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Jane McCarthy, manager of portfolio risk management BHP Billiton
Jane McCarthy is manager of portfolio risk management at BHP Billiton. She is responsible for quantitative portfolio modelling and risk analysis, including regular reporting to the board and financial risk management committee
Jaime Roman, risk managing director, Endesa, Spain
Jaime Roman is chief financial officer and risk managing director at Spanish utility Endesa. Holding a PhD in Electrical Engineering, he was in academia before being approached to join Endesa in 1997
Why it pays to split the pot, or how to hedge your pension fund's bets
Equity Insurance Group chose Union Bancaire Privée for hedge funds, and JP Morgan for long-only, for its £500m mandate in May. Solomon Teague investigated how the deal was done
A Mediterranean marvel from Malta
While Valetta Fund Management's Mediterranean Rim Fund does not go short, VFM's Kenneth Farrugia explained to David Walker its absolute return approach is applied interestingly to countries bordering the Mediterranean's shores
BMW motors into the market
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Peter Styles
An EFET board member, Peter Styles campaigns for fairer energy market trading conditions. He talks to Stella Farrington about his career and hopes for the future
Angela Osborne
Dresdner Kleinwort's head of hedge fund sales in London tells Nikki Marmery why she finds dealing with these clients so rewarding
Lombard eyes the single life
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Mining a rich seam
BHP Billiton
The entrepreneurial edge
Martin Currie has steered clear of China's state-controlled entities, opting instead to target the country's management-owned companies. Rachel Wolcott talks to Chris Ruffle, lead manager of Martin Currie's China fund
"Let them eat cake," say investorsHSBC GH fund of funds turns 10
GH Fund's managers and investors have not suffered from the law of diminishing returns as HSBC Republic's GH Fund has grown to $1.3bn
The Pimco component
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A slow start for hedge funds
Hedge Funds
Steve Leppard
BP's Steve Leppard combines quant skills with sound business sense to create effective risk management solutions. He speaks to Oliver Holtaway about his career
Women in credit
Credit magazine profiles 50 top-achievers working in the global credit markets today
Pierre-Emmanuel Juillard
The head of structured finance at Axa Investment Managers in Paris explains his investment philosophy to Hardeep Dhillon
Poalim's beauty contest
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FIM taps hedge funds
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Prudence pays
Andrew Crossley, chief risk officer at Prudential