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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
Issuer focus: VTB Bank Europe
VTB Bank Europe is the European arm of Russia's second-largest bank, VTB, which raised $8 billion in May in the biggest IPO so far this year. Global head of treasury Vladimir Sokolov talks to Nikki Marmery about investor demand for Russian debt and his…
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Against the grain
While UK and Danish pension funds have been frantically buying up long-dated government paper, German funds have begun to do the opposite. Gareth Gore talks to the country's largest scheme about its own portfolio revamp
The pipeline cleaner
Chris Whitman, group treasurer of Deutsche Bank, talks to Alexander Campbell about maintaining bank liquidity
Hi ho, Silver Street Capital!
When Gary Vaughan-Smith and Alex Da Costa rode off into the sunset from ABN Amro last summer, few doubted they would reappear - and now they have galloped back onto the scene by establishing Silver Street Capital in London. David Walker trotted along for…
Six of the best - the secret to Hexam's success
Managers at boutique Hexam Capital have vowed Hexam will not have more than six partners, will cap assets at $3bn, and abide by process. David Walker chats with them...
EnTrusting what you know
ENtrust Capital's equities fund has been turning a profit for over eight years by sticking to what it knows best. It's still growing, by the way, as David Walker discovered when he put the following questions to the fund's co-founder, Mark Fife (pictured)
So what if the US slows? The party's thumping in Asia
Allocators to hedge funds are one-eyed that Asia and commodities are where it's at - but their other eye is firmly on the US, report Solomon Teague and David Walker...
And now, Eurex has a short story about Russia for us…
Being bearish in the land of the bear was once nigh impossible, but Eurex told David Walker all that was about to change...
"And how would Madam like us to make it?"
Credit Suisse says bespoke is the way forward, notes Solomon Teague - but it does have bets placed each way
Hans-Bernd Menzel
Oliver Holtaway talks to Hans-Bernd Menzel about politicians, leadership and mountain-biking
Commissioning change
Ferc chairman Joseph Kelliher talks with David Watkins about his views on the US energy markets, the Ferc's competition review and what needs doing next