by Doug Friedenberg www.allaboutalpha.com. "We had the good fortune whilst we were in London to make the acquaintance of Nicolas Clavel, chief investment officer of Scipion Capital, a hedge fund that invests in financing imports and exports. Not just any imports and exports, mind you. Imports and exports of commodities related to Africa..."

Scipion Capital has translated its website into Portuguese, the third most widely spoken European language in Africa.

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Scipion Capital (“Scipion”), the Africa investment specialist, has opened its Commodity Trade Finance (CTF) Fund to US investors for the first time, as the first step in a concerted effort to expand its investor base in the US. In particular, the firm will be targeting US investors looking for absolute returns and real alpha.