AsianInvestor magazine is pleased to announce the winners of its 2008 Investment Performance Awards. Today we conclude by naming the winners for alternative investments.

The awards will be given out at our annual black-tie dinner, this year to be held at the Conrad Hotel in Hong Kong on Thursday, May 22. We will also reveal on the night the winners of our two marquee awards, for Global Fund House of the Year and Institutional Investor of the Year.

For enquiries, please contact Rebekka Kristin, associate publisher, on +852 2122 5203, or [email protected]

Summaries for each winner will be published in the June edition of AsianInvestor magazine. Congratulations to the winners.

Hedge-fund performance awards

Asia Pacific fund
Artradis AB2 Fund

Non-Japan Asia fund
CAI Global Fund

Japan fund
777 Fund

Fixed-income fund
Rohatyn Group Local Currency Opportunity Fund

Event-driven fund
Thaddeus Asia Event Driven Fund

Quantitative fund
QAM Asian Equities Fund

China fund
Marco Polo Pure China Fund

New hedge fund launch
DragonBack Asia Pacific Equity Multi-Strategy Fund

Distressed debt/special situations fund
The Asian Debt Fund

Multi-strategy fund
Phalanx Japan AustralAsia Multi-Strategy Fund

Alternative fund house awards

Fund of hedge funds
Persistent Edge

Private equity
Blackstone Group

Real estate
RREEF

Infrastructure
Macquarie Capital