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CNP
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Siemens
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Cognitive excellence and subtle insight
Copernico is among South America's better-known hedge funds. Ricardo Maxit, Copernico's CIO tells David Walker how the firm's two main funds work
How Manly Stanley raised a healthy hedge fund family
As Stanley Fink announces the forthcoming resignation of his CEO seat at Man Group in 2007, those who have seen the industry grow with him reflect on his achievements, and assess his legacy both for Man Group, and for the broader hedge fund industry
Sainsbury's
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Pen-Sam
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PIPEs smoking as they head east
PIPEs are set to become more popular outside the US as firms list overseas to steer clear of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, PIPE fund managers Cornell Capital Management explain to Solomon Teague
Merrills sets sail for ever-expanding horizons
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Swiss restructuring
As regulatory pressure on insurance companies to improve their solvency requirements increases, one reinsurer's reaction stands out from the crowd. Hardeep Dhillon looks at how Swiss Re is using innovative structures in the debt capital markets to…
Universities Superannuation Scheme
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Centralising the server
Yahoo! has been at the cutting edge of the internet revolution for the past 10 years, but its treasury risk management team has been relatively conservative in its use of derivatives. Jayne Jung talks to Yahoo! treasurer Gideon Yu
The weight of true institutional firepower...applied with a deft touch
Russell Investment Group runs more than $5bn in its funds of hedge funds, making it quite a hefty hitter in the FoHF universe, writes Solomon Teague. However, as Alex Trichot explains, size has not stopped the group from diverging from its peers on some…
Taking good care of investors' money
CARE Capital Group's CARE Offshore fund of hedge funds has produced 14.55% net annualised returns since inception. David Walker found out how
Paul de Fries, group risk manager, Noble Group
Paul de Fries is group risk manager of Noble Group. He began his career at the IPE, was a derivatives trader with Hull, and later joined ING Bank. He was head trader at Macquarie Bank before joining Noble in 2001
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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Lombard eyes the single life
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