peter explains that while Asian hedge funds overall prove to be r
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