Asset Managers
The latest news on top asset managers, including updates on mergers and acquisitions, as well as new investment strategies and fund offerings.
AIM Small Cap Equity Fund Reopens
By Staff WriterDec. 15, 2004 -- The AIM Small Cap Equity Fund/A (SMEAX) reopened to new investors this week after being closed for a year. As a result...
December 06, 2004
Edhec Index Shows Distressed Securities Managers Leading the WayNICE, France (HedgeWorld.com)--Distressed securities hedge fund managers continued to post decent gains in October, leading all hedge fund strategies tracked by the Edhec Alternative Indexes, compiled and published by Edhec Business School's Risk and Asset Management Research Center. Despite a slip into negative territory in May and a relatively flat...
December 01, 2004
The Gift of YourselfIt's a sun-splashed fall day and the upper reaches of Manhattan's Central Park are beckoning from across Fifth Avenue. Inside the stone and red-brick structure...
December 01, 2004
Watching the SignsIn our previous two articles, we discussed how to use wealth signs of affluent investors to uncover "ideal" affluent prospects and turn them into clients....
November 12, 2004
CFA Institute Proposes Code of Ethics for Asset ManagersCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (HedgeWorld.com)--The CFA Institute hopes its 75,000 members worldwide, including 62,000 Chartered Financial Analysts, will embrace a new code of ethics for asset managers produced by the group's new research and policy center, the CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity. The CFA Centre on Monday [Nov. 8] released a...
November 10, 2004
M Financial Hires 2 Schwab VeteransNU Online News Service, Nov. 10, 2004, 3:45 p.m. ESTA financial services marketing consortium will be relying on veterans from a major discount securities ...
November 09, 2004
Before Election, Macro Managers Stayed Bearish for NovemberNASHVILLE, Tenn. (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge fund managers in the macro segment maintained a gloomy outlook for U.S. economic performance in three key categories for November, according to the VAN Macro Sentiment Indicators, a monthly survey conducted by Van Hedge Fund Advisors. One of the factors affecting their view--concern over the U.S. presidential...
October 26, 2004
Closing Set for Preferred International Value FundThe closing is aimed at keeping the fund from getting too big to be manageable, said Peter Spano, its portfolio manager. The fund currently has...