Thames to build Asia Pacific team

Thames River Capital is looking to build an Asia-Pacific team with a view to launching an Asia-Pacific long-short hedge fund, by the end of the year, writes James Phillipps. Jonathan Hughes-Morgan, director of Thames River, said: 'Japan is a natural long-short market. You need a market that has direction to be able to exploit the opportunities.' The proposed Asia-Pacific vehicle would invest in Asia including Japan to take advantage of the market's liquidity, according to Hughes-Morgan. He added Asian hedge funds excluding Japan struggled to implement hedges last year due to liquidity p...