Hedge Fund Advisory

Detailed Description-

Tokyo, June 2nd, 2008 - Opalesque, the world's largest publisher of subscription covering the alternative investment industry, has launched the fifth edition of his famous scripts regional roundtable, the "Opalesque Japan Roundtable".

The Opalesque Japan Roundtable will be closing the 2008 coverage of Centres of hedge funds in Asia, having covered New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong (see here for Roundtable Archive:
http:// www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=archiveRT

The Opalesque Japan Roundtable was sponsored by Nikko Citi Prime Finance and took place in their Tokyo office. Thank you Opalesque Ed Rogers of Rogers Investment Advisors for helping to save the group.

After an excellent performance in 2005, Japanese hedge funds have been taken in 2006 and 2007. Is 2008 the year turn around? The good news is that the foundations, sovereign wealth funds and large hedge funds are back in Japan. What opportunities do they see? In this script, round table, you will learn:

* General information on the performance of hedge funds in Japan and the state of the economy
* Macro (economic) or catalysts micro (corporate governance within the company) to drive the markets in the future?
* Why activist investors and hedge fund activists have been very
beneficial for Japan
* Does the Japanese version of Basel II rules still prevent regional banks to rebuild their hedge fund allocations?
* How do Japanese pension funds and insurance companies view and use hedge funds?

Participants in the Opalesque Japan Roundtable are:

1. Angus McKinnon, Senior Partner, Tozai Investment Advisory
2. Nobuki Yasuda, Director of Alternative Investment, Pension Fund
Association
3. Goro Ohwada, CEO, Aino Investment Corporation
4. Kenichiro Nishi, CEO & CIO, Gaia Capital Management
5. Scott Callon, Partner and CEO, Ichigo Asset Management
6. Rory Kennedy, COO, United Managers Japan (UMJ)
7. Andrew Hill, Director, NikkoCiti
8. Shijimi Koichi, Director, NikkoCiti
9. Atsko Nakajima, director of hedge fund investments, Ueda Yagi Securities Co.
10. Hideki Hashiguchi, principal representative, HSBC Global Fund Services
11. Toshihiko Nishida, Portfolio Manager, GCI
12. Isao Tomoyuki, Chief Investment Officer, Stats Investment Management
13. Rick Okuno, Rheos Capital Works

The Opalesque Hong Kong Roundtable Script can be downloaded here:
http://www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=static aˆs = RoundtableJAPAN

All other previously published Opalesque Roundtable Scripts (New Zealand (March 17), Australia (March 25), Paris Roundtable (April 24), Hong Kong (May 1)) can be downloaded

Matthias Knab, Director of Opalesque Ltd, moderates the Opalesque Roundtables. Matthias Knab is an internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives and has frequently served as chairman of hedge fund conferences in New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Miami, Bahamas, Stockholm, Dubai etc. In addition, he has presented or moderated
when hedge fund events in Sydney, Cape Town, Madrid, and Bombay, and lectured at numerous universities on the subject of hedge funds and the state of the global alternative investment industry.

About Opalesque:

Opalesque leads the finance media space for its products in depth and innovative. Since February 2003, Opalesque publishes market alternative information, the new premium service on hedge funds and alternatives. The launch of these sessions has been a revolution in the fund of hedge media space ("Opalesque changed t.