Wolver Hill

Asset Management Asia Limited

A Fund Platform for Asian Investment Managers

Delivering Innovative Hedge Fund Solutions Since 2006.
Wolver Hill Asset Management Asia Limited (“WHAMAL”) is part of the Wolver Hill group – an Asia-focused alternative investment asset management and advisory group established by Edward J. Rogers in 2006. In cooperation with its Tokyo-based affiliate Rogers Investment Advisors, WHAMAL provides best-in-class hedge fund platform, consulting and advisory services for alternative investment managers.
Platform Services
establishment
Establishment
Wolver Hill delivers innovative and cost-efficient solutions for emerging Asian fund managers by providing comprehensive support for setting up new hedge funds businesses including access to top tier key service providers (Lawyers, Prime Brokers, Administrators, Auditors, Directors, Trustees, etc.), coordinating between all relevant parties, managing the fund documentation process, and registering relevant vehicles. As a result of our team’s expertise and track record, Wolver Hill can launch funds in a time and cost efficient manner.
operations
Operations
Managers have access to regulatory coverage either in Hong Kong through WHAMAL (regulated by the Securities & Futures Commission, Hong Kong) and / or Tokyo through Rogers Investment Advisors K.K. (registered with the Kanto Finance Bureau). Our team provides on-going operational support for hedge funds that are supported and facilitated by a highly experienced multilingual team, institutional-grade technology for day-to-day middle- and back-office operations, and highly experienced C-suite executives.
infrastructure
Infrastructure
The firm’s top tier support infrastructure including control, compliance and technology allows managers to focus on strategy & execution. In addition, we can provide furnished and equipped offices in central locations for immediate use by fund managers in Hong Kong or Tokyo. WHAMAL has invested in institutional-standard IT infrastructure, central to which is our Portfolio Management System, Linedata Global Hedge. All users in our office are supported by Premier Technology, a well-known IT consultant in the hedge fund industry in Hong Kong.
Why Us
execution
Efficient Execution
By creating an “Economy of Scale,” we are able to significantly reduce time and cost for new fund launches in Asia. Our skilled operational team and efficient processes give our firm a competitive edge in an industry where such solutions are crucial to manager success. The Wolver Hill team strives to achieve “Operational Alpha” for all our partners.
manager
Manager Focused
With offices in Hong Kong and Tokyo, the firm offers a bespoke service where managers can choose to be based in either location. In addition, we operate an open architecture service provider ecosystem so managers are free to work with their preferred service providers. Furthermore, managers’ proprietary research and track records remain their intellectual property.
opportunities
Expanded Opportunities
Our secure, vetted and risk-managed environment allows investors ranging from the largest US and European institutions to Family Offices / HNW individuals to access superior Asian-based alternative investment products. We seek to offer unique opportunities by taking advantage of the multi-trillion alternative investment flow moving into and out of Asia.
qualified team
Qualified Team
Our team of seasoned industry professionals can address operational and business issues that can greatly impact hedge fund returns. The team uniquely combines decades of buy-side, sell-side, and service provider experience in Hedge Funds, Prime Brokerage and Asset Management. The Wolver Hill team provides high quality problem solving solutions.
expertise
Local Expertise
The team capitalizes on local knowledge and networks to develop a critical understanding of the key drivers of the industry and source essential relationships with major Prime Brokers, Administrators, Legal Firms and Software Providers. Additionally, our team consists of Japanese, Mandarin, and Cantonese speakers to best meet the needs of our clients.
Our Unique Advantages
Located in Hong Kong and Tokyo, our unique two-fold approach to hedge fund solutions allows us to offer a bespoke service to its clients. Our due diligence research capabilities are able to offer investors the solutions to four common roadblocks: “Too Far, Too Foreign, Too Small, Too Expensive”.
Strategically Located
Asia is not a 14-hour flight away for us like it is for many U.S and European investors. From our offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong, we are able to offer real-time monitoring and interaction with our Asian managers and investments to ensure the highest quality of our service offerings.
A Multilingual Team
Multilingual and multicultural, we offer a linguistic and cultural arbitrage opportunity. Many competitors cannot conduct investment, operations or business due diligence in Japanese, Mandarin and Cantonese – giving us a significant, ongoing informational advantage.
The Right Size to Support You
Asia represents 25% of the world's GDP and has been growing faster than any region in the world over the past 50 years. Even so, many investors have been unable to directly participate in this incredible growth story. Our strategic location opens the doors to Asian opportunities.
Cost Efficient
Our two Asian offices are able to create significant cost advantages. Located in Hong Kong and Tokyo, the Wolver Hill group can conduct more cost-efficient onsite due diligence visits than our competitors, translating to superior research information and returns.
Our Expert Team
Ed Rogers
Ed Rogers
CEO, Executive Director (Responsible Officer)
Edward J. Rogers is the founder and CEO of Tokyo-based Rogers Investment Advisors K.K. and the Wolver Hill group of companies, which were established in 2006. He has spent over 25 years in Asia and his professional experiences include working for Nippon Kokan KK, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. At Deutsche he helped establish and then ran Sales of BD Prime Services for Japan and also served on the Equities Management Committee.

