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KDPW_CCP: Trying to find a niche in OTC clearing
LCH.Clearnet, owner of the incumbent interest rate swap clearer, SwapClear, is facing new competitors at all levels - global, regional and local. One of the local competitors is Poland's KDPW_CCP, which...
As the UK’s second-largest pension plan, USS has shown a strong commitment to alternatives. Investments into hedge funds provide an uncorrelated revenue stream that influences the overall portfolio....
Gunvor’s David Fyfe speaks to Gillian Carr about his fascination with all facets of the oil sector and the importance of remaining flexible and open to all possibilities when analysing markets
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Luke Ellis, CEO/CIO of FRM, newly acquired and merged with Man Multi-Manager, says institutional investors need to put 80% of their risk budget in active management with hedge funds as a top choice.
Gazprom Marketing & Trading: Powering up for clearing
Gazprom's UK-based trading subsidiary is hoping not to be hit by a clearing requirement - but has been doing its sums just in case, the company's treasurer, Michael Kawski, tells Lukas Becker
The perfect position: Standard Bank Offshore
The global structured products market faces many hurdles but Jersey-based Standard Bank Offshore is benefiting from being outside the eurozone and beyond the tarnish of the US and UK banking scandals. Vita Millers talks to Herman Wessels, head of private...
NBC delivering on yield
Low rates and uncertain equity markets have not stopped National Bank of Canada giving clients the yield they want through innovations such as exotic GICs and autocallables based on exchange-traded funds. Hannah Collins reports
Sphera Global Healthcare: Sphera Fund Management
An ageing population means the healthcare sector is growing. Although it has faced problems in recent years, Sphera Funds Management believes it will see annual double-digit growth in future.
Brevan Howard Emerging Markets Local Fixed Income Fund (BHEML): Brevan...
The combination of Brevan Howard’s expertise and operational infrastructure with the active management of a portfolio concentrate on emerging market fixed income has proved successful.
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