Abstract.Let R denote the class of functions f(z) = z + aiz2 Hthat are analytic in the unit disc E = {z: \z\ < 1} and satisfy the condition Re(/'(z) + zf"(z)) > 0 > z e E. It is known that R is a subclass of S¡, the class of univalent starlike functions in E . In the present paper, among other things, we prove (i) for every n > 1 , the nth partial sum of / € R, sn(z,f), is univalent in E , (ii) R is closed with respect to Hadamard convolution, and (iii) the Hadamard convolution of any two members of R is a convex function in E.