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Aspect Capital to Establish Office in New York, Management Assets hit $2.7 bil

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Aspect Capital, the London based asset manager announced that assets managed by the firm grew by a whopping US$1.5billion in 2003, bringing its total managementassets to US$2.7 billion according to released statement. The company […]

Germany to Introduce Hedge Funds Soon

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – German banks and other financial institutions are making final preparations for introducing hedge funds to German investors. Hedge funds became legal this year inGermany, as the global hedge fund wind finally swept across Germany. […]

TFS Capital Unveils a Long/Short Equity Fund

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – TFS Capital has unveiled a new long/short equity fund; the new product would utilize �proprietary and quantitative trading models� according to the statementreleased by company officials. The company stated, �Our Portfolio Managers utilize proprietary […]

Elusive Galway guru keeps faith in telecom business ; Declan Ganley relishes a challenge, despite having suffered at the sharp end of the dotcom collapse, writes Jamie Smyth, Technology Reporter

There is something of the Scarlet Pimpernel about the 35-year- old Galway-based entrepreneur Mr Declan Ganley. Like the character in Baroness de Orczy’s novel, the former builder turned jet-settingtelecoms guru keeps popping up in the most exotic of places only […]

First Investor Rights Website, RestoreTheTrust.com, Re-Launched to Combat Mutual Fund Abuses; Cites SEC ‘Dereliction of Duty’

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ — The first grassroots campaign website solely dedicated to representing individual investors announced the launch of a new campaign to return the billions ofdollars skimmed from investors by the mutual fund industry and end the […]

Harvard fund enriches chiefs

Two managers of Harvard University’s endowment fund raked in about $35 million each last year for overseeing investments for the school’s $19.3 billion all-purpose trove that funds everything fromstudent loans to faculty salaries. The multimillion-dollar payouts were about double last […]

PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Fourth Quarter investment performance results and statistical portfolio information

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Jan. 23, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) — PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. (NYSE:RCS) today released its investment-performance results and statistical portfolio information forthe period October 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003 (fourth quarter). PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, […]

News in brief

News in brief Company pensions make up ground COMPANY pension funds gained more than 18pc last year the first positive returns since the bear market began to bite in 1999. According to research by Russell/Mellon CAPS, a fund worth Pounds […]

Galvin seeks return of investors’ $3.5M

Secretary of State William Galvin demanded yesterday that Cantella & Co. Inc. return an estimated $3.5 million to investors whom Galvin said the firm failed to protect against agents sellingunregistered hedge funds. Galvin, in his ongoing crackdown on financial firms, […]

Word on Strong may come next month

Word on Strong may come next month Firm hopes to break news on its future then, Pension Board told By KATHLEEN GALLAGHER [email protected], Journal Sentinel Thursday, January 22, 2004 Strong Financial Corp.’s top executive is telling people that the firm […]

Securities and Investment Company Launches New Fund

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET)- The Securities and Investment Company [SICO] of Bahrain announced in a recent news conference that it is launching a new fund, the Khaleej Equity fund would beinvesting in equity securities listed on the regional stock […]

Rapuno Departs Legg Mason Funds, Joins Matador Capital

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Lisa O. Rapuno has departed Legg Mason Funds Management Inc, to join Matador Capital Management Corp, according to a news release; she would be joining Matador ina capacity as a senior partner, and a […]