Philippe Bonnefoy

Philippe has been involved in the financial markets for over thirty years and managing money globally for twenty-eight years across multiple asset classes and trading strategies. He has built a number of successful businesses including the Cedar Fund and Cedar Diversified Macro Fund which were sold to Erste Bank in mid-2007; and Cedar Partners, the external investment advisor to Commerzbank for alternative investments; an investment business that grew over 600% during this period. Prior to founding Cedar, Philippe ran a proprietary trading and advisory firm specialising in global macro trading. This business had evolved from the international activities of a risk arbitrage firm established by former Kidder, Peabody & Co. colleagues. Philippe began his financial career at Kidder, Peabody in New York as an international corporate finance analyst. He then became responsible for international equity investment for Kidder, Peabody's London-based investment management business where he managed investments for institutional clients including the BHP Pension Fund. Philippe will be adding his expertise to the session ‘360° Perspective: Shining A Light On The Blurring Boundaries Amongst FX Market Players - How Is The Provision, Distribution And Consumption Of Liquidity Shifting?’ on the 14th September.