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More to play for
Harry Harrison, head of rates trading at Barclays Capital, talks to Alexander Campbell
Turning points: John Hattenberger
John Hattenberger, managing director of Gazprom Marketing & Trading USA, speaks to Pauline McCallion about the defining moments of his career within the natural gas sector
Banca Fideuram focuses on clarity
Tightening spreads are making it more difficult for banks to factor protection into their products and although the market is stabilising, having protection and products they understand is still an important factor for Banca Fideuram’s customers. Clare…
Halliday goes the extra mile
New York-based Halliday Financial set up its structured products distribution business in October 2009, after consulting with one and all to ensure that its new business would not fall foul of the regulator. Sophia Morrell reports
York Event-Driven Ucits Fund: York Capital Management
Moving into Ucits
Concordia Global Multi-Strategy Fund: Concordia Advisors
Profiting from the relative value cycle
Galena Special Situations Fund: Galena Asset Management
Mining the situation
Clearing up
Roger Liddell, chief executive of LCH.Clearnet, talks to Alexander Campbell
Profile: K. Geert Rouwenhorst
K. Geert Rouwenhorst, professor of finance and deputy director of the International Center for Finance at Yale, talks to Pauline McCallion about the game-changing impact of his commodities research and how it spurred his hedge fund launch
Maintaining interest
Axa IM has found its own ways to reduce counterparty risk and overcome the problems caused by low interest rates. It is now confident there will be a return to structured products. Clare Dickinson reports
WisdomTree bears fruit
WisdomTree has made its name by offering alternatives to the standard ETF fare, with a suite focused on efficient weighting, access trades and active management. Now it is poised for yet more growth, and expects to start capturing assets previously…
Going it alone
Jyske Bank, based in Denmark, has traditionally distributed products that have been created by large banks. However, after the financial crisis saw consumer confidence in those banks plunge, Jyske has had to step in to operate as both issuer and…
MQ Asia Long Short Fund: MQ Specialist Investment Management
Rock solid investing
SingleHedge Multi-strategy Currency Fund: Overlay Asset Management
Multi-strategy approach to currency management
BTR Strategic Growth Fund: Salida Capital
Powered by the Brics
Advanced Balanced Fund: Atlantik Asset Management
Czechs find home in Malta
Turning points: John D’Agostino
In this new Profile series, John D’Agostino, energy hedge fund manager and former Nymex vice-president, talks to Rachel Morison about the defining moments in his career so far
Jubilee's flight to quality
Since Jubilee Financial Products launched in 2008, UK plan managers have found themselves in increasingly turbulent waters. Jubilee’s strategy for success in such conditions has been to limit its scope to the high end of the market, using a top brand…
Esemplia Emerging Markets Long/Short Fund: Esemplia Emerging Markets
Esemplia pursues global emerging markets strategy
Fractal Strategic US Treasury Fund: Fractal Advisors
Treasury fund offers simple solution
Alcentra
Asset manager with a big appetite
Swiss Capital PRO Loan: Swiss Capital Group
Innovation leads Swiss Cap to senior secured bank loans