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Re: Examining Berkshire Hathaway?...
The process of estimating the ultimate losses resulting from an insurance company?s business is one of the most important tasks facing management. Many types of policies expose an insurer to liabilities over a very long period of time where themore
El Alto Holdings AG Acquires Blue Crown Asset Management Inc.
ZUG, SWITZERLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 03/12/10 -- El Alto Holdings AG -- (FRANKFURT: EAS) -- has concluded negotiations to acquire and operate Blue Crown Asset Management Inc. in a one (1) for one (1) share conversion. Blue Crown Asset Management, Inc. ismore
Hedge Fund Database Built
Benefit Cost Altered By Structural Issues Benefit costs have increased by almost 10 per cent in the past year, and may not be sustainable in the long term at that pace of growth, says a Conference Board of Canada survey. ?Benefits Benchmarking 2009:more
New Employees' Pension Fund to be established
* Mar 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundara has said that a new Employees' Pension Fund will be established with the next budget. Dr. Jayasundara addressing a meeting held at the Sugathadasa Stadium Friday had told themore
Franklin Templeton MF to Introduce Schemes through Stock Exchange Infrastructure
Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund offers a facility to subscribe as well as redeem the units of six schemes of the fund house through the infrastructure of the NSE and BSE, with effect March 12, 2010. The schemes are Templeton India Growth Fund as well asmore
Pension fund sues to stop sale of Allegheny Energy
A Louisiana police pension fund asked a federal court in Pittsburgh on Thursday to stop the sale of Greensburg-based Allegheny Energy to FirstEnergy Corp. The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System filed suit in U.S. District Court,more
Re: Examining Berkshire Hathaway??...
The process of estimating the ultimate losses resulting from an insurance company?s business is one of the most important tasks facing management. Many types of policies expose an insurer to liabilities over a very long period of time where themore
Using Janus Particles to Control Mixing and Segregation of Adhesive Particle Systems
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Volume 0, Issue 0, Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable).more
Fidelity, Western Union partner for Haiti relief
(Cayman Net News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- More than US$80,000 has been raised for disaster relief in Haiti through a partnership between the regional financial services provider, Fidelity Group, and the Western Unionmore
U.S., U.K. Say EU Proposals Will Hurt Hedge Fund Industry
The European Union (EU) on Thursday defended its sweeping hedge-fund reform proposals against criticism from the United States and Britain. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy Friday in hopes of compromising onmore
VIEW: Prime minister's asset management -Naeem Tahir
If all the millions, even billions, worth of properties stay in one name, then the risks are enormous. For example, an adversary in power may confiscate the assets, or an enquiry into the legitimacy of assets may be instituted. Such things aremore
BestWeek U.S./Canada: A Team of Rivals: The Long Coattails of Berkshire Hathaway:
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Pension fund sues to stop sale of Allegheny Energy
Mar. 12--A Louisiana police pension fund asked a federal court in Pittsburgh on Thursday to stop the sale of Greensburg-based Allegheny Energy to FirstEnergy Corp. The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System filed suit in U.S. Districtmore
10 Big Ideas: The Next American Century
In 1941, prior to the U.S.'s entry into World War II, the co-founder of this magazine, Henry Luce, penned an essay in LIFE that exhorted "unhappy" Americans, "[distracted] with lifeless arguments about isolationism," to "create the first great Americanmore
Pension funds withdrew private equity commitments in 2009
Japan's pension funds re-think their policy asset mix12 Feb 2010 Pension funds urge new direction in pharmaceuticals26 Feb 2009 15:00 CalSTRS invests $1bn in real estate in Q126 Jun 2008 17:16 Dutch pension assets increased to ?649bn ? DNB15 hoursmore
9th Annual Fund Manager Selection
The only Conference dedicated to Choosing Fund Managers and Assessing Manager Skill Fund Manager Selection is the only conference dedicated to choosing fund managers and assessing manager skill. Attend this conference and you will learn how institutionalmore
Toronto's Hedge Fund Hotel partners with Global Manager Research, to build database of hedge funds with performance shown in Canadian dollars
Opalesque Industry Update - Toronto's Hedge Fund Hotel announces that a joint venture has been entered into with Global Manager Research (GMR), Canada's longest running investment management database. These two groups have co-ventured to build amore
Are active fund managers collectors of private information or fast interpreters of public information?
Recent studies of fund manager performance find evidence of outperformance. However limited research exists as to whether such outperformance is because of privately collected information, or merely expedient interpretation of publicly releasedmore