Sentences with phrase «as issues of equity»

«We're increasingly focusing on them as issues of equity and issues of voting rights — not just incompetence or mistakes that are made,» Mr. Kavanagh said.

The authors describe educating students to high levels of achievement as an issue of both equity and human capital: talented students deserve appropriate resources and attention, and the nation needs to develop these students» abilities to remain competitive in the international arena.

Not exact matches

The bigger issue, of course, is the barrier to entry for individual investors: Private equity firms typically have a minimum investment of $ 5 million or more, and at one point, the best firms were so popular, they were demanding as much as $ 250 million.

The most straightforward way to do the deal and what most people do is to issue the first investor 4 times more shares than the ultimate equity investor to adjust for the 4x discount in price (ie if I give you 4x the shares it's the same as though you paid 25 % of the price for the shares).

The form of investment is dependent on the company's relative maturity with seed stage investments typically structured as convertible notes while early stage companies issue preferred equity in exchange for investor funds.

One possible source of the equity premium (meaning shares are more expensive to issue than bonds) is a central bank as lender of last resort - even in the absence of taxes, bankruptcy, etc..

Conversely, equity is issued as stock in a company, representing a form of ownership with no defined maturity date.

Equity markets fell as investors shifted to the relative safety of bonds issued by the major countries — even though S&P had announced a downgrade of the US sovereign credit rating.

At the same time, what is counted as cash on the sidelines, whether in money market funds, or as tiny balances in equity funds, is nothing but a mountain of short - term debt securities, mostly Treasury bills, that have been issued and must be held by somebody until they are retired.

Nevertheless, select currency ETFs such as $ EUO or commodity ETFs like $ DZZ (both pointed out as potential pullback entries in the May 21 issue of our newsletter) could be nice plays because they have a low correlation to the direction of the overall equities markets.

Shareholders are also taking notice of issues related to socioeconomic and political equity, access and opportunity — such as public disclosure of corporate funding for political action committees (PACs), campaigns and lobbyists.

The fair value of our common stock has been determined in accordance with applicable elements of the practice aid issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Valuation of Privately Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensissued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Valuation of Privately Held Company Equity Securities Issued as CompensIssued as Compensation.

Written by NCEO founder Corey Rosen, this issue brief discusses as of mid-2016 the extent and growth of employee ownership; survey data on ESOPs and corporate governance as well as ESOPs and executive compensation; research on the effect of ESOPs on corporate performance; the 2012 shared capitalism study of Great Place to Work applicants; data on employee ownership and employee financial well - being; the NCEO's analysis of data on ESOPs and default rates; trends in broad - based equity compensation plans; equity compensation and corporate performance; the impact of ESOPs and other broad - based plans on unemployment; legislative and regulatory issues for employee ownership; and international developments in broad - based plans.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

We also intend to register all shares of common stock that we may issue under our equity incentive plans, including 5,448,749 shares reserved for future issuance under our equity incentive plans as of May 15, 2010.

As noted, for ESOPs in closely held companies this is not an issue since, typically, the entire company is being sold to the employees, and managers and the exiting owner are not focused on the dilution of the majority shareholder since that shareholder desires to cash out its majority equity.

They use a long - run sentiment index derived from principal component analysis of six sentiment measures: trading volume as measured by NYSE turnover; the dividend premium; the closed - end fund discount; the number of and first - day returns on Initial Public Offerings; and, the equity share in new issues.

The shares related to the $ 580.0 million equity rights offering were issued and the fee payable to the commitment parties under the Backstop Commitment Agreement was paid in new common stock as set forth in the plan of reorganization.

There are some non-financial issues with being in equities in late retirement — although there's a case to be made that staying on top of this helps retain intellectual facilities a bit if we look at Warren Buffet and his dreadful diet, looking at the state some people get into as they get older I'm not sure they should be licensed to drive an equity portfolio unless they can sit on their hands and let that nice Mr Vanguard sort out the rebalancing shenanigans...

The magazine cover most frequently held up as a useful instance of «contrary opinion» is the 8/13/79 Business Week issue titled «The Death of Equities.»

Initially the thought was that Home Equity Lines of Credit would no longer be deductible but the IRS recently issued guidance that as long as the line is used to buy, build or improve your home it remains deductible.

That's just one of the issues covered in our Legal Special 2018 as lawyers explore some of the areas likely to lead to litigation in the private equity process.

At issue is whether Lehman's crisis was merely a temporary «liquidity problem,» that time would have cleaned up much like BP's oil spill in the Gulf; or, did the firm suffer a more deep - seated «balance sheet problem» (negative equity), as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke claims — a junk balance sheet, composed of assets that not only had no buyers at the time, but had no visible likelihood of recovering their market price even after the $ 13 trillion the Treasury and Federal Reserve have spent to bail out Wall Street.

