Executive Interviews

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Preparations for the next instalment

Jamal Al-Naif, managing director of Credit Suisse Asset Management's Dubai branch, talks about rebuilding trust after the financial crisis, investing in Middle East private...

ASSET MANAGEMENT FOCUS: Planning for the future

Funds Global talks to the QFC Authority's head of asset management, Yousuf Al-Jaida, about the development of the industry and the plans for the...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Emad Masour, CEO at QFIB

Funds Global talks to Emad Mansour of QFIB about the bank's plans to bring some much needed variety to the sharia funds market through...

AXA IM EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: First move advantage

Funds Global talks to Stephane Battistella of Axa IM Qatar about being the first international asset manager to establish its Middle East headquarters in...

EXECUTIVE INTERIEW: Ted Hood, CEO of Source

Amid the cluster of ETF providers, Source found a gap in the market. Developing a product to be used by hedge funds to short...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Yvnge Slynstad, CEO of NBIM

As an after-effect of the financial crisis, an uncomplicated approach to investment is a good thing. Yvnge Slyngstad of NBIM tells Funds Europe how...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Massimo Tosato, executive VC of Schroders

As DB pensions went into decline, so did Schroders. But memories of lost pension clients are evermore distant as a new client base emerged....

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Ugo Bassi, head of Aifm

Alternative fund managers will find that the controversial Aifm directive will create a world-class brand just like Ucits, Ugo Bassi, the European Commission's head...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Richard Gröttheim, CEO of AP7

AP7, the defined contribution default fund within Sweden's premium pension system, has gone  through a significant transformation. Angele Spiteri Paris speaks to CEO Richard...

Kim MacFarland, COO of Investec Asset Management

As Investec Asset Management grew from 14 people in a small Cape Town office to a manager with $80bn of AuM, COO Kim McFarland...

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