31.   The names of the two other fund managers who left could not be learned.

32.   The rise in U.S. stocks makes more money available to fund managers to invest in Japan.

33.   The real driving force behind the market, though, according to fund managers, are small, local investors who have caught equity fever.

34.   United Microelectronics Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. led the way on optimism rising orders worldwide have filled their capacity through December, fund managers said.

35.   United Microelectronics Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. led the way on optimism rising orders worldwide have booked up all of their capacity through December, fund managers said.

36.   A parliamentary investigation revealed the fund operated like a pyramid scheme, folding when large amounts of money were withdrawn by people close to fund managers.

37.   It is a malaise afflicting all, stock brokers and fund managers alike.

38.   On the stock market, the Nikkei index finished slightly higher as buying by foreign investors offset profit-taking by bearish Japanese fund managers.

39.   The collapse came after large amounts of money were withdrawn by people close to fund managers.

40.   Lotus Asset Management fund manager Christopher Leow said the asset sales should have been done much earlier.