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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
The CDO Factory
CDO boutique Cohen & Company has emerged as a major force in the structured credit market. But as a niche operator, it has to think and act fast to stay ahead of the competition. Dalia Fahmy talks to senior management and discovers that the key is…
Canaras Capital
Anthony Clemente, chief executive of New York-based investment manager Canaras Capital, talks to Victor Anderson about the challenges facing a start-up business in the 'alternative' fund management space, including the thorny issue of transparency
Florence Lombard
The executive director of the Alternative Investment Management Association in London talks to Nikki Marmery about the current challenges of representing the hedge fund industry
The expectation game
Practitioner profile
A Fortis first in Turkey
Profiles
A look inside Incapital
Incapital, a US structured products distributor, recently hired Glenn Lotenberg from CIBC. Keith Styrcula, chairman of the Structured Products Association, asks Lotenberg how Incapital is looking to differentiate itself from the crowd
London & Capital bucks the trend
Fund managers tend to dismiss structured investments out of hand. But London & Capital has gone against the grain and established its own structured products division to target high-net-worth individuals, family offices and other distributors. Amanda Lee…
Subprime's silver lining
Ian Hawkins, President of Invicta
Why eclectic excellence is the key unlocking 3C's success
3C has an interesting range of funds and is launching into another based on options and futures trading, so bringing its investors returns from private equity, through to a Japanese product focused on the China growth story, as David Walker reports
Man Group sets sail with Pemba into credit
RMF's European leveraged finance team now goes by another name, swapping the acronymically rich Man Group divisions' monickers for the name of an island in the Zanzibar archipelago, writes David Walker
Michael Bertuccio
Roderick Bruce discovers what has helped BP's MICHAEL BERTUCCIO achieve his success on both the physical and financial sides of the energy business
John Holman
The head of fixed income at the New York Stock Exchange talks to Dalia Fahmy about the exchange's new bond platform, set for launch on April 23
DBRS breaks Europe
Breaking Europe
Seeking the hidden volatility
Practitioner profiles
Arc to navigate troubled waters
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