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The Shape of things to come
Tetragon is one of a new breed of hedge funds trying their luck as a publicly traded company. Following its IPO in April, it hopes to bring its specialist brand of highly managed CLOs to a wider pool of equity investors. Dalia Fahmy speaks to the firm's…
Issuer Focus - Network Rail
Network Rail's head of corporate finance, Samantha Pitt, talks to Nikki Marmery about the company's unique historical legacy, its plans to start issuing debt from its own balance sheet and its renewed focus on index-linked bonds
Allen Sinai
The president of Decision Economics in Boston has advised five US administrations on economic policy. He tells Dalia Fahmy why he's turned more bullish on the global economy
Directional, with focused discipline
Scotland's Cartesian Capital has turned in a healthy first year with its UK long/short hedge fund. David Walker found out why they had such an enjoyable first birthday...
Chicago's thriving hedge fund culture
The Windy City, despite its geographical distance from the main financial centres, is proving a hotbed of hedge fund action attracting portfolio managers from every international corner, says Scott Schweighauser, a partner at investment firm Harris…
Full steam ahead of the fund floating boat
The rush to launch permanent capital vehicles has not slowed, despite the grandfather of London's closed-ended, listed vehicle market replacing the manager of one of its key funds of funds due to what it saw as underperformance as David Walker reports
Steve McMillan
Steve McMillan, a pioneer and veteran of the derivatives business and the new chief executive of Imex, tells Roderick Bruce about the personal and career challenges presented by his new role
Investors go green
More and more private equity firms are entering the renewable energy space. For some firms, this means adjusting their traditional investment approach. Tom Murley of HgCapital speaks to Oliver Holtaway about the prizes and pitfalls of investing in…
Uncharted waters
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Jih Sun joins flight to equities
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Hard wounds to heal
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Arrow stays on target
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Striking a balance
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Voldstad on the birth of DPCs
Connie Voldstad was head of JP Morgan's first dedicated swaps desk, established Merrill Lynch's AAA-rated derivatives product company, and was one of the six-strong team charged with winding down Long-Term Capital Management. His latest project is a new…
Riding the storm
Germany's national carrier, Lufthansa, was hit hard by the September 11 terrorist attacks. The airline's chief risk officer talks to Gareth Gore about how the shock event brought about sweeping changes to its liquidity risk management
EFG Private Bank - June 2007
While structuring products may once have been the preserve of large asset management houses, private banks are starting to open their expertise in bespoke structuring to the outside world, as Rasik Ahuja, head of EFG Private Bank’s active advisory.
Unearthing value early
London's CDCapital, investing in pre-IPO commodities firms, draws its initials from those of its founder Carmel Daniele, but they may just as easily stand for 'Chinese demand ' when it comes to finding profitable exits from trades, as Carmel Daniele…
Follow the leader as EFG proves private banks is where structuring's smart money is
While structuring products may once have been the preserve of large asset management houses, private banks are starting to open their expertise in bespoke structuring to the outside world, as Rasik Ahuja, head of EFG Private Bank's active advisory, tells…
Built for performance
London's MPC Investors is looking at taking in at least an extra $600m for its latest European fund launch and is setting itself up as a direct destination for institutional allocators, as its CEO Peter Harrison told David Walker
The green question
Global carbon tradingPedro Moura-Costa, co founder of EcoSecurities, talks with Oliver Holtaway about his hopes for the future of emissions trading
John Wengler
Entergy’s fun-loving chief risk officer talks to David Watkins about what led him into energy risk management
John Addeo
Make the most of high-yield liquidity: it won't last for ever, says the portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management in Boston. Interview by Dalia Fahmy