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Managing with a canny approach
Mike Thomas has enjoyed success with Martin Currie's hedge fund by capitalising on inefficiencies in the Japanese market
2002: the catch-up year for smaller players
Prime brokerage is famously dominated by a few leading participants who control the market. Sophie Radnor talks to the prime brokers who are hoping to win some market share in 2002.
Boom or bust?
In volatile markets, technology must enable managers to navigate these difficult conditions. Can the current systems feed the market?
Eurex elects exchange council
Eurex, the world’s largest derivatives exchange as measured by transaction volumes, named Dresdner Bank board director Leonhard Fischer as chairman of its new exchange council - the highest supervisory body of the Swiss-German exchange.
Ice to head US rates marketing at UBS Warburg
UBS Warburg, the investment banking arm of Switzerland’s UBS, has hired Michael Ice to head its interest rate derivatives marketing and structuring unit in the United States.
DrKW restructures credit derivatives group
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has undertaken a major reorganisation of its credit derivatives operations, and named Rick Weinstein its new head of credit derivatives.
Noonan to step down as American Re head
Ed Noonan will relinquish his role as president and chief executive of American Re, one of the largest reinsurers in the United States, at the end of March.
SG lures Deutsche’s Hopkin to securitisation team
SG, the investment banking arm of French bank Société Générale, has hired Richard Hopkin as deputy head of its European securitisation team.
CBOE's Walsh emerges as OneChicago ops head
Robert Walsh, vice-president of trade processing at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), will become managing director of operations for OneChicago, the joint venture created to trade single-stock futures by Chicago's three derivatives exchanges:…
Ramseyer-Torres named DrKW deputy head of equities
Roselly Ramseyer-Torres, who has been steadily building up Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein’s (DrKW) equity derivatives capability, has climbed another rung in the German investment bank’s corporate ladder by being named deputy head of global equities.
Swiss Re’s Wilson joins Oliver, Wyman
Oliver, Wyman & Company, the New York-based consultancy, plans to boost its risk management practice by hiring Tom Wilson, former Swiss Re New Markets chief financial officer and chief risk officer.
Institutions in Australia and Asia open their doors to hedge funds
A combination of new regulations and a search for returns is opening up the Australasian market
Working towards success
Clare Flynn is one of the leading women in the hedge fund industry, Cate Rocchi finds out why...
Funds of funds' popularity bubble grows
A recent study suggests that an array of firms are rushing to invest in hedge funds via funds of funds
Now, here's the badnews...
In anticipation of Jacob Schmidt's report 'Worst Performing Hedge Funds', Cate Rocchi looks at the market and who are the worst offenders
The future of technology
Sophie Radnor speaks to Gavin Lavelle, president of Panorama at Sungard
Understanding sovereign risk
Cate Rocchi discovers why Ashmore Investment is candid about the success of its Russian Debt Portfolio
Trading chain solutions
Technological advances are helping the hedge fundindustry to rid its system of human error