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Hedge funds
News and analysis about these pooled investment funds that are usually mandated to make extensive use of complex trading, portfolio, risk management techniques, including short-selling, algorithmic transactions, leverage and derivatives. Hedge funds usually have a higher barrier to entry, and promise higher returns for higher risk. They are also usually subject to different risk-management regulations.
Singapore's monetary authority and finance ministry have announced measures including a tax exemption for investment profits. Photo: Shutterstock
Banking & finance

Hong Kong financiers press for tax breaks after Singapore’s challenge

Lawmakers should hurry to approve proposed law or risk losing edge to Singapore in attracting asset managers, industry players say.

Hong Kong stock market

China fund managers stick with AI, chips this month after July sell-off: survey

China stock market

Chinese hedge funds rotate out of Nvidia and US hyperscalers in AI trade

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China stock market

How China’s young fund managers endured bitter lessons from AI-fuelled sell-off

New portfolio managers were thrust into the spotlight as tech bets soured and client scrutiny intensified during 50-day market turmoil.

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Portfolios reeled from AI-driven shocks in June and July. Photo: Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

Sudden US AI fund sell-off serves as wake-up call for Chinese tech traders

In July alone, Situational Awareness, which bet heavily on the AI supply chain, reportedly saw its portfolio value plummet 67 per cent.

Wealth management

Hong Kong’s proposed fund talent tax break set to sharpen edge over Singapore

Incentive will give Hong Kong the lowest tax rate globally for fund managers whose income is largely driven by performance fees, sources say.

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong ‘block trade king’ exploited bank lapse to make HK$1.7m, court told

Prosecutors allege Simon Sadler and Daniel La Rocca used confidential information about planned block trade to sell more than 1.7 million Esprit shares.

The trial before Judge Josiah Lam is scheduled to last 25 days. Photo: SCMP
Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek isn’t short of cash: so why has it decided to raise funds anyway?

DeepSeek is raising a small funding round not for cash, but to set a valuation benchmark and retain talent as rivals ramp up poaching.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Investment firms remain upbeat on deals despite geopolitical tensions, bankers say

Private equity, sovereign funds and family offices are sitting on record stocks of dry powder even as geopolitical risks cloud the global outlook.

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek founder’s High-Flyer ranks among China’s top hedge-fund firms in 2025

Hangzhou-based High-Flyer ranks second among China’s 10 top-performing large hedge-fund managers last year.

Quant funds, such as Hangzhou-based High-Flyer, made up the 10 top-performing large hedge-fund firms in China in 2025. Photo: Shutterstock
Banking & finance

Macroscope | As global spending needs grow and debt rises, business as usual won’t suffice

The increase in government debt means that nations must look elsewhere for funds required to meet socioeconomic needs.

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People walk near screens showing stock exchange and economic data in Shanghai, on April 14. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong hedge fund founder pays US$74.3 million for luxury Shouson Hill home

Matrix Properties, in which CoreView Capital’s Vincent Gao Leyi is a director, snaps up House 6 at the upscale No 15 Shouson Hill.

Banking & finance

Adams Street joins wave of investment firms opening in Hong Kong

‘We want to be closer to both our investors and the investment opportunities that are presenting themselves here,’ managing partner says.

US-listed Chinese stocks

US funds tread carefully on China as Oaktree and Appaloosa adjust bets

Oaktree exits KE Holdings, billionaire David Tepper’s Appaloosa boosts Baidu stake and Bridgewater stays away from China in third quarter.

Oaktree Capital, founded by notable investor Howard Marks, has sold all of its 1.5 million shares valued at US$26.8 million in KE Holdings, a Chinese online property platform. Photo: Bloomberg
Banking & finance

Canada’s RBC BlueBay partners with Endowus to expand Asia presence

Partnership aims to provide specialist fixed-income strategies to investors in Hong Kong and Singapore via Endowus’ platform.

Investor diversification into private market opportunities has increased globally. Photo: Reuters
Banking & finance

Former Point72 Japan head plans Hong Kong-based hedge fund firm

Tomohiro Yamaguchi’s Invictus aims to start trading in the first quarter of 2026, focusing on the 300 largest, most liquid Japanese stocks.

Banking & finance

Hedge funds boost options bets for yuan to strengthen past 7

Hedge funds ramp up options wagers, signalling that the yuan’s rally against the US dollar still has room to run.

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China stock market

Trading places: Chinese quant funds lure AI talent from the US

Trump upheaval plays into the hands of talent-hungry firms in the growing sector, as many eye markets beyond the mainland.

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Wealth management

Asian family offices expand US footprint: Andon Hong Kong opens New York office

The firm manages money on behalf of Shenzhen-listed Andon Health, a Chinese maker of medical devices.

Cryptocurrency

Hong Kong family office VMS Group makes first foray into cryptocurrency

With about US$4 billion in assets under management, VMS plans to allocate up to US$10 million to strategies run by hedge fund Re7 Capital.

Fintech

Fintech start-up Syfe bolsters Hong Kong expansion after new funding round

Singapore-based Syfe’s expansion plans reflect the city’s position as the largest hedge fund and cross-border wealth management hub in Asia.

Syfe founder and CEO Dhruv Arora. Photo: Handout
DeepSeek

From gifted student to AI hero, DeepSeek founder inspires a nation

Hailing from an obscure village in southern China, Liang Wenfeng has risen from humble roots to become a household name.

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Wealth management

Hong Kong finance chief sees US$20 billion of IPOs this year on tech optimism

Companies could raise between US$17 billion and US$20 billion this year, Paul Chan tells tech forum.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek founder gets hero’s welcome in Lunar New Year hometown visit

Liang Wenfeng’s hometown in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, is now a tourist attraction based on its DeepSeek connection, local reports say.

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Artificial intelligence

How start-up DeepSeek emerged as the unlikely game changer in US-China AI war

From visionary founder Liang Wenfeng to a young team of dedicated scientists, DeepSeek is taking the road less traveled in AI.

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DeepSeek’s team of young scientists is made up almost exclusively of Chinese nationals from some of the top schools in the country. Photo: Shutterstock
DeepSeek

DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough could alter China’s ‘national fate’ in US tech war

‘We should have confidence that China will eventually win the AI war with the US,’ Qihoo 360’s Zhou Hongyi said in a Weibo post.

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Artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek was spun off from Chinese hedge-fund manager High-Flyer Quant. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Beijing puts spotlight on China’s new face of AI, DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng

Liang’s participation at Monday’s meeting with China’s premier reflects start-up DeepSeek’s growing prominence in the AI industry.

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Banking & finance

Hong Kong gets a boost as 3 global hedge funds open offices, recruit staff

Hudson Bay Capital, Sona Asset Management and Centiva Capital are setting up shop in the city, according to sources.

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