Report from Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission Shows Fast Growth of Hedge Fund Industry

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has conducted its fourth fact-finding survey on the Hong Kong hedge fund industry in conjunction with a data collection exercise coordinated by IOSCO concerning global hedge fund activities. The attached report aims to provide an update on the Hong Kong hedge fund industry and hedge fund assets under management (AUM) as of September 30, 2012.

From 2010 to September 2012 hedge fund industry and AUM increased almost 38% to $87.1 billion. The total number of hedge funds managed by licensed hedge fund managers in Hong Kong also increased, from 538 in 2010 to 676 in September of 2012.

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