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Leslie Kramer, Contributing Writer
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Five Mile Capital Partners Sees a Greater Electronic Marketplace in the Future

The electronic marketplace has allowed trader Martin Amann to use less brokers, and he anticipates more benefits to come.


Five Mile Capital Partners
Martin Amann
Trader

Five Mile Capital Partners
Three Stanford Plaza, 9th floor
Stanford, CT 06901

Assets under management:

Approximately $1 billion.

Fund(s) for which you trade:

Silvermine Fund (about $30 million in assets under management).

Types of products traded:

I trade global fixed-income for the Silver mine fund. Five Mile's other funds trade various products.

Daily volume in equities:

N/A

Structure of trading department:

There are three traders. Jack Poulson is the head trader. He has say over what we do, and he comes up with a lot of ideas. We're trading a lot in the Canadian market. I do a lot of Treasury notes and futures, but it's not broken up; we can trade what we think is a good opportunity.

Previous Positions:

Housatonic Fund at Five Mile Capital Partners; AIG trading group in Greenwich, Conn., trading forex. (Since this interview, Amann has left Five Mile and joined Lehman.)

Education:

Bachelor of Arts from Yale University with a double major in economics and international studies.

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