Sentences with phrase «as federal investment»

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Federal employees such as Kushner are required to disclose artwork if it is held for investment purposes and is worth more than $ 1,000, according to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE).

They were brought in by the federal and most provincial governments for labour - backed VC funds in the 80s and early»90s, as a way to stimulate badly needed investment in technology.

Serge Pepin, the head of BMO Investments, says people should consider corporate or high - yield bonds — also known as junk bonds — which pay higher yields than federal issues.

«But, because the business is so highly regulated on a state level and the threat of federal as well as state prosecution for violation remains, potential investors will want to take a long, hard look at the operations and the people involved in any investment opportunity.»

If your adviser is an investment adviser and governed by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, the adviser serves as fiduciary to you and must put your interests above his own and act in your best interest.

It may seem auspicious, coming as it does while the federal government ponders approval of China National Offshore Oil Co.'s $ 15 - billion purchase of Calgary - based Nexen, but the new investment agreement with China that is soon to be ratified in Parliament was actually 18 years in the making.

It is not clear what percentage of metal held in Henry Bath was owned by JPMorgan's traders, but it was high enough to alarm the Federal Reserve and to make it difficult for JPMorgan to classify the asset as a strictly passive investment.

Cyber security software firm Tanium has raised $ 120 million from investment firms as more U.S. federal agencies rely on its technology to fend off attacks from nation - states and hackers, the company announced Wednesday.

If your advisor is an investment advisor and governed by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, the advisor serves as fiduciary to you and must put your interests above his own and act in your best interest.

Under those limits, often referred to as the Volcker Rule after former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, banks also are not supposed to make investments in certain riskier asset classes.

However, a budget deficit that takes the form of transfer payments to banks, as in the case of the post-September 2008 bank bailout, the Federal Reserve's $ 2 trillion in cash - for - trash financial swaps and the $ 700 billion QE2 credit creation by the Federal Reserve to lend to banks at 0.25 % interest in 2011, has a different effect from deficits that reflect social spending programs, Social Security and Medicare, public infrastructure investment or the purchase of other goods and services.

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

«Recent federal and state investigations and litigation have raised questions as to whether the investment in unconventional assets in retirement accounts may jeopardize these accounts» tax - favored status and place account owners» retirement savings at risk.»

After working with the Federal Government, Max began his career as an Investment Advisor providing wealth management advice to entrepreneurs, established families and institutional clients.

As was documented by The American Prospect in April, the Trump Organization has repeatedly benefited from federal funding; for example, Trump owns part of a low - income housing development in Brooklyn that has received numerous grants from HUD (and that the president once called «one of the best investments I ever made»).

In 2011, federal and state securities regulators warned investors of the potential risks associated with self - directed IRAs, saying they had noted an increase in complaints about fraudulent investment schemes that used these types of IRAs as a «key feature.»

Past achievements include building the case for deficit reduction in the 1980s and early 1990s, for consolidation of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans in the late 1990s, a series of shadow federal budgets and fiscal accountability reports in that began in the 2000s, and work on marginal effective tax rates on personal incomes and business investment, which has laid the foundation for such key changes as sales tax reform, elimination of capital taxes, and corporate income tax rate reductions.

Recent investments by TransLink, the provincial government and the federal government have led to completion of the Canada Line and construction of the new Evergreen Line, as well as a new SeaBus, 48 new Skytrain cars, new WestCoast Express Cars, and new buses.

Even as the Federal Reserve reduces its investments in mortgage - backed securities, there are good reasons to be bullish on these assets.

In 2016, the Far East Federal District's trade with China amounted to $ 6 billion, accounting for 25 percent of its foreign trade volumes.47 In a meeting with the vice premier of China's State Council, Putin stated that Chinese investment in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.50

Western allies press Trump to maintain nuclear deal with Iran: Reuters US intelligence monitors Iranian cargo shipments into Syria: CNN A trade war is a major risk for China's debt - ridden economy: CNBC Federal judge orders gov» t must accept new DACA immigration applications: WaPo Unification of Koreas still unlikely as leaders prepare to meet: Reuters US Consumer Confidence Index rebounded in April after March decline: CB New home sales in US increased to 4 - month high in March: MarketWatch Richmond Fed Mfg Index turns negative for first time since 2016: Bond Buyer S&P Case - Shiller Home Price Index surged in Feb, up 6.3 % y - o - y: CNBC Federal Housing Finance Agency: US house prices continued to rise in Feb: HW Corp bonds with lowest investment - grade rating look vulnerable: Bloomberg 10 - year Treasury yield reaches 3.0 % for first time since 2014: CNN Money

You may make initial or subsequent investments by wiring federal funds to State Street, as Transfer Agent, by:

The initial $ 220 million investment in the fiber optic system was funded, in part, by a $ 111.6 million federal grant provided as part of the federal stimulus program in 2010 designed to spur jobs and the development of a smarter electric grid.

