Hedge funds based in New York and beyond, such as those associated with Corey Ribotsky, have shifted their focus to Asia over the past several months. Firms both old and new are quickly recognizing the potential and incomparable benefits of China and Hong Kong, and the results are quite apparent. Just last year, Morgan Sze…
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Azentus Capital Management, the hedge fund managed by a former executive of Goldman Sachs, is said to be well on its way to managing $1.8 billion by the beginning of next month. The Hong Kong-based firm began its trading only on April 1st, following an initial collection of $1.06 billion. Currently, Azentus manages $1.4 billion,…
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Hong-Kong’s Senrigan Capital Group has just passed the $1 billion dollar mark, making it one of the more successful firms in Asia. Senrigan was founded a little over a year ago by Nick Taylor, former Citadel Investment Group Asia investment chief. The firm debuted with around $220 million, $150 of which came from the Blackstone…
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Goldman Sachs’ former star trader Morgan Sze is making some real progress in his effort to launch his $1 billion+ hedge fund. Just this week he registered Azentus Capital with the Hong Kong market supervisor. Sze ran the Goldman Sachs’ Principal Strategies group in Asia until February 16th. Five days after his departure he…
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