Profile/Regulation

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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