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Joined-up thinking
Platform's Piero Bassu tells Dippy Singh how keeping an eye on all aspects of risk has stood the subprime lender in good stead while its less disciplined peers have foundered
Profile: Matt Cairns
The senior European economist at Moodyseconomy.com, part of Moody's Analytics, talks to Matthew Attwood about the macro trends that define his business
Mastering Value
Practitioner profile
Hedging into controversy
Stockholm-based pension fund KPA's interest rate hedging programme has put it at the vanguard of solvency risk management in Sweden - but unsophisticated local media has mistaken its prudence for a speculative punt on interest rate derivatives.
The ICICI impetus
ICICI Bank
The alternative choice
Wells Fargo
Waiting to turn green
Ulster Bank
Diversified underlyings in SA
South Africa
Growing Reliance
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Mellon Global Alternative Investments - January 2008
Managing around $1.9bn in a number of MGAI funds of hedge funds specialising in these underlying strategies necessitates it, of course, but it is a key reason each of them is still smiling after summer’s thin markets and credit woes for many.
Profile - Andrew Kasapis
Matthew Attwood talks to Credit's new columnist Andrew Kasapis, director of consultancy Credit Hedge Ltd, about what was behind this year's subprime snarl-up
Cool-headed and anything but distressed
David Walker met Mellon Global Alternative Investments' directors Derek Stewart and Scott MacDonald to find out how they coped last year and their plan for 2008
Taking the risk out of pension planning
David Walker spoke to Dawid Konotey-Ahulu and Robert Gardner, founders of Redington Partners, to find out how they aim to do just that ..
A prime time to invest
Choosing a prime broker can be a daunting task for any hedge fund manager. David Walker met Lehman Brothers' Gunner Burkhart for some tips on how to make the right decision and avoid the political pitfalls common in some investment banks
Foster Smith
Foster Smith, head of US gas and power trading at JP Morgan, tells David Watkins his fast-track career path is par for the course in commodities
Offering solutions
Mortgage software company Sopra Group aims to support the industry's pan-European expansion, as Tammo van Leeuwen, head of product management at subsidiary BAI, tells Dippy Singh
A platform for success
Practitioner profile
Staying on track
Practitioner profile
Tailoring suits in Singapore
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Maximising assets
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Windy City power
CME Group's Chicago-based chief executive, Craig Donohue, talks to Mark Pengelly
Leader of the pack
FRM's founder Blaine Tomlinson won the inaugural Hedge Funds Review award for best long-term achievement in the fund of hedge funds industry in November. He and FRM Limited CEO Paul Dunning reflected on how the industry has changed and institutionalised…