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Singapore hedge fund Artradis to close, founder to start new funds

Atradis Fund Management, once Singapore’s biggest hedge fund manager with about US$4.5 billion ($5.8 billion), plans to wind down its operations and return money to investors after it lost money in the last two years, co-founder Stephen Diggle said on Tuesday.

Diggle, however, plans to remain in the industry by turning his family office into a fund manager. He told Reuters he would set up two new funds and take over two of Artradis’s existing funds. 

 
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Superfund shuts 6 offices including S’pore, Sydney, Dubai

Austrian hedge fund manager Superfund said it has shut six international sales offices and laid off staff as part of cost-saving measures amid a tough business environment.

Superfund has closed its sales offices in Singapore, Dubai, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Liechtenstein and Monaco and will now manage its operations out of Vienna, Hong Kong and New York, the firm said in a statement.

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Hedge fund Algebris heads to Asia; eyeing Singapore and Hong Kong

London-based hedge fund manager Algebris Investments LLP is in talks to set up a base in Asia over the next few months, joining a slew of Western managers driven to the region in search of higher returns and a friendlier regulatory environment, two sources said. 
 
Top officials from Algebris — backed by activist investor Christopher Hohn — visited Asia on a reconnaissance mission earlier this year but had yet to take a call on whether the new office will be located in Hong Kong or Singapore, said one of the sources. 

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Gilani: Beware of Inverse and Leveraged ETFs, and Stay Away from ETNs

Shah Gilani is a retired hedge fund manager, recognized expert on the credit and financial crises, and Money Morning Contributing Editor.Gilani points out that inverse ETFs “track their underlying index for only one day at a time”, and do not track int…