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Black River to Create Alt-Invest Products for Institutions
By Staff WriterMINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (HedgeWorld.com)--Cargill Inc.'s Global Capital Markets has launched a new asset management company, Black River Management LLC, with design and implementation assistance from Capco. Black...
December 05, 2003
UnumProvident To Sell Japanese Disability UnitNU Online News Service, Dec. 5, 2003, 11:43 a.m. EST -- UnumProvident Corp., Chattanooga, Tenn., has agreed to sell its Tokyo-based UNUM Japan Accident ...
December 01, 2003
Rx for Your PracticeChances are you feel perfectly healthy. But it's still a good idea to go to your doctor for regular check-ups. Why? Well, for one thing,...
December 01, 2003
Blowing Your Own HornIn this, the first of a three-part series on the challenges facing fee-only advisors, the authors address these advisors' marketing challenges. The next two articles...
November 11, 2003
Minnesota Blue Realigns Executive TeamNU Online News Service, Nov. 11, 2003, 9:04 a.m. EST -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Eagan, Minn., is promoting Colleen Reitan ...
November 06, 2003
Need Additional Support? Look To Your Internal WholesalerNeed Additional Support? Look To Your Internal WholesalerByMany of todays financial services professionals are faced with challenges they never experienced before. Recent levels of market ...
November 03, 2003
WellPoint Wins Texas Risk Pool Pharmacy Benefits ContractNU Online News Service, Nov. 3, 2003, 5:13 p.m. EST -- The Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool, Austin, Texas, has awarded a pharmacy benefit ...
November 01, 2003
Caveat EmptorIt has long been a seller's market for advisory practices. In the late 1990s, sales were motivated by greed as institutions pursued a mostly flawed...