String and Today's Date in the Same Cell

[sjennings007]

I'm looking to combine today's date and a string in the same cell. This is what i've come up with:

="Gross Outstanding Positions ("&TODAY()&")"

The problem is that this gives today's date in a numerical value rather than in "short date" form like I want. If i format the cell as a date it doesn't change anything. Any ideas?

PS. Whatever the method, for what I'm doing it has to take place in on single cell.