Ed is Vice-Chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association, Japan Branch. serves as a Trustee on the Princeton in Asia board, is Chairman of the St. Alban’s Japan Church Endowment Fund and is President of the Princeton Club of Japan.

Ed received a BA from Princeton University and an MBA from Georgetown University.
Sandeep Mand
Sandeep Mand
Managing Director (Responsible Officer)
Sandeep joined WHAMAL in 2017 to focus on business development and bring risk oversight experience to the group. He has close to 28 years of experience in the Fixed Income markets having spent 22 years in Japan before moving to Hong Kong as Head of Rates Sales & Trading Asia (ex. Japan) for Mitsubishi UFJ Securities where he was responsible for building out their nascent rates platform. Prior to this he was a Managing Director at Societe Generale in Tokyo in a similar capacity. His experience covers not only the front office sales and trading functions but also the legal, regulatory, compliance, finance, IT, and operational aspects of running a cross-border Asian business. Sandeep holds a BEng in Avionics from Queen Mary College, London and a MSc. in Management Science from Imperial College, London.
Sharon Yu
Sharon Yu
Deputy COO (Responsible Officer)
Sharon joined WHAMAL in 2020 and she oversees the Hong Kong operations and compliance. Sharon was previously the Responsible Officer with Soliton Capital Management where she oversaw operations, compliance and risk of the fund and discretionary accounts, and initially supported the establishment and obtained SFC licenses for the start-up firm. Prior to joining Soliton, Sharon was the Business Manager for Global Markets Risk Asia at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Prior to this, she was the Operations Project Consultant at Bank of America NA providing business support for FICC across the region and was later assigned to lead fixed income projects for the merger with Merrill Lynch. Sharon started her career with Bank of America NA as a project analyst to support FX migration projects. Sharon holds an LLB from University of London and a BASc in Systems Design Engineering from University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Len Umantz
Len Umantz
Head of Product Development (Responsible Officer)
Len was most recently an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley New York’s Securitized Products Group where he worked on relative value and capital structure arbitrage strategies in credit and mortgage derivatives and oversaw development of quantitative models for mortgage-backed securities trading. Prior to that, Mr. Umantz worked in fixed income and foreign exchange derivatives trading at Susquehanna International Group in London, where he was a part of a global exotics / hybrids trading desk covering Europe, Japan, and Asia. Len holds a PhD in Finance from Stanford University and an MS in Mathematics from Northwestern. During his doctoral studies he worked for Goldman Sachs Asset Management in New York and Bill Sharpe’s Financial Engines in Palo Alto.
Charles Lee
Charles Lee
Operations Manger
Charles joined WHAMAL in 2017 and serves as Operations Manager. Charles has over 10 years of experience in fund accounting, risk reporting, trade support and trade processing in both in-house and outsourced roles. Prior to joining WHAMAL, Charles has worked in QRMO (now part of Linedata) and Wellchamp Capital. Charles holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Risk Management Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.