Hedgie Howe gets new model for Christmas

Hong Kong-based hedge fund manager Bob Howe is manager of the Opera Pan-Asia Fund, which is the mid-2009 relaunch of an equity long/short hedge fund formerly known as Akamai Pan-Asia Fund. The former fund management vehicle Geomatrix was sold simultaneously to Opera Solutions. Opera is a global analytics consulting firm owned by a Harvard section-mate to Bob Howe. After a year's development and live testing, the fund implemented a market-timing model in December 2010 with the hope of …