John Ho’s Janchor Partners of Asia surpasses $500 million

January 10th, 2011
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Hong Kong-based Janchor Partners Pan Asian Fund has grown its assets under management to $500 million from just $40 million when it was started a year ago by John Ho. Ho formerly headed Asia operations for Children’s Investment Fund Management UK LLP and also worked at Chicago’s Citadel Investment Group LLC.

Bloomberg reports that Ho delivered a 35.5% return in his first year of operating Janchor Partners. Janchor Partners attracted additional capital because of its returns, and Ho’s willingness to lower fees if investors committed their capital for over a year.

Janchor allocated 65% of its capital to stock purchases and 35% to selective short positions. Janchor’s investments ranged from gaming stocks in Singapore and Macau to Chinese infrastructure companies.
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Janchor Partners
The Children's Investment Fund Mgmt
Related People: Anita Man-wai Hong; Chris Hohn; John Ho; Kin Wah Yeung
Related Entities: Children's Investment Fund*; Children's Investment Master Fund; Childrens Investment Fund LP; Childrens Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP; Janchor Partners Ltd; Janchor Partners Pan Asian Fund; TCI; The Children's Investment Fund; The Children's Investment Fund Foundation
Related Article Tags: Multi-Strategy, Long Short, Equity, Debt and Global Macro Hedge Fund News; Hedge Fund Launches and Hedge Fund Closings

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