Structured products
Former JP Morgan Chase fund trio make £55m
Three foreign exchange and fixed-income specialists who left JP Morgan Chase to set up a hedge fund have made profits of more than £55 million ($100 million) in their first year, according to RiskNews ' sister publication, FX Week .
Dollar distress
Scottish Power has announced a £400 million cash windfall through its currencyhedging programme. Others have not been so lucky – but everyone is nowwaking up to currency trading. By James Ockenden
SIA calls for regulatory convergence between EU and US
The Securities Industry Association (SIA) has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) of the European Union (EU) to forge a framework to achieve regulatory convergence.
Icap will not pay Prebon’s £2m damage claim
Icap has no intention of recognising rival broker Prebon’s £2 million claim for damages after a dispute over the employment of three Icap coal brokers, according to its director of corporate affairs Mike Sheard.
Morgan Stanley set to acquire Barra
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), a provider of equity, fixed-income and hedge fund indexes based in New York, will acquire California-based technology company Barra within 120 days, for approximately $816.4 million, or $41.00 a share, the…
Trading places
Canada’s energy landscape is being reshaped. The NGX has changed handsand looks set to expand. Meanwhile, an Ontario government report warns more workneeds to be done to secure future power supplies. By Paul Lyon
Rethinking Kyoto
A long-awaited debate on the Kyoto Treaty has begun in Europe. Just how muchwill it cost industry and the EU economy? Long-term Energy Risk contributor MariaKielmas gives her views on the latest developments
A fertile future
The CME is hoping its introduction of fertiliser futures will protect the industryfrom fluctuations in the price of natural gas – a vital ingredient in mostnitrogen fertilisers. But is it a case of too little too late? By Paul Lyon
US refinancings suggest recovery
Do several big debt refinancings at US utilities mean energy companies are finally starting to emerge from their post-Enron and post-California crisis problems? Joe Marsh reports
Skating on thin Ice
Profits at the Intercontinental Exchange fell by more than half last year thanksto a contraction in over-the-counter revenues. Yet the exchange reports recordvolumes for its IPE business. Paul Lyon analyses the results
Reuters names treasury head
Reuters has named Mark Robson its global head of treasury and fixed income, during a year when the UK company has placed the development of its treasury business as a high priority.
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Exchanges
Managers' concern for distressed sees them acquire more merger
Shortage of debt opportunity has caused managers to look to equity and M&A
Dynamically self-propelled capital gains
The Ballistic Long/Short Emerging Equities Fund has achieved impressive returns in recent years. Its manager, David Murrin, shares some of the secrets of his success
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Business profile
In search of the philosopher's stone
Marketing
Standing out from the crowd
Hugh Hendry has achieved great success at Odey Asset Management by applying his own personality to the firm's Eclectica Fund - and by not following the crowd
The future's exchanges
Exchanges
Pricing potholes
Valuation
Mixed signals
Global credit
The correlation conundrum
Credit Defaults
Editor's letter
Opinion