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Profile - Nic Pifer

The portfolio manager and sector leader, global fixed income, at RiverSource Investments talks to Dalia Fahmy about what's behind the fund manager's rise up the rankings

Hybrids - The alchemists

Much like the early scientists of the Middle Ages who tried to turn base metal into gold, today's financial engineers are wrestling with the task of changing relatively worthless structured credit products into commercially viable and marketable assets…

Mortgage mergers

Unprecedented markdowns in the value of mortgage portfolios have left many mortgage banks vulnerable to takeover, with Countrywide already falling prey to Bank of America. But uncertainty over the scale of further losses is making potential buyers wary…

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