Life Partners To Advise Offshore Fund
By Staff WriterL.P. Management Ltd. has picked Life Partners Inc. to help it run a closed-end fund that will invest in life insurance policies.[@@]L.P. Management, Nassau, ...
August 04, 2005
Swiss Re Veteran Moves To Scottish ReScottish Re Group Ltd. has hired Dean Miller to succeed Elizabeth Murphy as chief financial officer.[@@]Murphy, 50, recently announced her retirement.Miller has been chief ...
August 04, 2005
Hiring New Team: Robert Chapman Returns to the FrayEL SEGUNDO, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Robert L. Chapman, Jr., the hedge fund manager who gave himself a sabbatical 16 months ago, announced this weekend that he's back. His two new funds, Chap-Cap Partners II LP and Chap-Cap Activist Partners LP, will open their respective doors Jan. 1, 2006. The latter, as its...
August 04, 2005
HedgeStreet Adds Corn, Soybean HedgeletsSAN MATEO, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Folks in Illinois with a drought-induced pessimistic outlook about corn and soybean production can now take positions based on their views via HedgeStreet Inc. HedgeStreet now offers so-called Hedgelets on U.S. Department of Agriculture corn and soybean production forecasts. In this case, the Hedgelets are "yes" or...
August 04, 2005
Associations Express Pleasure at Cox ConfirmationWASHINGTON (HedgeWorld)--The full U.S. Senate, acting on a favorable report from its banking committee, voted to confirm President George W. Bush's three nominations to the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday, thus elevating Annette Nazareth to commissioner, extending the tenure of Commissioner Roel C. Campos to 2010, and making Rep. Christopher...
August 04, 2005
Pacific Life Adds Equity-Indeed UL PolicyPacific Life Insurance Company is giving holders of universal life insurance a chance to participate in gains in the stock market.[@@]Pacific Life, Newport Beach, ...
August 04, 2005
Aetna Rolls Out Health ProductsAetna Inc. is introducing new preferred provider organization plans for individuals and families in Ohio and California and limited-benefit health plans for workers in ...
August 04, 2005
Refco Lowers Fees on Managed Futures FundThe fees charged to investors in Refco's S&P Managed Futures Index Fund have been lowered by 125 basis points for Class 1 and Class 2 shares, and Refco had added other enhancements to the US$50 million fund. The index fund's performance traces the Standard & Poor's Managed Futures Index before...