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Private clients benefit from regional reach of HSBC Alternative Investments
12th Annual European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2013
Small FoHF proves experience and nimbleness produce performance
12th Annual European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2013
Merrill Lynch Investment Solutions shows alternative Ucits platform model still popular
12th Annual European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2013
Building better benchmarks in Dubai: DME's Chris Fix on running an oil exchange
Top of the agenda for the Dubai Mercantile Exchange and its chief executive, Christopher Fix, is assuring the integrity of its crude oil benchmark. He talks to OpRisk about the operational challenges stemming from the exchange’s unique regulatory…
Tradition's Mike Anderson cheerful despite headwinds for energy brokers
Regulatory change and tough market conditions are creating deep uncertainty for energy brokers. But Tradition’s Mike Anderson remains optimistic about the business, he tells Stella Farrington
Improving the accuracy of leveraged ETFs
Seeker of the true path
Javelin Capital Markets: The gate-crasher
The countdown to mandatory trading on swap execution facilities started last month when Javelin Capital Markets became the first Sef to file a product list with US regulators. Its chief executive, Jamie Cawley, tells Peter Madigan why market participants…
Nordnet aims to outperform Brics with Pan-Africa note
Nordnet offers a range of listed products in the Nordics and has now partnered with SG for a product based on African equities. Product manager Alexander Tiainen talks to Vita Millers
Falling rates slash coupons and extend tenors
Game changer
Inversis taps demand for CLNs on Spanish corporates
Increased activity in credit-linked notes based on Spanish corporates has been the main feature of Inversis Banco’s latest structured product offerings. Jonathan López hears how Spanish investors are regaining confidence on local names that suffered…
Gilliat targets UK expats with structured products
Ditching the safety belt
Draper eyes Invesco ETF expansion into Europe
Power exchange
Stadtwerke München grapples with regulation and risk management
At Stadtwerke München, one of Germany’s largest municipal utilities, many of the issues facing risk management are different from those affecting big commercial energy firms. But concerns about the impact of financial regulation run just as high. Mark…
Hess CRO Jonathan Stein prepares for shake-up
As Hess turns into a leaner, upstream-focused oil company, chief risk officer Jonathan Stein tells Alexander Osipovich how enterprise risk management will assist in the firm’s transformation
IMF: Making Basel III work in emerging markets
For many countries, Basel III is not an all-or-nothing choice. Part of Michaela Erbenova's job at the IMF is to help them work out which bits make sense. By Lukas Becker
Danske Commodities chief reflects on altered energy landscape
While Europe’s traditional energy firms have been suffering, Danske Commodities saw a 75% leap in profits for 2012. Chief executive Torben Nordal Clausen speaks to Gillian Carr
Mariana Capital makes its UK structured products debut
Mariana makes its UK debut
Morabanc takes safety-first message beyond southern Europe
Morabanc extends its safety net
Liquidity risk management and China's banks: BoC Fullerton profile
A careful balance
DGAM Unique Strategies Fund: Diversified Global Asset Management (DGAM)
The DGAM Unique Strategies, named best specialist fund of hedge funds over three years at the Americas Awards 2013, seeks real diversification in complex and unusual hedge fund strategies
Solvency, GRC and surviving storms at The Hartford
US insurer's op risk head Kay Rahardjo discusses solvency regulations and the lessons learned from 2012's superstorm
KfW justifies exemptions from Emir
German government-owned development bank KfW managed to win an exemption from clearing and margin requirements under European derivatives regulation - a benefit not extended to its peers. Luke Clancy asks why
Profile: Network Rail sings the praises of two-way CSAs
Getting there