capital ltd. type limited company industry investment companies founded 2013 founder thomas hugger headquarters hong kong cayman islands key people thomas hugger andreas karall andreas vogelsanger ruchir desai peter de vries scott osheroff ahmed tabaqchali products public equity mutual funds asset management afc asia frontier fund afc vietnam fund website www.asiafrontiercapital.com asia frontier capital ltd. is an investment company created by a management buyout of leopard capital by the former cfo and coo thomas hugger at the end of may 2013 . 1 leopard capital management ltd. was subsequently renamed asia frontier capital limited . the company manages the afc asia frontier fund 2 afc iraq fund 3 and afc vietnam fund . 4 all funds are open end funds under the afc umbrella fund for us investors or afc umbrella fund non us for investors outside from the us . investors can subscribe or redeem the funds monthly at net asset value . these type of funds invest specifically in the frontier markets asset class and aims to capture returns by managing a portfolio of stocks in high growth markets . afc asia frontier fund invests in listed equities from bangladesh bhutan cambodia iraq laos maldives mongolia myanmar nepal pakistan papua new guinea sri lanka and vietnam . afc iraq fund invests in companies from iraq and kurdistan listed on the iraq stock exchange isx or listed at any other stock exchange . afc vietnam fund invests in companies listed on the ho chi minh city stock exchange or hanoi securities trading center . the current directors are baron alexander andrew macdonell fraser wikipedia andrew fraser baron fraser of corriegarth thomas eugen hugger and henry looser . among the shareholders are marc faber baron alexander andrew macdonell fraser and thomas eugen hugger . asia frontier capital limited subsidiary asia frontier investments limited hong kong is licensed by the hong kong securities and futures commission sfc for type 4 advising on securities and type 9 asset management and is the company s headquarters . contents 1 awards 2 references 3 further reading 4 external links awards edit afc asia frontier fund was named new fund launch of the year in the 2014 acquisition international m & a awards . 5 in 2014 asia frontier capital ltd. received also the awards for asia boutique fund manager of the year and asia niche fund manager of the year from acq magazine fund management firm of the year hong kong and afc vietnam fund best fund of the year from alternative investments awards . afc asia frontier fund chf a share was among the top 20 performing hedge funds globally by preqin . 6 afc asia frontier fund was also voted best performing asia pacific equity fund in 2015 and afc vietnam fund best performing equity fund vietnam both by acquisition international . asia frontier capital also received in 2015 from acquisition international iraq investment specialist of the year . on 26th november 2015 thomas hugger fund manager of afc asia frontier fund was ranked as 1 in top performing frontier markets equity fund manager over 36 months ranking by citywire global . 7 references edit asia frontier capital in mbo of leopard capital funds . international adviser . july 16 2013 . afc asia frontier fund capitalizing on asia s fast growing frontier markets . alternative emerging investor . august 20 2014 . asia frontier capital unveils iraq fund . fund selector asia . march 16 2015 . frontier markets specialist unveils vietnam equity fund . citywire . december 3 2013 . new launch of the year afc asia frontier fund . acquisition international . asia frontier capital lygh capital among top 20 performing hedge funds . china money network . the top performing frontier markets equity managers revealed . citywire global . further reading edit leena dagade september 2 2013 . asia frontier capital adds to hk team following mbo . international adviser . mashaal gauhar february 24 2014 . ceo and fund manager asia frontier capital . blue chip magazine . marc djandji april 5 2014 . interview with andreas vogelsanger of asia frontier capital vietnam fund . asean investor . andrei skvarsky may 14 2014 . asia frontier capital hires analyst for south east asia mongolia . emerging markets . duc luan may 28 2014 . vietnamese stocks remain excellent value . vietnam investment review . vir vnn june 26 2014 . dr. doom tips vietnam investments . vietnamnet bridge . isabella zhong december 24 2014 . asia s newest frontiers . barron s. external links edit official website bloomberg overview of afc asia frontier fund usd a bloomberg overview of afc iraq fund usd d bloomberg overview of afc vietnam fund retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title asia frontier capital ltd. & oldid 740127874 categories investment companiescompanies of hong kongcompanies of the cayman islandsmutual fund familiesfinancial services companies of hong kongfinancial services companies of the cayman islands navigation menu personal tools not logged 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