{"id":5590,"date":"2007-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"syn-co-expands-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/01\/2007\/syn-co-expands-in-asia.html","title":{"rendered":"SYZ & CO expands in Asia with the acquisition of Hong Kong based Oria Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swiss banking group SYZ & CO announces today the expansion of its activities in Asia through the acquisition<\/a> of Oria Capital, a respected Hong Kong based fund of hedge funds management group, which will become part of the Group\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s alternative investment business line and will subsequently change its name to 3A Asia. 3A Asia\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s role will be to extend the Group\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s funds of hedge funds to a fast-growing Asian investor base, as well as to analyse and select Asian hedge fund managers.<\/p>\n

With over USD 2.5bn in hedge fund assets and additional research and due diligence services rendered on USD 3.7 billion in alternative investments, 3A SA, the SYZ & CO Group\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s alternative investment division, is already one of Switzerland\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s leading specialists in hedge fund analysis and alternative portfolio management.<\/p>\n

3A is already well established in Europe with Albertini Syz Investimenti Alternativi SGR, the SYZ & CO Group\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Milan-based alternative fund of hedge funds manager; with the London listing in 2001 of ALTIN AG the Swiss alternative investment company managed by 3A; and with strategic partnerships in other European countries. This new development in Hong Kong aims to participate in the unparalleled dynamism of the Asian continent, both as a fast growing client base but also as a way of enhancing 3A\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s expertise in Asian hedge fund managers.<\/p>\n

Oria Capital\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s management team has an average of over 15 years of dedicated experience of Asian market investing, and offers investors an extensive knowledge of and an efficient exposure to Asian market opportunities.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the acquisition, Jean Keller, CEO of 3A stated: \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cOria Capital specializes in one of the world\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s most promising investment markets and has a team with unparalleled experience. On average, top-performing funds in Asia close to new investors just 12-24 months after their launch. Having a highly-skilled team in Hong Kong will allow us to speed up our analysis and manager selection process of Asian managers and thus offer our investors access to the best investment opportunities in Asia.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

Jennifer Carver, CEO of Oria Capital, added:  \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cOria Capital and 3A are a perfect fit as we share a common philosophy based on rigorous due diligence and full transparency for investors. We also share years of experience in the hedge fund industry and have a host of complementary funds. 3A\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s performance track-record is truly impressive and we are very excited about  making their products available to the very discerning Asian investor base\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Swiss banking group SYZ & CO announces today the expansion of its activities in Asia through the acquisition of Oria Capital, a respected Hong Kong based fund of hedge funds management group, which will become part of the Group\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s alternative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}