5-1-2010

 

2009 CHINA HEDGE • China Hedge Fund Managers (Onshore) Awards

 


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2009 CHINA HEDGE
China Hedge Fund Managers (Onshore) Awards*

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CHINA HEDGE
Best 10 China Hedge Fund Managers (Onshore) Awards are designed to recognize local private investment managers (commonly called China onshore hedge fund managers) that have outperformed their peer group (over 200 domestic managers#) over the course of 2009 in terms of a number of criteria including but not limiting to performance, industry influence, social contribution, media and investor recognition. The awards was judged both quantitatively and qualitatively, producing final 10 China hedge fund names that have demonstrated financial progress, growth and genuine innovation across a number of different business areas.

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Shanghai Chongyang Investment Management Co., Ltd.

Overview
Shanghai Chongyang Investment Management
is a leading private money manager in mainland China. The company, with a partnership structure, founded by Qiu Guogen, a billionaire and Li Xuli, former CIO with Schroders China JV.

The Team
Qiu Guogen, Partner & Chairman of Investment Committee
Qiu has over 19 years of experience in securities investment. He began his career in JunAn Securities, a leading investment bank in China in 1990s. Qiu founded Shanghai Chongyang Investment Co Ltd in 2001, focusing on long-term equity investment. Qiu has a M.Sc in economics from Renmin University of China.

Li Xuli, Partner & CIO
Li had worked as CIO with BoComm Schroders Fund Management and China Southern Fund Management. He had over 11 years of experience in mutual fund industry. Li graduated from the Graduate School of People’s Bank of China (GSPBC).


Guangdong New Value Investment Co., Ltd.

Overview
Guangdong New Value Investment Co Ltd was founded in August 2007 with registered capital of RMB 12.8 million. The firm’s main business includes project investment, investment management and financial advisory, etc.

New Value Investment has its own investment decision and risk management committee in the organization. Most of founders and partners come from domestic securities firms and mutual fund shops.
As at the end of September 2009, New Value Investment has launched five trust plans with Guangdong Yuecai Trust and Shandong International Trust.

The Team
Luo Weiguang, CIO & Portfolio Manager
Luo is CIO of the company and portfolio manager of New Value II, IV and V funds. He had worked with Guangdong Securities from 2000 to 2007 in the proprietary trading and research departments. He started his career in securities investment in 1995.

Huang Yunxuan, Fund Manager
Huang is fund manager of New Value III fund. He had worked as head of research with a large Chinese brokerage firm from 2006 to 2007.

Tang Xuelai, Director of Research
Tang is director of research and fund manger of New Value I fund. He had been equities analyst with Golden Eagle Fund Management and M&A associate with a domestic investment bank.

New Value also has another five-person research team excluding above executives.


Shenzhen Golden Investment Management Co., Ltd.

Overview
Shenzhen Golden Investment Management was founded in February2007 with registered capital of RMB 10 million. The firm is mainly focusing on asset management, private equity and financial advisory services, etc.

Golden Investment Management had launched its first fund, Golden Xiding Equities Investment Trust with Chongqing International Trust in July 2007. The fund gained 23.12% in 2008, ranking top in all domestic hedge funds.
The company considers safety of assets more important than gains.

The Team
Huang Minghao, President and Head of Risk Management
Ms. Huang began her career life in the first securities firm in China, Shenzhen Securities Co., Ltd., where She had been general manager. She has over 17 years of experience in China’s securities market.

Zeng Jun, CEO
Zeng holds a MBA and BA in International Finance from Wuhan University. He had been vice president, head of proprietary trading and chief investment manager with Dapeng Securities. Prior that, he worked with China Construction Bank Wuhan Branch on Forex trading business.

Deng Jijun, Investment Director
Deng has over 18 years of experience in securities market. He joined Shenzhen Securities in 1999 as investment manager. Prior that, he worked with Guosen Securities.


Shanghai Rising Fund Management Co., Ltd.

Overview
Shanghai Rising Fund Management was founded in 2000 as a professional investment manager registered with Shanghai Administration of Industrial and Commerce (SAIC). The company mainly focuses on investment management, financial advisory, corporate and asset custody, M&A advisory services, etc.

The Team
Li Zhenning, Chairman
Li graduated from Renming University of China with a degree in economics. He joined the China Economy System Reform Research Institute in 1985. Li became a professional investor in 1992 and was a leading economists in share reform research on A shares. He founded Shanghai Rising Investment Consulting in 1997 and transferred the later to Rising Fund Management. Li was a adviser to China Securities Regulatory Commission on alternative investment fund management business.


Shanghai Rosefinch Investment Development Centre (Limited Partnership)

Overview
Shanghai-based Rosefinch Investment Partners was founded in February 2007 and is the first partnership in Chinese onshore hedge fund shops. The company has registered capital of RMB 100 million. Its main business include securities investment, industrial investment, investment management and investment consulting, etc.

Rosefinch Investment Partners has a partners committee and investment decision committee under the partners.

The company insists on value and long-term investment philosophy.

Rosefinch now had launched twelve equities trust plans with China Resources SZITIC Trust, Western Trust, Shanxi International Trust and Ping An Trust. The company has RMB 1 billion assets under management.

The Team
Li Hualun, Managing Partner
Li is managing partner and portfolio manager within Rosefinch Investment Partners. He manages several funds including Rosefinch I, II, III and Rosefinch Elite, etc. He had been deputy general manager of asset management division with Western Securities. He received his Executive MBA degree from Ceibs.

Liang Yuejun, Deputy General Manager & Partner
Liang acts as portfolio manager for Rosefinch V and VII funds. He covers research on financial services, real estate, manufacturing and others. He received his masters in economics from Peking University.

