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-- AmeriCares: 800-486-HELP, www.

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----New York Life
Investment Management LLC (NYLIM) today announced the appointment of
Dr. Ludger Hentschel, 40, as Director of Equity Research for the
recently formed NYLIM Equity Investors.imcworldwide.

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He will report to Tony Elavia, Chief Investment
Officer of NYLIM Equity Investors .org
-- Red Cross International Response Fund: 800-HELP NOW, www.org
-- Mercy Corps: 800-852 -2100, www.

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In hiring Ludger Hentschel, we have established
a strong foundation for leveraging our equity research expertise
across a wide range of investment products," added Brian A. Hentschel has been teaching Finance
to MBA students at the University of Rochester, most recently as an
Associate Professor., developer of Modus secure email
management solutions, warns email users about fraudulent donation requests
for victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis of December 26,
2004 .

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Hentschel will be responsible for developing
and implementing new quantitative models as well as for monitoring
quantitative research.

"We have seen an alarming number of fraudulent emails requesting money for
survivors," said Marc Chouinard, head of Vircom's SpamBuster team.g.

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This is a new position at
Equity Investors, and Dr."
"The Director of Equity Research is a key role to support the
suite of quantitatively oriented equity products that we are planning
to offer our clients.
For the past eleven years, Dr. in Engineering Science
from Yale University. His research related to risk management and
derivatives has been published in numerous scholarly journals
including the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and
Quantitative Analysis, and Journal of Monetary Economics."

To help people avoid being defrauded, the Internet Crime Complaint Center
(IC3), established jointly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), offers this advice on avoiding
relief-effort email scams:

-- Do not respond to any unsolicited (SPAM) incoming emails;
-- Be skeptical of individuals claiming to be surviving victims or
foreign government officials asking for help in placing large sums of money
in overseas bank accounts;
-- To ensure that contributions to U.org
-- World Vision: 888-511-6589, www.

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"Ludger is a leader in the area of quantitative financial
modeling, and we are delighted to have him on board," said Tony
Elavia. Hentschel earned his Ph.americares.org
-- The International Rescue Committee: 212-551-3000, www. Vircom's mature Modus secure email management technology
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-- Direct Relief International: 805-964-4767 , www.

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best way to avoid a scam is to donate directly through a well-known
organization rather than forwarding money to an address or bank account
provided in an unsolicited email.

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-- Operation USA: 800-678-7255, www.

Note to media:

Tsunami email scams gathered by Vircom's SpamBuster Team are available in
whole or in part for publication.

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With more than $189 billion in assets under management as of
December 31, 2004, New York Life Investment Management LLC and its
affiliates provide a wide range of investment services to
institutional , individual, corporate, public, and Taft-Hartley
clients, including institutional asset management , retail investments,
retirement services, guaranteed products, real estate investments, and
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-- International Orthodox Christian Charities Middle East Crisis
Response: 877-803-4622, www.

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"His groundbreaking research in risk management -- especially
in derivatives -- together with his general modeling acumen will
contribute tremendously to our asset management capabilities.D.S., use
Internet-based resources to help confirm the existence of the organization
and its non-profit status);
-- Be leery of emails that claim to show pictures of the disaster areas
in attached files, as the files may contain viruses.org
-- Canadian Red Cross, 800 -418-1111, www.

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Hentschel was an Economist with the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System working on
international financial issues.

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President of NYLIM. Prior to joining the University of Rochester's
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-- Catholic Relief Services: 800-736-3467 , www.

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For more information , visit the New York Life
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PARSIPPANY, N.-based non-profit organizations
are used for intended purposes, go directly to recognized charities and aid
organizations websites, as opposed to following a link to another site;
-- Try to verify the legitimacy of non-profit organizations (e.catholicrelief.org
-- Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres: 888-392-0392,
www.

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-- International Medical Corps: 800-481-4462, www.

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