Profile
Michael Cosgrove
Our 15th anniversary profile series of key energy industry figures continues as Pauline McCallion talks with with Michael Cosgrove, head of commodities and energy brokerage, North America at GFI
The price isn't right
Former Saudi oil minister and head of Opec, His Excellency Sheikh Yamani, speaks to Roderick Bruce about his views on the past, present and future of the global crude oil markets
Full marks
Michel Marks, former chairman and board member of Nymex, tells Roderick Bruce about his role in taking the exchange from small potatoes to a cross-commodity powerhouse
In the zone
Profile: Chris van Aanholt
National participation
National Bank Financial in Canada hopes a new generation of exchange-traded funds, which break new ground in the way the products work, will prove as popular as leveraged ETFs and propel the bank to another successful year
Delighted with deposits
Newcastle Building Society has been gradually building up its structured deposit business, including the launch of a new intermediary services arm in 2008. With the FTSE 100 index climbing and deposits backed by the government, the society is right to be…
Clear benefits
Mark Yallop, chief operating officer, Icap, talks to Alexander Campbell
Investor profile: Credaris
Scott Dowle, chief technology officer at London-based credit hedge fund Credaris, talks to Credit about 50%-plus returns in a bear market and the kind of tech infrastructure the firm deploys to manage its CDO holdings.
No looking back
Profile: John Whittaker
Location revelation
Practitioner profile
Baird steps forward
US distributor RW Baird founded its structured products business in 2007 from a standing start, building the infrastructure, compliance and educational initiatives from scratch. Sophia Morrell talks to Dayna Kleinman, the company's vice-president of…
Habsburgo at the helm
Family office Habsburgo and Asociados in Mexico builds large, tailor-made portfolios comprised of structured products for its clients. The approach has paid off over the past year as the products have performed better than traditional assets, but while…
Permission to fail
Richard Baker, head of the Managed Funds Association, the Washington, DC-based industry body, talks to Alexander Campbell
Absolute Income UK Equity Market Neutral Fund: Insight Investment
Absolutely looking for alpha returns
Qbasis Managed Futures: Qbasis Fund Management
Innovation produces results
An ethical Investment
Earth Capital Partners - the newly formed sustainable development investment business - plans to raise $5 billion over the next five years to invest in global SD projects. Katie Holliday talks to partner Ben Cotton and chief executive officer Rufus Warner
Ellen Marshall
The co-chair of the banking and financial industry practice group at US law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips speaks to Matthew Attwood about the securitisation industry
Firm guidance
Cover story
Counting on Kotak
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Mutual appreciation
Structured Investment Management
Accounting for concessions
International Container Terminal Services has expanded its operations across the globe. Treasurer Rafael Jose Consing tells Asia Risk how the company manages risks and discusses the impact of new accounting rules for concessions. By Georgina Lee
A serious business
Richard Alderman, Director of Serious Fraud Office, talks to Alexander Campbell
Klaas Knot
One of the architects of the Basel II Accord - and a senior Dutch regulator - defends the framework against criticisms that it was ineffectual in the face of the recent banking turmoil