He has been wrong on many of the issues on which he has opined, not least his speech on home bias and his pleadings for U.S. homeowners to refinance their mortgages and use home equity as a piggy bank.

Shares — Issued as a part of Equity Financing.

Steven also addresses issues such as equity financing, founder compensation, stock option plan, debt transaction, SaaS agreements, terms of use, copyright, trademark and technology protection.

Our suite of over 900 equity and fixed income ESG Indexes designed to represent the performance of some of the most prevalent ESG strategies can be used to help institutional investors more effectively benchmark ESG investment performance, issue index - based investment products, as well as manage, measure and report on ESG mandates.

Media are being viewed instead as products and thus discussion is taking place in the realm of trade negotiations where issues of justice and equity are often ignored as irrelevant.

AC: Since kids eat lunch every day at school (whether it's packed for them at home or offered in a school cafeteria), I see it as a perfect opportunity to talk about the ways that their food is connected to their environment, their health, their community and issues of equity around the world.

Issues surrounding housing inequities in Buffalo were brought to light during a panel discussion at the WNED WBFO Studios Wednesday night, as part of WBFO's Racial Equity Project.

Christine Quinn pressed the issue of pay equity today in her new role as the face of the «Women's Equality Party».

Update: An additional source on Friday evening added that the situation remains fluid, and Cuomo will must convince the WFP's state committee he is firmly behind a variety of issues, including fully funding the Campaign of Fiscal Equity agreement as well as other measures such as decriminalizing certain amounts of marijuana and backing the women's agenda, a package of bills the governor first introduced in 2013.

We felt Governor Cuomo had shown a lack of true commitment to the issues outlined above and also to others of importance to women such as pay equity, reproductive health and human trafficking.

As with the academies programme, free schools were initially meant to address issues of equity and inclusion, and create quality provision in poorer areas where it may not already exist.

Instead, she will lead an effort between the American Federation of Teachers and the state AFL - CIO focused on issues such as wage equity, education opportunities and women in leadership roles.

And she noted that a colleague at her first city government job in 1987 made $ 5,000 more than her despite the fact that they were in the same divisions and had the same title because «he had family to take care of» — an experience that made her more conscious of pay equity issues as an elected official.

At the time, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election pursued a strategy of bolstering supporting from women by promoting a 10 - point agenda that included issues such as pay equity and bills aimed at curbing workplace and housing discrimination.

While Wasserman Schultz focused on an array of issues, from pay equity for women to raising the minimum wage, she spent a fair amount of time highlighting the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

It's easy to miss the scale of equity as an «issue,» because unlike assessment, curriculum, teacher pay, class sizes, educational technology, or any other persistently evergreen edu - choke point, equity never stops affecting.

His willingness to be vulnerable and to speak passionately and truthfully set an example for his classmates; Jimmy's class comments often moved us to a new and provocative space as we explored issues of equity and fairness.»

In San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, a Supreme Court case on equity of school finance, Justice Lewis F. Powell in 1973 cited the lack of judicially manageable standards as a reason for leaving the issue to elected bodies.

This year's conference, entitled «Educational Equity and Opportunity in Latin America,» will be held on April 15 and bring together members of the education community across Latin America to engage in conversation around such issues as...

In the equity - based litigation of the 1970s and 1980s, researchers investigated and courts intervened in deep - seated education - finance issues of public policy significance, such as school funding schemes that exacerbated existing socioeconomic disparities.

A: I've given top priority to issues of equity and access for many disadvantaged groups, such as the illiterate, youth from remote rural areas, minority groups, the disabled, and children of migrant workers.

The report, released late last week and quickly criticized by charter proponents as being skewed, a lso calls for more research and debate on issues of equity and access in charter schools.

As an experienced leader in education, Nathan actively mentors teachers and principals, and consults nationally and internationally on issues of educational reform, leadership and teaching with a commitment to equity, and the critical role of arts and creativity in schools.

Abstract: In the context of the ongoing review of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and their possible replacement by a new framework in 2015, it is important to highlight the issues of democracy, ecologically sustainability and socio - economic equity as being central to such a framework.

As the son of an educator and activists, El - Mekki had a strong desire to dive into a cause that would address issues relating to social justice, equity and educational opportunities.

Her work has implications for how to tease out important ideological differences unfolding across the charter sector, as it relates to privatization, equity, and issues of power and control of teaching and learning in largely segregated and underserved Black / African American and Latino / a communities.

Intercultural Education as Social Justice (2009, as published in Intercultural Education): this is an introduction to a special issue in which I argue that the root of interculturalism must be equity