Japanese long/short fund from BDT Invest

BDT Invest will launch a Japanese long/short hedge fund, to be managed by Andrew Callender, in early 2003. Callender, formerly chief investment officer of Invesco GT Japan, was hired by BDT Investment Management recently. Callender managed the top performing offshore Invesco GT Japan and onshore Invesco GT Japan Growth funds in the late 1990s before returning to the UK in 2000. BDT Invest launched in 2000 specialising in Asian absolute return investment vehicles.