London futures manager, Winton Capital, is looking for more deals in the vein of its Japanese structured products tie-up with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, with whom it raised $805m for an 80% principle-protected note backed by Goldman Sachs.
According to Asian Investor the firm, which manages $16.4bn, is seeking further opportunities in markets including South Korea, Taiwan and China, under the helm of Asia-Pacific business development boss Alex Fraser.
Asia including Japan now accounts for about 10% of Winton's assets under management, with investors mostly from Singapore and Hong Kong.
The firms is also understood to be considering an office in Hong Kong, with a view to trading Indian and Chinese futures as these contracts become available.
In 2008 the $7.2bn Winton Futures Fund has returned 9.18% to the end of August.
