Symphony tunes into Japan bargains, Asian volatility

Symphony Financial Partners, the Tokyo-based hedge fund manager, sees 2012 as a year that will bring continued market volatility in Asia, while offering opportunities to invest in undervalued Japanese companies, its co-chief executive David Baran says. The firm was able to demonstrate its ability to perform in difficult markets last August – one of the most volatile trading months in the region in 2011 – by generating a return of 39.8% that month for its Sinfonietta Master Fund, a…