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Sovereign wealth funds

Sovereign wealth funds

An in-depth look at the state-owned sovereign wealth funds that dominate the attention of the world's financial markets

Securitisation is not dead

Securitisation is not dead

By Michael Heise, chief economist Allianz Group/Dresdner Bank

July 2008

Profile – Tradex: More than a history lesson

With almost 100 years of foreign exchange experience between them, the three executives running Tradex Capital Markets have plenty to say about the industry.




There is not much that the trio have not seen or done. But speaking with Rony Schläpfer, the company’s chairman; Phil Gellos, its president; and Steve Jury, its chief investment officer, it soon becomes clear that they have far more to offer than a history lesson.

Schläpfer is a true market legend. Older FX hands might remember him from his appearance in an early television documentary about the industry – Billion Dollar Day – shown in the mid-1980s. The film focused on three traders working out of Hong Kong, London and New York. Schläpfer stood out because of the size of the positions he was running and because he was not working for a bank. Instead, he was effectively trading his own account, backed by a few wealthy investors.

His company, Capital Management International, was one of the first funds specializing in...


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