Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Charlie Chan Fund Up Splendid 60%




Former Credit Suisse trader Charlie Chan is finding life as a hedge fund manager to be, according to finalternatves well, splendid.

His eponymous firm's aptly-named Splendid Asia Macro Fund has continued its exceptional run during its first full year and is now up 60% on the year, Reuters reports. The US$80 million fund—half of the capital is Chan's—has profited on real-estate investment fund, bond and currency investments, using two-times leverage.
"We took risk when nobody else wanted to," Chan told Reuters. "REIT was a big major long, and then regional equities. We have not sold anything at a loss…."

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