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Boe Pahari will move from Foreshore Global Capital in London to AMP Capital Investors' office in Singapore for the new role. Abhisit Vejjajiva also underlined a commitment to reforming the country's financial system in an address to delegates attending AsianInvestor's conference in Bangkok. Barry Lau’s new firm plans to give investors access to lesser-known China managers. A new species of small brown frog has been discovered in Vietnam and named after ADM Capital's Rob Appleby. Dominic Scriven takes on a new CEO role as the Vietnam-based investment firm restructures its management. Carl Moss of INTECH shares his views on how to find alpha after a challenging year or so. But on a five-year view, losses in late-2008 and early-2009 have not prevented the asset class from making money and outpacing publicly listed equities, says Preqin. Initial assets are a drop in the Ocean, but former investment banker Will Li is confident that a good track record, starting amid the 2009 bull run, will attract investors. Abhisit Vejjajiva also underlined a commitment to reforming the country's financial system in an address to delegates attending AsianInvestor's conference in Bangkok. The UK bank continues to bulk up and take on the big players in Asia's prime services market. Asian institutions are increasingly looking at inflation-linked investments, says Ralph Segreti, global head of inflation-linked products at Barclays Capital. Stark Investments' senior portfolio managers break away to start their own venture. Paul Choi joins Hong Kong-based Enhanced Investment Products to provide analysis for its hedge funds. Japanese start-up OGI Capital Partners hires Citi for fund admin and prepares to launch a new fund. The Hong Kong-based Greater China managers follow up their successful China fund with a convertible bond fund. Vietnam-based investment firm Dragon Capital assures its investors that the Nui Phao tungsten mining operation has not yet had its licence revoked, contrary to press reports. Hedge fund shareholders shoot down a proposal to allow Dragon Capital to manage part of the LSE-listed fund’s assets, and opt to take their cash now. In the conclusion of AsianInvestor’s roundtable discussion, prominent hedge fund managers and investors in Hong Kong pick the best asset classes for the next 12 months. AsianInvestor hosted a roundtable discussion of some of Hong Kong’s prominent hedge fund managers and investors, who say that good returns in 2008 is proving no guarantee of ... The former Merrill Lynch prime broker is appointed as chief operations officer at hedge fund Thaddeus Capital.