Monthly Archives: May 2003
St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column
May 23–KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The brutal bear market seems to have erased the classic entrepreneurial dream of quick stock-market riches. At least, that’s the conclusion you could draw after hearing 20 startup companies appeal for money Thursday at the […]
THE INVESTMENT COLUMN: Questions for Man as bull returns
THE QUESTION wrapped up in the enigma of Man Group’s share price is whether the explosion of investment in hedge funds is a bear market fad or something sustainable in the long term. Man is the UK’s biggest hedge fund […]
Fund denied access to SBA ; Action linked to Southeast Capital’s former president who resigned last week
Southeast Capital Partners, formerly known as the TennesSeed Fund, has been denied access to a federal Small Business Administration program and an associated $20 million for investment in start-uptechnology companies. The denial was directly linked to fund manager and president […]
Nothing Ventured, Millions Gained From State
Imagine the state gave you $75 million in tax money to invest in new businesses to create jobs. Imagine that, rather than creating jobs, the companies you invested in lost 174 jobs in the first four years. Imagine you got […]
Stay Or Leave?
CEO of a local startup says New Mexico is stingy with incentives Aerospace Composite Structures is exactly the type of business New Mexico’s economic development leaders say they want to attract. It’s a clean industry, using a new process developed […]
British Financial Firm Comes Back with Asia Hedge-Fund Play
May 22–The Barings name, missing from Asia since Nick Leeson’s bets on the Nikkei Average sank the bank in 1995, is set to return with a new hedge fund next month. Baring Asset Management is teaming with research house Fauchier […]
Hope of big savings in shake-up of fund rules
THE proposed overhaul of rules covering investment funds could lead to the formal regulation of some hedge funds in the UK and will bring big savings to the fund management industry, analysts claim. The Financial Services Authority’s proposals will loosen […]
Chelmsford, Mass., Networking Startup Lands $30 Million in Venture Capital
May 22–CHELMSFORD, Mass.–Computer networking startup Acopia Networks Inc. has landed $30 million in its second round of venture capital funding. The 16-month-old company, which is set to release its first product next month, will use the cash to ramp up […]
Barings is back with Asia play
THE Barings name, missing from Asia since Nick Leeson’s bets on the Nikkei Average sank the bank in 1995, is set to return with a new hedge fund next month, writes Lachlan Colquhoun. Baring Asset Management is teaming with research […]
Chairman Donaldson Briefs Baker’s Panel on SEC’s Roundtable
WASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com) – The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission told a subcommittee of the House of Representatives that he believed the SEC’s round table on hedge funds lastweek was a resounding investigatory success. It was an “excellent example […]
New Firm Launches Principal Protected Note
TORONTO (HedgeWorld.com) – A startup Canadian hedge fund firm launched its first hedge fund – a principal protected note – and has additional funds in the works. Pro-Hedge Funds Inc. launched Pro-Hedge Principal Protected Notes, Univest Series 1, a structured […]
Measuring Risk
Most investment fund managers attempt to quantify risk through a variety of numerical measures. When discussing risk in their portfolios, they will use terms like �standard deviation,� �Beta,��Sharpe Ratio,� and many others to give the listener a sense of how […]