Hedge Funds Driving Asia's Trading Volume

From: Daily News | Date: February 22, 2008| Author: Christopher Faille, Senior Financial Correspondent | Copyright information

GREENWICH, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com) - The growth in Asia's equity markets and the commissions they generate can be attributed generally to the fact that there are more institutions operating in the regions than there were, and more particularly to the growth of hedge fund activity in the region.

According to a new report from Greenwich Associates, as recently as 2004 hedge funds accounted for no more than 5% of the total equity commissions paid in Asia (ex-Japan). But in 2006 that figure...

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