The Facts 2016 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report: Asia-Pacific in Focus alternative assets. intelligent data. 2016 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report: Asia-Pacific in Focus Using data compiled for the recently-launched 2016 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report, we take a look at the hedge fund industry in the Asia-Pacific region, including fund managers, investors and performance. $1.3bn $159bn in outflows was lost by Asia-Pacific-based funds in 2015. Size of the hedge fund industry in the region. Assets under management of the hedge fund industry $67bn in Hong Kong, the leading country in Asia-Pacific. 17% Proportion of all hedge fund managers tracked by Preqin that are based in Asia-Pacific. Proportion of funds that saw inflows and outflows in 2015: 100 43% Number of new hedge funds launched in 2015 that are based in Asia-Pacific. 49% Source: Preqin Hedge Fund Online Fig. 1: Five Largest Hedge Fund Managers in Asia-Pacific by Assets under Management Manager Headquarters Year Established Assets under Management Platinum Asset Management Australia 1994 $18.4bn as at 30 September 2015 Hillhouse Capital Management Singapore 2005 $15.2bn as at 31 December 2014 Value Partners Hong Kong 1993 $14.5bn as at 30 September 2015 Springs Capital China 2007 $5.2bn as at 31 October 2015 Dymon Asia Capital Singapore 2008 $4.7bn as at 30 June 2015 Source: Preqin Hedge Fund Online Fig. 2: Net Returns of Top Performing Asia-Pacific-Based Hedge Funds in 2015 Fund Manager Core Strategies Net Return in 2015 (%) Avant Capital Eagle Fund - Class B Avant Capital Management (HK) Long/Short Equity, Special Situations 74.15 Totus Alpha Fund Totus Capital Long/Short Equity 53.53 Cyan C3G Fund Cyan Investment Management Long Bias 48.10 Parametrica Global Fund Parametrica Management Statistical Arbitrage 44.54 APS Greater China Long/Short APS Asset Management Long/Short Equity 41.88 Fund - Share Class A Source: Preqin Hedge Fund Online Fig. 3: Risk/Return Profile of Hedge Funds with a Regional Fig. 4: Five Largest Asia-Pacific-Based Institutional Focus (As at December 2015) Investors in Hedge Funds 12.0% Allocation to Hedge Funds Investor EM – Africa EM – Asia ($bn) 10.0% Asia-Pacific Developed China Investment Corporation 29.9** 8.0% Markets North America Europe Future Fund 10.9 6.0% GIC 10.3 Emerging 4.0% Pension Fund Association 4.2 Markets Dai-Ichi Life Insurance 3.0 2.0% EM – Latin Source: Preqin Hedge Fund Online 0.0% America Three-Year Annualized Return Three-Year -2.0% EM – Russia & For more information about the 2016 Preqin Global Eastern Europe Hedge Fund Report, or to arrange a demo of our award- -4.0% winning Hedge Fund Online, please visit: 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% Three-Year Volatility www.preqin.com/hedge Source: Preqin Hedge Fund Analyst Page 1 of 1 © 2016 Preqin Ltd. / www.preqin.com.