Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team

Jul. 21–Proposals aimed at encouraging the growth of venture capital funds would also benefit the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI) as well, according to Chanitr Charnchainarong, a director atVNET Venture Capital. The Finance Ministry is currently considering proposals to ease […]

Thanks to hefty investments by local corporate giants, the Central Indiana Life Sciences Initiative has raised more than $70 million for Indiana Future Fund I, its new venture capital fund. “Every potential investor who was involved in the original negotiations […]

Jul. 20–What investors want, investors should get. So it goes at The St. Paul Cos., more now under the regime of CEO Jay Fishman than in the past. Fishman’s chief investment officer, William Heyman, puts it bluntly. “Our ultimate paymaster,” […]

Jul. 20–Venture capital funds backing minority business enterprises are getting returns at least equal to, if not higher than, traditional investments, according to a recent study. “We set out to find out if minority-oriented venture capital investing was solid,” said […]

It is one of the City’s best kept secrets: a club of wealthy investors (each has a minimum net worth of pounds 10m) that puts money into fledgling businesses. Few outside the close-knit world of the Square Mile have ever […]

LEADING Debenhams’ shareholders are ex-pressing dismay at the pay package the department store’s chief executive Belinda Earl and finance director Matthew Roberts would receive if venture capitalgroup Permira succeeds with its bid. The shareholders are unhappy that if a bid […]

Jul. 20–ST. FRANCIS, Wis.–Call it the changing face of Milwaukee. Call it what a flamboyant CEO leaves behind. Or maybe just call it a great deal. Whatever you call it, it’s a unique, luxurious office building. Consider some of the […]

JUST PETTY CASH WHEN Cheapside is reincarnated it wants to come back as an Ofcom executive, The media regulator has 30 staff earning more than pounds 100,000. Now it’s after a marketing and research chief. For this vital, vital role, […]

Jul. 20–Summer’s here and the time is right for corporate executives to zoom off in their shiny new convertibles. Not cars, silly — bonds. Bonds that can, in essence, be paid off with stock instead of cash. Like regular bonds, […]

STARK CONTRAST Hedge fund company finds bargain on lakefront, a testament to Milwaukee’s changing economy By KATHLEEN GALLAGHER [email protected], Journal Sentinel Sunday, July 20, 2003 St. Francis — Call it the changing face of Milwaukee. Call it what a flamboyant […]

It is one of the City’s best kept secrets: a club of wealthy investors (each has a minimum net worth of pounds 10m) that puts money into fledgling businesses. Few outside the close-knit world of the Square Mile have ever […]

Jul. 20–Debenhams’ shareholders are ex-pressing dismay at the pay package the department store’s chief executive Belinda Earl and finance director Matthew Roberts would receive if venture capitalgroup Permira succeeds with its bid. The shareholders are unhappy that if a bid […]