Barclays Global Investors launches two currency funds  Barclays
Global Investors (BGI), one of the world's largest investment
managers with $767 billion assets under management, has added
two new hedge funds to its existing suite of alternative
investment products.  The two new funds are BGI Currency Fund
(US$) and BGI Currency Fund (Euro).  Mark Fitzgerald, Director,
Alternative Investment Group at BGI said:  "BGI's success in
hedge fund strategies has made it a major player in the hedge
fund world. BGI is currently ranked the 16th largest hedge fund
manager in the world with in excess of $5 billion in hedge fund
strategies globally."  He added: "The Currency Funds will
enhance BGI's product offering in the hedge fund space and will
give investors the opportunity to generate absolute performance
returns, building upon the successful track record that BGI has
already established in currency management."  "The new Funds
will be managed using the same active process used by BGI's
existing currency overlay portf