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Robeco Buys Stake in Futures Manager
By Staff WriterROTTERDAM, The Netherlands (HedgeWorld.com)--Robeco Alternative Investments agreed to purchase 49% of futures manager Transtrend BV, a manager of EUR310 million (US$274 million). Robeco, a unit of...
March 24, 2003
Fitch: Hedge Funds "Challenge" Credit DerivativesNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Preliminary results of Fitch Ratings' survey of global financial institutions use of credit derivatives found that hedge funds are one of the fastest...
March 14, 2003
UTIMCO Hires Hedge Funds of FundsAUSTIN, Texas (HedgeWorld.com)--The University of Texas Investment Management Co. are investing US$175 million in a hedge fund of funds managed by Prot?g? Partners, New York. The...
March 12, 2003
Prime Introduces DC Drug PlanNU Online News Service, March 12, 2003, 10:33 a.m. EST -- Prime Therapeutics Inc., St. Paul, Minn., a pharmacy benefit manager, will introduce a ...
March 10, 2003
Gartmore Readies SEC-Registered FundCONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (HedgeWorld.com)--Gartmore Global Investments is planning to sell a Securities and Exchange Commission-registered hedge fund of funds, according to a recent filing. Gartmore Market Neutral...
March 10, 2003
Activist Hedge Funds Expect Smooth Transition at MREDWOOD CITY, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Control of MeVC Inc., an information-technology venture capital firm changed hands with the victory of the dissidents' slate for the board of...
March 10, 2003
New Hedge Fund Group Forms in Mid-Atlantic RegionPHILADELPHIA (HedgeWorld.com)--The Mid-Atlantic Hedge Fund Association will kick-off its educational program and open up to new members on March 27, holding a seminar on current...
March 10, 2003
Kairos Hires Team, Opens New York SubsidiaryMILAN, Italy (HedgeWorld.com)--Kairos Group continues to grow its alternative investment business, hiring four new executives to assist in the effort. Stefano Prosperi and Michele Gesualdi, both...