Mid-Ocean Trust Company Ltd.

Mid-Ocean Trust Company Ltd. is winding down its operations just over 12 months after setting up in Hamilton following disappointing levels of business from its main market, Canada.

Leading Canadian investment firm Goodman & Company, whose parent, Dundee Bancorp, owns a 40 per cent stake in Bermuda-based Mid-Ocean Trust Company Ltd, has launched a new mutual fund in Bermuda.The fund - Mid-Ocean Global Asset Allocation Fund - has an authorised capital of US$100 million and will be managed by Goodman & Company (Bermuda) Ltd, an exempted company which recently began operations on the island. The fund will start with approximately $5 million under management.