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Institutional-strength firepower

Neill Brennan's trading focus now is on European equities for Armajaro AM's market-neutral Coolum fund. However, his first focus upon joining Armajaro was to establish an institutional-strength company, says David Walker

Dr Faith Birol

The International Energy Agency is urging governments to decrease their reliance on oil. Stella Farrington talks with IEA chief economist Fatih Birol

Nancy Havens-Hasty

The founder and portfolio manager at Havens Advisors talks to Saskia Scholtes about what gives her hedge fund the edge in M&A and bankruptcy investment

Islamic influence

HSBC Amanah Wealth Management is expanding into the market for Islamic mutual and cooperative insurance, otherwise known as takaful. Shamillia Sivathambu looks at the latest developments in this Sharia-compliant asset class

Beyond Universal appeal

Risk, not returns, governs the way Stenham Advisors look at managing money. And after a century in the business, who's to say they're wrong - certainly not investors, whose assets with Stenham have just passed $1billion.

Matthew Simmons

Few discussions of the world's future oil supply take place these days without reference to Matthew Simmons. He talks to Stella Farrington

Positive engagement

Phillip Goldstein makes a habit, and a living, out of taking on corporate managers through his activist hedge funds at Bulldog Investors in the US. But has this activist bitten off more than he can chew by taking the Securities and Exchange Commission to…

Bulldog Investors - November 2005

Phillip Goldstein makes a habit, and a living, out of taking on corporate managers through his activist hedge funds at Bulldog Investors in the US. He has also taken the SEC to court over registration. He explains how his fund and activism make money.

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