KPMG: Confidence In Margin Growth Softens
By Jim ConnollyConfidence in the ability of insurers to increase margins and grow premiums has slipped over the last year.[@@]That message emerged from the results of ...
September 27, 2004
Hay: 2005 Merit Raises To Average 3.5%NU Online News Service, Sept. 27, 2004, 2:40 p.m. EDTThe typical employee can expect to get a merit raise of about 3.5% in 2005.[@@]Researchers ...
September 27, 2004
Kathleen Gaffney of Loomis Sayles Strategic Income FundS&P Rank: 5 Stars Maximizing Yield
September 27, 2004
Foreign Funds Gain GroundSept. 24, 2004 -- In their search for higher profits, Americans have been looking abroad. Mutual funds that invest in international companies have raked in money at a near record pace this year, according to Financial Research Corp. Meanwhile, shareholders have been rewarded with returns that have topped domestic stock...
September 27, 2004
Anti-Farallon Student Coalition Submits HF Comments to SECNEW HAVEN, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--The campus-based coalition that has demanded hedge fund Farallon Capital Management LLC provide greater disclosure of its investments filed a comment letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission urging registration of hedge fund managers as investment advisers. The group, which calls itself the Unfarallon coalition, submitted the...
September 27, 2004
Fisher Quits, Okla. Gov. Seeks ReplacementOklahoma Gov. Brad Henry says he has begun seeking a replacement for Carroll Fisher, the state's former insurance commissioner.[@@]Fisher resigned from his post 2 ...
September 27, 2004
William Jennings Bryan Reborn: Bimetallism TodayJUPITER, Fla. (HedgeWorld.com)-Recent allegations of long-term manipulation of the price of gold and its derivatives bear striking similarities to somewhat older theories about manipulation of the price of silver and its derivatives, and both sets of theorists have noticed. James Cook publishes the James Cook Market Update and maintains a...
September 27, 2004
Pennsylvania Avenue Fund to Court: Enjoin This AcquisitionWASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)-The Pennsylvania Avenue Event Driven Fund, a hybrid entity created by Pennsylvania Avenue Advisors LLC to employ hedge fund strategies for mutual fund customers, sued UniSource Energy Corp., Tucson, Ariz., and its directors in an Arizona state court, alleging self-dealing and breach of fiduciary duty. The plaintiffs want certification...