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The Wild East
The fall of the Soviet Union and the end of its rule over the satellite states of eastern Europe came as a surprise to the industrialised nations of the West. But within a short time they had reacted: backing projects to secure Soviet nuclear technology;…
The woman and Man with a pension plan
Ros Altmann says it's only a matter of time until a large UK company is pulled under by its troubled pension plan. Is that a bird? A plane? No, it's Super Man (Investments) with a plan for the plans, writes David Walker
Seizing the hedge funds' day
The Carpe Diem Group is setting up to capture the growth of the hedge fund industry in a number of ways, not least of which is building a Swiss bank and listing on London's AIM
Keeping one step ahead of the innovators
Kilkenny Capital Management has been making healthy returns out of the biotechnology sector for more than a decade. Jay Blanche met up with the top brass while they were in London, to find out how they do it
Gearóid Lane
The Weather Risk Management Association's Gearóid Lane talks to Oliver Holtaway about the bright prospects for managing weather risk
Jim Kauffmann
The head of fixed income at ING Investment Management explains to Dalia Fahmy why it sometimes pays to play it safe. He should know: he is in charge of $65bn of investors' cash
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Sovereign remedy
The World Bank, the lender of last - and often first - resort for the poorer nations of the world, uses derivatives to hedge its own risk book much as any other bank would. But it has another important role in the risk business: acting as an intermediary…
A feast of futures
Associated British Foods is significantly exposed to commodity price fluctuations. Anna Gordon-Walker asks the company's finance team how it manages these diverse risks
Plus ça change - how Polo Fund unlocks value
David Walker profiles Polo Capital Management's Polo Fund, the seekers out of catalysts for change and new paradigms to profit in the event-driven strategy
Worlds apart? The differing needs of institutional and high-net-worth investors
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With the benefit of foresight: how Aspect Capital spotted the pension trend
As a swathe of reports on institutional interest in hedge funds are being published, Aspect Capital CEO Anthony Todd tells David Walker how they saw it coming, and prepared, back in 1997
Josef Bogensperger
Verbund's Josef Bogensperger talks to Oliver Holtaway about the impacts of harmonisation and the EU ETS on power trading
Frédéric Desclaux
The co-head of fixed income and derivatives at Société Générale is swapping his suit for his sou'wester as part of his latest project: sailing across the Atlantic. He talks to Nikki Marmery about his
The third way
Cantor Fitzgerald's fixed-income research team
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Siemens
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A new derivation
Profile: Rachel Hardee
Cognitive excellence and subtle insight
Copernico is among South America's better-known hedge funds. Ricardo Maxit, Copernico's CIO tells David Walker how the firm's two main funds work
How Manly Stanley raised a healthy hedge fund family
As Stanley Fink announces the forthcoming resignation of his CEO seat at Man Group in 2007, those who have seen the industry grow with him reflect on his achievements, and assess his legacy both for Man Group, and for the broader hedge fund industry