Hedge Fund Intelligence Hong Kong 2014 | Page 12

HONG KONG 2014 A second constraint to the development of the Hong Kong hedge fund industry is the relative shortage of capital available for start-ups. “There have been some successful start-ups, but 90% of money has been gravitating to the bigger managers,” says Colin Lunn, head of fund services for Asia-Pacific at UBS in Hong Kong. “Managers with less than $100 million are finding it hard to garner interest from institutions writing $10 million tickets.” Senrigan’s Nash agrees that conditions have remained difficult for start-ups over the