The Asia Hedge Fund 25

How the Ranking Was CompiledIn Institutional Investor’s 2011 Asia Hedge Fund 25, our sixth annual ranking of Asia’s biggest single-manager hedge fund firms, we provide each manager’s total assets under management for 2011 and 2010 as of April 1. Where possible we also show assets at the individual fund level, with net 2010 and first-quarter 2011 returns, as well as fund inception dates. Asset totals reflect a firm’s internally run single-manager funds and separate accounts, including actively managed long-only hedge funds. Totals exclude funds of funds, funds managed by third parties, dynamic money market funds, private equity and venture capital. Assets in managed-futures accounts are stated as actual (cash) rather than nominal (trading level) values, unless otherwise noted. Assets run anywhere in the world are included, as long as the firm is wholly owned by a parent company that is headquartered in Asia.

We gathered data through questionnaires completed by hedge fund managers, supplemented by extensive II staff research. In some cases asset totals or returns represent our estimates.

Of course, we may have missed some firms that belong on the Asia Hedge Fund 25. To receive a questionnaire for next year’s ranking, please e-mail us at hedgefundrankings@iimagazine.com.

This ranking was compiled by Senior Editor Jane B. Kenney, with the assistance of Hong Kong–based Researcher Joe Lam.