Rosefinch has a 9-person research and investment team, covering sectors including financial services, property, coal, metal, engineering, alternative energy, electronics, information tech, communications, medical, and consumers.


Jiangsu Winfast Investment & Development Co., Ltd.

Overview
Jiangsu Winfast Investment & Development (Ruihua Investment) was founded in July 2003 with registered capital of RMB 50 million. The company mainly focuses on public and private equities.

The company has a comprehensive organization. There are investment committee and risk management committee in the board of directors. Now the company has a 50-person team.

As at the end of June 2009, Ruihua Investment has over than RMB 3 billion assets under management, which makes it as one of the biggest independent money managers in China. The company now has total 18 funds.


Shanghai Elegant Investment Co., Ltd.

Overview
Shanghai Elegant Investment was founded in August 2007 by former mutual fund managers from China Asset Management.

The company insists on four investment philosophies, including value investment, corporate fundamental, long-term investment, and quantitative investment, etc.

The Team
Shi Bo, General Manager
Shi was deputy CIO with China Asset Management before founding Elegant Investment. Shi had been fund manager for ChinaAMC Return fund, which gained 410% in four years since its inception in September, 2003.
Shi bad been awarded the Best Selection Fund Manager of China by Forbes Magazine in 2006.

Chang Hao, Chief Investment Officer
Chang had been director of equity investment with Everbright Pramerica Fund Management before joining Elegant Investment. He had also worked as portfolio manager with Changsheng Fund Management and analyst with Shenyin Wangguo Research.


Beijing Springs Capital Limited

Overview
Springs Capital was incorporated in 2007 and is a limited liability company organized as an exempted open-ended investment firm. The principle investment objective of the investment manager is to provide absolute returns to investors through investing in companies listed in mainland China, Hong Kong, and overseas.

The management holds the majority of shares, and all employees are eligible for long-term shares allocation.

As at the end of November 2009, Springs Capital advised on ten onshore RMB China hedge funds and one offshore USD China funds. Seven funds, including Springs Growth I, Springs 2008, Springs Growth III to VII, are all dominated by RMB, investing in A-share market. The Springs Overseas fund is a USD-dominated product investing in Chinese stocks listed in mainland China, Hong Kong and overseas. It used equity long/short strategy.

The Team
James Zhao, Partner & Director & CIO
James serves as the lead portfolio manager and chief investment officer. He founded Springs Capital after seven years with Harvest Fund Management, where he was assistant general manger when he left. He had also served as head of research and director of equity investment within Harvest. Before that, he worked for CITIC Securities as equity analyst. He graduated with a BS in mathematics and MS in finance from Nankai University.

Jenny Tian, Partner & Head of Research & Senior Portfolio Manager
Jenny serves as a partner and senior portfolio manager at Springs Capital. Jenny brings 12 years of domestic and international investment experience to the firm. Her experience include: Director & Head of China Research at UBS Securities; Fund Manager of Capital Guaranteed Fund & Large-cap Core Fund, Deputy Director of Research at Harvest Fund Management Co., one of the top 5 fund management firms in China. Before joining Harvest, Jenny worked at Principal Global Investors and Citigroup Asset Management in the US, and Nomura Securities in Japan. Jenny held an MBA degree in Finance & Investments from Baruch College, CUNY, an L.L.M in International Law from Yokohama National University, and an B.A. in Economics from Beijing University.

The seven-person team also include Shirley Ye, Partner & Head of Investor Relations, Jason Liu, Head of Risk Management. Ye had been senior manager, institutional business with Harvest Fund Management. Liu had been advisor for institutional investments with Harvest.


Beijing StarRock Investment Management Co., Ltd.

Overview

StarRock Investment Management was founded by Jiang Hui, former CIO with ICBC Credit Suisse Fund Management as a private investment house in Beijing. The company is one of the biggest and most famous hedge fund manager in mainland China. StarRock funds had been complied into the MSCI Hedge Fund Index in 2009.

Now StarRock manages around 19 funds as the end of December, 2009.

The Team
Jiang Hui, General Manager and Chairman of Investment Committee
Jiang founded StarRock in june 2007. Before that, he was Chief Investment Officer with ICBC Credit Suisse Fund Management. He had worked with Xiangcai ABN Amro Fund Management and China Asset Management as portfolio manager. Jiang received his masters degree from Fudan University.

Yang Ling, Executive Deputy General Manager and Chairman of Risk Control Committee
Yang had worked as senior sales manager with ICBC Credit Suisse Fund Management before joining StarRock. She also had acted as general manager of Lion Fund Management Beijing office. Yang graduated from Xi’an Jiao Tong University with a masters in economics.

Luo Min, Deputy General Manager, Head of Research
Luo had been portfolio manager with Changsheng Fund Management before being head of equity strategies with Xinhua Life Asset Management.


Yunan International Trust Co., Ltd. - China Dragon

Overview
China Dragon Funds is the hedge fund arm of Yunnan International Trust. Yunnan International Trust was founded in 2003 and now manages about RMB 20 billion assets.

The firm’s main business includes securities investments, private equity and PIPE.

The Team
Zhao Kai, Vice President
Zhao has over 16 years of experience in investment research and management. He is portfolio manager for China Dragon Fund and China Dragon Stable Fund.

Ma Hong, Director of Investment
Ma has over 16 years of experience in securities investment. He had won twice top awards in New Fortune Magazine’s Analysts Ranking. He is responsible for China Dragon Value Fund and China Dragon Aggressive Fund.

Wang Qinghua, General Manager, Asset Management Division
Wang has about 13 years of experience in securities investment. He is portfolio for China Dragon Selection and China Dragon Growth Funds.



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