The rose of shipfinance is back in bloom but in a different colour.

Simon Rose is taking a new run at the industry four years after departing Dahlman Rose, the boutique investment bank he founded in 2004 along with partner Ernie Dahlman.

Rose’s new focus is not investment banking but rather investor relations. Can his Rose & Co do in that area what start-up Dahlman Rose did so quickly on shipping deals?

Rose and partner Rob Brinberg sat for an exclusive interview with TradeWinds near his new Park Avenue offices in Manhattan and explained why this is the new ambition after the finish of a long non-compete phase.