UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Aetna Inc.
Address: 151 Farmington Avenue, RTAA
Hartford, CT 06156-9407
13F File Number: 28-388
This institutional investment manager filing this report and the person
by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the
report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained
herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood
that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables,
are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Howard Nixon
Title: Investment Manager
Phone: 860-273-2200
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
Howard Nixon Hartford, Connecticut November 9, 2000
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 18
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $65,096
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ITEM 6
INVESTMENT
DISCRETION
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(A) (B) (C) ITEM7 ITEM 8
SOLE SHARED SHARED MAN- VOTING AUTHORITY
ITEM 2 ITEM 4 ITEM 5 AS OTHER AGERS (SHARES)
ITEM 3 DEFINED SEE ----------------
ITEM 1 TITLE FAIR SHARES OR IN INSTR INSTR (A) (B) (C)
OF CUSIP MARKET PRINCIPAL
NAME OF ISSUER CLASS NUMBER VALUE AMOUNT V V SOLE SHRD NONE
ACXIOM CORP
COM 005125109 $208 6,693 X 01 6,693
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTS
COM 01167P101 $4,144 812,453 X 01 812,453
AVANT IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS INC
COM 053491106 $4,353 410,767 X 01 410,767
BIOSITE DIAGNOSTICS INC
COM 090945106 $134 3,428 X 01 3,428
BIOTRANSPLANT INC
COM 09066Y107 $1,908 160,310 X 01 160,310
CABLETRON SYS INC
COM 126920107 $14 477 X 01 477
CYPRESS BIOSCIENCES INC
COM 232674101 $56 33,598 X 01 33,598
DIVERSA CORPORATION
COM 255064107 $9,102 343,978 X 01 343,978
GERON CORP
COM 374163103 $962 34,589 X 01 34,589
HARTFORD FINL SVCS GROUP INC
COM 416515104 $3,180 43,780 X 01 43,780
HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES INC
COM 444903108 $33,673 396,650 X 01 396,650
LIGHTBRIDGE INC
COM 532226107 $2,126 186,611 X 01 186,611
NABI INC
COM 628716102 $108 15,798 X 01 15,798
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC
CL A 65332V103 $4,618 100,264 X 01 100,264
PARADYNE NETWORKS INC
COM 69911G107 $251 47,635 X 01 47,635
PEERLESS SYS CORP
COM 705536100 $32 21,123 X 01 21,123
PSS WORLD MED INC
COM 69366A100 $8 2,260 X 01 2,260
ROWECOM INC
COM 77957X108 $219 60,650 X 01 60,650
Report total for Market $65,096
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