Profile/Regulation
Phillip Fletcher
Oil
Caution pays
After initial wariness, the managers of BDT Invest Japan Fund have increased their net exposure to 30% as Japan’s outlook has improved
Market neutral a good bet
As equity markets show signs of recovery, the race is on to find the best gains
Let there be light
Orchard Funds does not aim to shoot the lights out in returns, but since its inception in January 2003 it has shed illumination on gloom pervading investors’ portfolios since March 2000.
Covering all bases
Whether it is listed or unlisted, multi-strategy or single strategy focus, Tony Morrongiello is trying to ensure 3A has a fund of hedge fund product for every possible buyer
Leo O’Neill
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Getting away with merger
As acquisitions heat up more, more funds of funds are buying into M&A arbitrag
A better man
Man Group has seen record profits and fund raisings over the last few years. What is its secret?
The winner’s circle
MANAGING MONEY
John Dingell
john d. dingell
Vince Kaminski
Vince Kaminski has returned home – both to his home town of Houston, and to an asset-based energy company – after a year with financial trader Citadel Investments in Chicago.
An agency apart
The FSA
First-class post
Stefano Calderano, head of retail products at BancoPosta, Poste Italiane’s financial services arm, has bankers throwing their balance sheets at his feet
Re-energising Nymex
In his first year as president of Nymex, Bo Collins has launched a series of ground-breaking product initiatives. Now he’s mulling credit mitigation tools for the besieged energy trading industry
High-yield survival
Profile
The opportunist
In Barclays Capital, Bob Diamond has created a business that can compete with the global bulge bracket
Filling the energy void
The market for the trading standard energy blocks online is one of the most highly contested, but with new exchange E-lecTrade the focus switches to structured products. By Don Stowers