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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.

Francis Van Der Velde

Francis Van Der Velde of Brussels-based Fuel Purchasing & Consulting is more aware than most of the pain airlines are suffering

Regulating Germany

Matthias Kurth was appointed Germany's first energy regulator in June of this year. The decisions he makes as the new Federal Network Agency president will be felt throughout European energy markets. He speaks to Oliver Holtaway

On the right track

When Robert Fleming started financing railroad construction in the US at the end of the nineteenth century, he may not have realised his legacy would set a series of single-strategy hedge funds running, in London, more than 100 years later.

BEAU TAYLOR

Beau Taylor , global head of energy at JP Morgan, plans to turn the bank from a niche participant into a dominant player in the energy markets. By Joe Marsh

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