UBS Beefs Up Securities Lending Operation
By Staff WriterSTAMFORD, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--UBS AG hired former Soci?t? G?n?rale Group veteran Chris Hagstrom to manage sales of equity swaps to hedge funds in the United States...
May 04, 2004
Real Estate Firm Praedium Hires Managers for Long/Short PortfolioNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The Praedium Group LLC appointed Christopher Pappas and Brian O' Flanagan as portfolio managers for a long/short hedged strategy in real estate securities. Mr....
May 04, 2004
Funding Agreement Notes Help Protective ResultsNU Online News Service, May 4, 2004, 2:04 p.m. EDT -- An increase in life marketing earnings boosted first-quarter profits at Protective Life Corp., ...
May 04, 2004
Magnum Launches New Fund of Funds, Ibbotson to ConsultNASSAU (HedgeWorld.com)--Magnum Fund Management Ltd. has launched Magnum Optimized Portfolio Fund, a fund of funds that will screen more than 5,000 hedge funds globally to...
May 04, 2004
New Opportunities for U.S. Managed Funds in the German MarketplaceNon-German funds, including U.S. managed funds, have an opportunity to gain enhanced access to the German market as a result of two new laws recently...
May 04, 2004
Donaldson Says Commission's Hedge Fund Knowledge 'Woefully Inadequate'PALM BEACH, Fla. (HedgeWorld.com)--Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson told an audience of registered investment advisers that the commission's knowledge of hedge funds...
May 03, 2004
Hartford Adds VUL PolicyNU Online News Service, May 3, 2004, 3:26 p.m. EDT -- Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Hartford, has introduced the Hartford Quantum Life variable ...
May 03, 2004
HMO Profits Rise 52%NU Online News Service, May 3, 2004, 3:38 p.m. EDT -- Higher rates helped U.S. health maintenance organizations earn $6.7 billion in profits during ...