Thames River appoints Asian distributor

Thames River Capital, a $6.3 billion asset manager focused on long and long/short absolute return strategies, has formed an alliance with Peak Capital, a Hong Kong-based hedge fund platform company formed by veteran Asian fund managers Simon Powell and Tim Kay. Under the arrangement Peak will provide marketing and servicing facilities for Thames Rivers' funds throughout the Asian region. Thames River represents Peak's first formal business mandate. "We have known the guys at Thames…