Monthly Archives: August 2003

Area Venture Capital Outlook Still Cloudy

The outlook for local venture capital fund managers remains cheerless, with the number of new deals dropping and any big returns on existing investments still far off, an industry report said yesterday. The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association’s quarterly survey found that […]

Area Venture Capital Outlook Still Cloudy

The outlook for local venture capital fund managers remains cheerless, with the number of new deals dropping and any big returns on existing investments still far off, an industry report said yesterday. The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association’s quarterly survey found that […]

Area Venture Capital Outlook Still Cloudy

The outlook for local venture capital fund managers remains cheerless, with the number of new deals dropping and any big returns on existing investments still far off, an industry report said yesterday. The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association’s quarterly survey found that […]

European major stocks end mixed

European major stocks end mixed LONDON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — European major stock markets ended mixed Wednesday as investors banked profits from four straight winning sessions against poor performances of oil giants although solid US retail sales data in July […]

Fitch Rates Man Glenwood Alternative Strategies II

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 13, 2003–Fitch Ratings assigns the following ratings to the liabilities of Man Glenwood Alternative Strategies II Ltd/Man Glenwood Alternative Strategies II LLC, amarket value collateralized fund obligation (CFO). — $250,000,000 class A secured notes due May 15, […]

News in brief

Go airline boss joins MS board BARBARA Cassani, former boss of low-cost airline Go, becomes a non-executive director of Marks Spencer in October. Cassani, pictured above, swells the ranks of women on the board to four, making it one of […]

HO2 Completes Closing Of $1.7 Million Annex Fund

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 13, 2003–HO2 Partners, a Dallas-based technology venture capital firm, has obtained commitments for $1.7 million in additional funding to be used for future investmentsin its existing portfolio. Participation in the HO2 Annex Fund was restricted to HO2’s present […]

HO2 Completes Closing Of $1.7 Million Annex Fund

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 13, 2003–HO2 Partners, a Dallas-based technology venture capital firm, has obtained commitments for $1.7 million in additional funding to be used for future investmentsin its existing portfolio. Participation in the HO2 Annex Fund was restricted to HO2’s present […]

NZ biotech starved of seed money says expert

LACK of seed funding in New Zealand is strangling early-stage research vital for producing biotechnology businesses, a visiting entrepreneur and scientist says. Peter Shepherd of University College, London, who was London Biotechnology Networks’ young entrepreneur of the year in 2002, […]

Greener pastures As star managers move on, investors sift the options

You’ve just found out that the manager of your favorite mutual fund is decamping. What to do? Stay or go? Investors in the United States, where top-performing managers often attain cult status, havebeen facing that dilemma more often of late […]

Euromoney buys publisher for pounds 11m

EUROMONEY INSTITUTIONAL Investor has agreed to buy a publishing group for an initial pounds 11m. Hedge Fund Intelligence, which specialises in publishing newsletters and magazines about the hedgefund markets, was founded just five years ago by a husband and wife […]

Area Venture Capital Outlook Still Cloudy

The outlook for local venture capital fund managers remains cheerless, with the number of new deals dropping and any big returns on existing investments still far off, an industry report said yesterday. The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association’s quarterly survey found that […]