Hedge Fund Awards 2015

Hedge Fund Awards 2015 www.acquisition-intl.com 4 Best Multi-Strategy Fund - Asia (KS Asia Absolute Return Fund IC) Gen2 Partners Gen2 Partners is an independent specialist alternative investment firm in Asia with the deepest team of experienced senior professionals in the Asian financial industry. The firm’s main office is located in Hong Kong’s 118-story Landmark building, International Commerce Center (ICC). “We actively manage the portfolio of investment that uses unique investment strategies, such as benefiting from regulatory and market inefficiencies in the Investment Grade Asian Fixed Income market, long and short equities, and derivate positions mainly for hedging purpose in Pan Asia markets,” says Kyle Shin, Founder and CIO. Shin was the head of Kingdon Capital Korea, and is one of the first Korean national to set-up a hedge fund in Asia who had previous hedge fund experience at a tier 1 hedge fund, Kingdon Capital Management. In January 2010, Gen2 launched the KS Asia Absolute Return Fund IC (KSAARF). “The fund’s goal is to deliver double digit returns while keeping the volatility at less than one-third of market (benchmark is MSCI Asia Equity Index),” says Shin. Gen2 has prestigious high profile clients, such as quasi-sovereign pension funds, leading financial institutions, listed corporates and family offices. “All our clients have different risk appetite and Gen2 Partners has been able to customise the funds tailored to each in- vestor’s risk/return profile. Most of clients are looking for stable return plus growth with low/medium risk appetite,” says Shin. Address: Unit 7702B, Level 77, International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: +852 37274500 Email: [email protected] Web: www.gen2ks.com Fact File Best Multi-Strategy Fund - Asia (KS Asia Absolute Return Fund IC) Gen2 Partners, based in Hong Kong, is one of the leaders in customised Asian Hedge Funds for institutional investors and family offices, in addition to being a trusted partner to help manage its investors’ exposure to Asia across all Asian alternative strategies. The firm’s flagship hedge fund, the KS Asia Absolute Return Fund IC has been named Best Multi-Strategy Fund – Asia in the Hedge Fund Awards. Gen2 Partners also named as the Best for Customised Asian Hedge Funds Award. We spoke to Kyle Shin, Founder and CIO, Gen2 Partners, to find out more about the fund and Gen2 Partners and their on-going success “ We are good at quickly evaluating where values are andwe can use such opportunity into profit. We also keep good relations with diversified bro- kers who are helpful to find out such opportunity. We are also strict on riskmanagement and use diversified hedges as we acknowledge that there is no perfect hedge in the financial world. In short, we are not amega hedge fund and thus we can be nimble inmakingmoney inAsia. ”