Andor Capital Management, the American based hedge fund manager, is currently interviewing people around Asia with a view to potentially setting up a second office here. Sources in Asia report that the company is looking at Tokyo as a location for an office, but this could not be confirmed with Andor. The company currently has a research office in Taiwan and it is expected that any second office would have a similar function. This has been open since the company was launched, at start of October 2001.
Andor Capital was formed when Dan Benton split from partner Art Samberg and the company they jointly formed, Pequot Capital Management, and started his own firm....