To Purchase by wire You may make initial or subsequent investments by wiring federal funds to State Street, as Transfer Agent by:

With GrowthWorks as lead investor, gShift is eligible for and will receive an additional $ 500,000 in investment from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).

John Grazioli is still registered as an investment adviser with the department and the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, according to the department and SEC records.

National and regional banks and credit unions such as Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, PNC Financial Services Group and Navy Federal Credit Union offer specific loans for investment real estate.

As Canada strives to fulfill its obligations under the Paris Agreement, the 2017 federal budget outlined plans to double investments in clean energy innovation by 2020, with $ 2.2 billion earmarked to support cleantech R&D, commercialization and adoption.

In 2013, the Twitterati helped nudge Bitcoin into the public consciousness as both a controversial new investment and a punchline; kept investors informed as the Nasdaq suffered an unprecedented, hours - long meltdown; and posted live updates as legislators failed to reach a spending deal and shut down the federal government for 16 days.

I don't think that shift will stop since it's the product of market forces as much any governmental policy (though federal tax policy has surely helped spur renewable energy investments).

The sole investment available is a new Treasury security that earns the same interest rate as the government bond fund available to federal employees.

Based on these assumptions, we estimate the amount we expect to indefinitely invest outside the U.S. and the amounts we expect to distribute to the U.S. and provide for the U.S. federal taxes due on amounts expected to be distributed to the U.S. Further, as a result of certain employment actions and capital investments we have undertaken, income from manufacturing activities in certain jurisdictions is subject to reduced tax rates and, in some cases, is wholly exempt from taxes for fiscal years through 2024.

It does not discuss all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to particular holders in light of their particular circumstances or to holders subject to special rules under the Code (including, but not limited to, insurance companies, tax - exempt organizations, financial institutions, broker - dealers, partners in partnerships (or entities or arrangements treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that hold HP Co. common stock, pass - through entities (or investors therein), traders in securities who elect to apply a mark - to - market method of accounting, stockholders who hold HP Co. common stock as part of a «hedge,» «straddle,» «conversion,» «synthetic security,» «integrated investment» or «constructive sale transaction,» individuals who receive HP Co. or Hewlett Packard Enterprise common stock upon the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation, holders who are liable for the alternative minimum tax or any holders who actually or constructively own 5 % or more of HP Co. common stock).

[Update 3: As Frances Woolley points out below, that graph shows combined (federal + provincial + municipal) government investment spending.

GLPI elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust («REIT») for United States federal income tax purposes commencing with the 2014 taxable year.

John LaPann, brings more than 30 years of high - level investment and planning experience to his role as Chairman at Pathstone Federal Street.

The investment banking firm foresees prices dropping to $ 1,000 in 12 months as the Federal Reserve maintains a quiet quantitative easing program.

It is true GM may be protected by the federal government in the end, and it may be a good investment in the end, but the industry is as competitive as I've ever seen.

We strongly encourage the federal government to reconsider the current limitation on charities that prevents them from investing as passive investors and not business owners in a widely offered and accepted investment asset class of Limited Partnerships.»

Bank of America Merrill Lynch raised a total of $ 2.6 billion in investment banking fees in the US last year, when it benefited from a boom in junk bond underwriting as corporate issuers rushed to take advantage of low rates ahead of the Federal Reserve's plans to withdraw stimulus measures.

Blum has more than 20 years» experience in investments and research, including working with individual clients as a trust portfolio manager and as a bank examiner with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Second, there needs to be some mechanism, such as the cost - shared financing programs established by Tom Kent and Lester Pearson with the support of Tommy Douglas, to guarantee on - going federal investment conditional on provincial obedience to national principles around minimum standards.

There is $ 2.7 trillion in money market funds alone, plus another $ 9.1 trillion in bank deposits, like checking accounts and certificate of deposits (CDs)(source: Investment Company Institute (ICI) and Federal Reserve (Fed), as of 10/16/2017).

Part of munis» appeal as an investment is that they are tax - free at the federal level and often the state and local levels.

Prior to the felony counts there was a $ 13 billion settlement with the Justice Department and Federal and State regulators in 2013 for JPMorgan Chase's role in selling toxic mortgage investments to investors as worthwhile products when the bank had good reason to believe they would blow up.

In light of this finding, how can the federal government increase Canada's attractiveness as a destination for renewable energy investment?

(It took two separate federal investments of $ 2.1 billion in 1976 and $ 1.2 billion in 1980, as real stock prices continued falling, to keep Conrail on track.)

Investment to consider: The interest from municipal bonds is generally free from federal taxes and often state taxes as well, depending on your state or where you file — savings that may potentially translate into higher returns.

The fund seeks to provide investors with as high a level of income exempt from federal income taxes as is consistent with prudent investment management and the preservation of shareholders» capital.

NXRT intends to qualify and elect to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with its first taxable year of operations as a separate public company.