KGR announces fund of hedge funds

KGR Capital will launch the KGR Capital Asian Dynamic Absolute Return Fund on September 1st. This will be a multi-manager, multi-strategy fund of Asian hedge funds, and will initially have a portfolio of 27 hedge funds, including 11 strategies. Just over 40% of the fund's exposure will be to Japanese strategies, whilst the rest will be allocated to other parts of Asia, including Greater China, Korea and India. The manager is targeting returns of 15-20% over the cycle, and is expecting volatility to be about 7-10%.