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What's In a Name? A Lot, to a Fund Not Tied to Madoff
Ariel Investments, a Chicago mutual fund company headed by John Rogers Jr., is plenty mad that it is being confused with a different Ariel fund, one that has ties to the fallen money manager Bernard L. Madoff.
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THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 15 January 2009
FiNTAG - Hedge Fund News, Views, Opinions and Gossip — ... they thought one of my funds was something to do with Madoff. It is called the "Fair View Tree Mount Air Real Ponzi fund." So alas all those admirers who were hoping to be entertained by my wit and jet lag, I am truly sorry. Today I fly back to New York for one meeting and then back to London. I shall soon be launching a tracking system, as used by DHL, so you can track my movements. Well most of them. WHAT'S IN A NAME? A LOT, TO A FUND NOT TIED TO MADOFF dealbook ...

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