Scaramucci’s Path to $20 Billion Runs Through a Hot China Market
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Funds of hedge funds are opening at a record pace in China
- Crackdown on shadow banking sends investors to alternatives
An investment offering that most of the world has shunned is suddenly all the rage in China, and money managers from UBS Group AG to SkyBridge Capital are moving to grab a slice of the bounty.
Funds of hedge funds, which allocate client money across multiple managers, are opening at a record pace in Asia’s largest economy even as their numbers dwindle globally after 10 straight years of outflows. While investors in the U.S. and Europe have grown disillusioned with the funds’ fees and spotty performance, China’s rich are looking past those concerns as they hunt for alternatives to increasingly risky domestic asset-management products…
Scaramucci’s Path to $20 Billion Runs Through a Hot China Market