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Senior reporter, AsianInvestor

Simon Osborne is a reporter at AsianInvestor. He writes about alternative investments such as hedge funds and private equity. Before he became a journalist, he worked in several financial institutions. He has been in Asia since 1994.



Recent articles by Simon Osborne

Alternatives
Do hedge funds need the media (and vice versa)?
As the Alternative Investment Management Association publishes its 2012 guide to media relations for hedge funds, it begs the question: do the two really need each other?
16 December 2011
Commentary
Should Olympus bring back the whistleblower?
Olympus’s trip has cast a shadow over Japan Inc as British-born CEO Michael Woodford plots his next move. Tadashi Kageyama of Kroll reflects on investor lessons to be ...
5 December 2011
Alternatives
Goldman Sachs real estate guru poached by Morgan Stanley
Shirish Godbole is re-employed by Morgan Stanley to run Indian real estate activities for MSREI.
30 November 2011
Alternatives
Huttenlocher’s new hedge fund to launch on Dec 1
Myriad Opportunities Master Fund is about to open to external investors, kicking off with $300 million.
28 November 2011
Alternatives
CQS hires for sales and marketing in Australia
Hedge fund CQS has hired Louise Walker in Sydney to look after its local clients.
28 November 2011
Alternatives
Market turmoil has mixed impact on Eastern Europe
The ex-Soviet republics have bounced back and there's hope Russia's WTO accession will stir investments. But the closer you go to Europe, the worse it gets, says East Capital CIO.
24 November 2011
Alternatives
China has reached a turning point, reckons Chris Tang
A macro level relaxation may be good for stocks next year as liquidity flows increase, argues the CIO of Marco Polo Pure Asset Management.
21 November 2011
Alternatives
Farmland, the ultimate flight to quality?
The answer is in the soil, it seems. Acquiring land may be a rewarding answer for investors.
18 November 2011
Business Moves
Prudential Asia adopts new name in rebranding exercise
Prudential renames its Asian operations 'Eastspring', but promises that nothing really changes except the name. No spin-out plans are mentioned.
16 November 2011
Alternatives
AMP Capital to manage new Irish infrastructure fund
The new fund is evidence of increased allocation to infrastructure by pension funds, says Anthony Fasso, CEO of AMP Capital International.
14 November 2011
Alternatives
LaSalle puts fat cheque in the post for investors
Having decided it is happy with assets acquired in its Asia Opportunity Fund III portfolio, LaSalle returns $600 million of left-over capital to property investors.
11 November 2011
Alternatives
Ex-Gandhara Capital exec to launch macro hedge fund
Aileen Chang is launching an Asia-focused hedge fund to be based in Hong Kong.
8 November 2011
Alternatives
Dig it! Experts talk macho about gold mining
A panel of veterans at the AsianInvestor/FinanceAsia commodities conference this week borrows heavily from the gold bug's playbook.
4 November 2011
Alternatives
Hong Kong company to prosper in Indonesian gold run
The Martabe mine in North Sumatra is about to pour its first gold, as a new chapter is opened for the mine, now in the hands of Hong Kong company G Resources.
3 November 2011
Alternatives
Carlyle adds Sanghyun Lee as managing director in Seoul
Sanghyun Lee joins Carlyle from Affinity Equity to head its Korean investment business.
1 November 2011
Alternatives
Post-quake price falls fail to materialise in Tokyo property
With little exposure to Greek debt, domestic banks are still lending to Japan’s real estate sector.
31 October 2011
Alternatives
How to find growth in Japan's private equity market today
Richard Pyvis, chairman of CLSA Capital Partners, outlines some opportunities in one of Asia’s trickiest markets to identify genuine growth.
28 October 2011
Alternatives
Which Asian hedge funds had a sweet September?
Results are coming through after that tricky Autumn month for hedge funds.
27 October 2011
Alternatives
Recap property fund takes plunge into Hong Kong residential
Real Estate Capital, a Singapore-based opportunistic property fund, is nearly fully invested on its second fund, and will top it off with a development project tilting at Hong ...
25 October 2011
Alternatives
Sail Advisors hires Sjef Pieters from Lyxor
Sail Advisors says its funds have performed ahead of expectations as it expands its client coverage.
21 October 2011
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