VMS Asset Management

Alternative investment strategies from Hong Kong

Hong Kong-based VMS Group, a financial group founded in 2006, runs VMS Asset Management as its asset management arm. The group describes itself as a multi-strategy financial group that provides specialized investment solutions and consulting services. The regulator, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, has licensed the asset manager to advise on securities and to manage assets, and it presents its work as a platform for alternative investments tailored to its clients.

Growth capital focused on China

The group's private equity work is growth capital, with a focus on businesses linked to China across health care, technology (deep tech included) and media. It says it invests in high-quality growth companies and helps them draw out the full value they hold. Over the past decade, it states, it has partnered with founders of established companies and continues to back entrepreneurs with bold ideas, proven track records and business models designed to speed growth in China.

The firm also points to an ecosystem of investment managers with complementary coverage, which it says helps with deal sourcing and creates added value for investors and other stakeholders.

Real estate, private debt and hedge funds

Alongside private equity the firm runs an in-house real estate team. It says that team uses local expertise and deal sourcing skills to target income-generating properties with stable yields, across residential and commercial assets, from greenfield sites to developed projects.

Its private debt work covers structuring credit deals and investing in corporate and real estate debt. The firm says investors in this area can gain exposure to yields above public debt, with stronger downside protection than public equity offers.

Hedge fund strategies are offered through in-house teams and through strategic investment management partners. The firm says it supports new hedge fund managers as well as more mature managers who are looking to accelerate their growth.

Venture capital and the group's reach

The group also works in venture capital, applying early-stage investment strategies alongside its private equity activity. It notes that the assets it manages, taken together, count those of its strategic partners as well, and it says its investment teams work across several asset classes.