720° Shows How To Work With NPLs in CEE – Podcast

At the Distressed Investments Forum held by DDC Financial Group in Prague in June 2016, Simon Kerr Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight, spoke to Stefan Selen, Partner of 720° Restructuring & Advisory, about his business. The podcast covers the background and technical expertise of the team at 720°, and in which CEE territories investors can […] Read more »

The Revival of the Market for Securitization of NPLs in Italy – A Podcast with Michelangelo Margaria of Moody’s

At the Distressed Investments Forum held by DDC Financial Group in London in March 2016, Simon Kerr Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight spoke to Michelangelo Margaria of Moody’s Investor Services about the revival of the the market for securitization of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) in Italy. The first issuance of the second wave (the first started […] Read more »

Investing in Life Policies with Jonas Mårtenson of Ress Capital

From HedgeNordic   The market for alternative investments offers a broad spectrum of possible sources of return, beside the traditional equity and fixed income market the various hedge fund strategies. When having a closer look at the funds included in the Nordic Hedge Index (NHX), Ress Capital does stand out being by design truly uncorrelated […] Read more »

Organising Research & Staff Development in Equity Hedge – A Podcast with Stuart Mitchell

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An interview with Managing Partner and CIO STUART MITCHELL of SW Mitchell Capital   The interview focuses on staff recruitment and development, and how investment research is conducted at the firm. How do you develop your investment staff? What do you look for in a recruit on your investment side? How do you remunerate them? […] Read more »

A Q&A with Cantab Capital – the culture and processes of software development

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Cantab Capital is one of Europe’s leading managed futures firms. Dr. Tom Howat is a Senior Scientist and one of seven partners at the Cambridge-based money manager. Here he talks to Hedge Fund Insight’s Publisher Simon Kerr about his experience of working there. Q. (Simon Kerr) Tom, Can you tell me about when you joined […] Read more »

TopTurn Capital Interview

TopTurn Capital has had a radical makeover for a hedge fund firm. It was formerly plain-old Darchuck Stewart Asset  Management. But the owners Dan Darchuck and Greg Stewart had eureka moment under the tutelage of marketing and branding specialists Meyler Capital. Since then the firm has been re-branded with a strong, memorable identity rooted in […] Read more »

Money Bytes – Video Interview with Michael Van Biema

From Money Bytes   Interview with Michael Van Biema, Chief Investment Officer of Van Biema Value Partners from Money Bytes. Michael van Biema is the founder and managing principal of van Biema Value Partners, LLC. Michael established the firm in October 2004. Michael was previously a faculty member of Columbia Business School from 1992 to […] Read more »

Podcast Of Hedge Fund Radio On The 15th September 2014

This is the first edition of the latest series of the four time Sony Awards-nominated N@ked Short Club on Resonance FM: 1 hour of loose talk about hedge funds and the state of the world, plus sweet poetry and heady music…No promotional agenda, no commercial intent…just Ponzi Bier and Pure Alpha both on tap. One […] Read more »

PODCAST 5 – RWC Talk About Marketing And Doubling Their Assets

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An interview with CEO DAN MANNIX and Head of Sales JAMES TOLLEMACHE of RWC Partners   The interview focuses on sales and marketing and the consequences and causes of firmwide growth Clicking this link opens the podcast in a new window/player, (or alternatively save the file using the “save as” command). The interview lasts 31 […] Read more »

A Lone Star Activist – An interview with Jeff Eberwein of Lone Star Value Management

From Activist Insight Not many activists run as many as five proxy contests a year, still less when their team consists of two members. Jeff Eberwein is no ordinary activist, however. His Lone Star Value Management has the most newly disclosed positions in 2014 according to Activist Insight’s count, making entering the activist investing game […] Read more »