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Bain Takes Long Shot at Hockey
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Bain Capital Partners and sports advisory company Game Plan International have made an estimated US$3.5 billion offer to buy all 30 of the National Hockey League's teams, according to published reports The Toronto Star reported that the two firms made a pitch to NHL owners Tuesday in New...
March 01, 2005
The Struggles of SuccessAfter more than 30 years in the business, portfolio manager Andy Pilara knows who he is and has strong ideas about what works for him...
February 17, 2005
A Free Market Program: From the CFTC's Chair to the ABA's EarsKEY WEST, Fla. (HedgeWorld.com)--The acting chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission gave the keynote address at a Feb. 4 meeting of the American Bar Association's committee on the regulation of futures. She outlined the principles that guide her discharge of her duties and the tasks that lie ahead, both...
February 09, 2005
Company To Market Worksite Funeral AccountsNU Online News Service, Feb. 9, 2005, 3:15 p.m. ESTMotivano, New York, has agreed to distribute voluntary funeral savings programs from National Preplanning Inc., ...
February 07, 2005
It Pays to Buy Exchange-Traded Funds in BulkFeb. 3, 2005 -- One advantage of investing in mutual funds -- the ability to buy small amounts of shares -- doesn't carry over when...
February 04, 2005
A Gathering Storm: The Market-Driven Unbundling of EquityThe head of contracts for difference at IG Markets Ltd. agrees with some of the U.K. regulators' concerns about the effects of the dramatic spread of CFDs in recent years.
February 03, 2005
UnumProvident Sticks To Pricing StrategyA Chattanooga, Tenn., insurer turned its performance around in the fourth quarter of 2004 despite a drop in new product sales.[@@]The insurer, UnumProvident Corp., ...
January 27, 2005
Exchange-Traded Fund Assets Rose in December: ICIJan. 25, 2005 -- The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rose to $226.2 billion at the end of December from $211.7 billion at the end of November, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI). ETF assets totaled $151.0 billion at the end of 2003. The number of...