Growing trend of activist investments

Partners at Dymon Asia Private EquityFrom (L-R): Keith Tan, Gerald Chiu and Tan Chow Yin

FOR those who have been watching Showtime’s “Billions” on Netflix, images of billionaire hedge fund king Bobby “Axe” Axelrod come to mind when discussing private equity and hedge fund.

Axe epitomises the alpha male fund manager. There’s the presumed wealth, the expensive but plain henleys in the workplace, and the pay cheque with many zeros. He turns heads and knows how to work a room.