Barclays Global Investors - The long/short of fund management

After a radical overhaul of its fixed-income group, Barclays Global Investors is launching a series of long/short, derivatives-based funds. Saskia Scholtes reports on global head of fixed income Peter Knez's drive for alpha

One August morning, as the infamous San Francisco fog begins to lift, Peter Knez, global head of fixed income at Barclays Global Investors (BGI), sits in an office piled high with books and papers. Behind him, an entire wall is devoted to white boards scrawled with bullet points, formulae and diagrams. Having just returned from a month-long trip seeing existing and prospective clients across Europe and the Far East, Knez admits to being a little jet-lagged, but his enthusiasm for the