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BlackRock Advisors and Vanguard Group, the two biggest funds by assets under management, rarely vote for shareholder proposals on diversity topics.

«They are going to be our biggest funders by design, in the taxes they pay to grow.»

Not exact matches

The world's biggest solar project is going to get underway in Saudi Arabia, according a plan whipped up by the country's sovereign wealth fund and the Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank.

Lacavera's fund will focus on Series A investments, the term given to the capital raise that follows an initial seed round, and will help bridge the funding gap in Canada by being faster, more flexible and willing to take on bigger risks.

A big investment in Aramco by China's sovereign wealth fund has long been rumored, but never confirmed by the Saudis.

Insiders believe a slew of big - money exits will strengthen the scene by funding new tech entrepreneurship

In addition to catapulting EverFi into the ed tech big leagues, the fundraising round marks the debut deal for lead investor Rise, a newly established social impact investing fund managed by TPG Growth, a private equity firm that has also backed Internet hotshots like Uber and Airbnb.

The hedge fund famously profited during the financial crisis by investing in risky mortgage securities known as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) while also shorting them, a maneuver highlighted in Michael Lewis's book «The Big Short.»

And a Glass funding consortium created by Google Ventures and two of Silicon Valley's biggest venture capitalists, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Andreessen Horowitz, quietly deleted its website, routing users to the main Glass site.

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Pilbara Minerals has announced the biggest capital raising by a Western Australian company for 2016, which it will use to fund development of its Pilgangoora lithium project, while also announcing it will put its new Tabba Tabba plant on ice.

The biggest name in the latest batch of compatible products is the Oculus Rift, the Kickstarter - funded virtual reality headset whose creator was bought by Facebook for $ 2 billion.

BRUSSELS, May 2 - The European Commission proposed a bigger new multi-year budget on Wednesday that will trigger battles among member states over how to fill the funding gap left by Britain's exit next year.

BRUSSELS, May 2 - The European Commission met on Wednesday to agree proposals for a bigger new multi-year budget that will trigger battles among member states over how to fill the funding gap left by Britain's exit next year.

Again, you'll be limited by the fund choices in your new employer's plan, so look into them before you roll over a big balance.

He built Bridgewater Associates into the world's biggest hedge fund by encouraging radical transparency and organizational dissent.

Poor performance and high fees drove money out of the money managers» funds by about $ 70 billion last year, the biggest drop since 2009, according to data tracker HFR.

«I think this [crypto] is going to be the biggest bubble of our lifetimes by a long shot,» the former Fortress hedge fund manager said at a CoinDesk bitcoin conference.

NEW YORK, April 5 - Thirteen big mutual fund firms, including BlackRock, T Rowe Price and Vanguard, will soon give retail investors a new tool to assess whether they are getting their money's worth for the higher fees often charged by actively managed stock funds.

Japan's SoftBank has signed a non-binding agreement with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to build «by far the biggest solar project ever.»

CNBC recently sat down with three global venture capitalists who shared the biggest mistake done by entrepreneurs seeking funding.

WESTERN Australia's relationship with China, infrastructure and a state sovereign wealth fund were among the big - picture topics addressed by Premier Colin Barnett at last week's WA Business News Success & Leadership Series Breakfast.

Hedge funds run by billionaires Carl Icahn and John Paulson reaped the biggest profits the day Donald Trump was officially declared the winner of the presidential election.

J. P. Morgan projected $ 1 billion in potential revenue gains by combining Bear's businesses into itself, including a big boost from prime brokerage, the hedge fund trading and financing business that Bear once dominated.

A major investment by Stanford University in StartX places it ahead of other university accelerator programs — but the free - flowing funds also renew questions about a school's role in incubating the next big thing.

This March, we're marking our third year by setting our sights on a bigger goal: BlueVine is on track to fund half a billion dollars in 2017.

The CPPIB, one of Canada's biggest pension funds, invests money not currently needed by the Canada Pension Plan to pay benefits.

Data Elite wants to fill a need for big data startups that aren't satisfied by generic startup incubators and investment funds.

Other universities are watching carefully and will likely follow Stanford's lead, says Chris Lesmes, former director of the Big Red Venture Fund, a student - run $ 2 million investment fund targeting startups at Cornell University and financed by alumni, not the schFund, a student - run $ 2 million investment fund targeting startups at Cornell University and financed by alumni, not the schfund targeting startups at Cornell University and financed by alumni, not the school.

Under Republican Gov. Rick Perry, Texas has actively chased economic - development projects, closing deals by writing big checks from the Texas Enterprise Fund, a special pot doled out largely at the governor's discretion.

The big winner from the changes is SMF Funds Management, which won a tender to take the master trust clients no longer wanted by Mellon.

Others spend big bucks to pull off elaborate multi-day affairs, such as the planned three - day New York celebration for 83 - year old billionaire investor George Soros starting Friday that will be attended by more than 500 guests, including hedge fund titans and prominent political leaders.

Again, based on figures compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics from congressional disclosures, the three biggest recipients of Pfizer funding in 2014, the latest year for which complete figures are available, were Joseph Crowley (D - NY), Corey Booker (D - NJ), and outgoing Speaker John Boehner (R - OH).

The «students» tend to be scientists and academics who are working on big science challenges — hairy problems in biotech and pure technology — funded by the NSF.

BIG AI DEAL: Element AI, a Montreal - based artificial intelligence startup, has raised $ 102 million ($ 137.5 M Canadian) in Series A funding led by DCVC with participation from BDC, Fidelity Investments, Hanwha, Intel Capital, Microsoft Ventures, National Bank of Canada, Nvidia, Real Ventures, Tencent, and multiple sovereign wealth funds.

He's also the winner of the inaugural Breakthrough Junior Challenge, funded in part by a grant from Zuckerberg, which asks young people between the ages of 13 and 18 to create short videos that communicate big ideas in life sciences, physics and math.

Bond funds saw outflows of $ 14.1 billion during the week ended February 14, the fifth - biggest redemption on record, according to data compiled by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Maverick Capital, the $ 10.5 billion hedge fund run by Lee Ainslie, is betting big against the smartphone market.

CalPERS already has moved to lower its risk of big investment downturns last year by pulling out its entire $ 4 billion investment in 24 hedge funds and a half - dozen hedge funds of funds.

We've had a three - year bear market where virtually everything lost money, followed by a stupendous year where virtually everything made money, topped off by the biggest regulatory scandal in the $ 7 trillion fund industry's history.

By 2010, the typical VC fund was a big money - loser, generating an internal rate of return of -5.2 %.

The US saw the biggest increase in private equity transactions with a 52 percent rise in deals led by buyout funds, accounting for a total of $ 46.4 billion so far this year.

But even the tiny cars use software and sensors that is similar to the technology used by big tech companies and well - funded startups road - testing full - sized cars, he said.

But when it's time to scale you need to bring in a bigger firm that has global resources and relationships that can't be matched by smaller funds with less resources and staff.»

Democrats from coal - producing states, led by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, had delayed the Senate vote on the funding bill in a failed attempt to get a bigger extension of miners» healthcare benefits that expire at the end of this year.

The news is an encouraging milestone in an ongoing effort by JPMorgan Chase, the country's biggest bank, to steer more of its corporate philanthropy toward revitalizing inner cities — particularly in Detroit, where the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund is part of a $ 150 million, five - year commitment by the bank.

Small - caps aren't just shunned by the media and analysts, but also by the big investors like mutual funds.

GigaOm reported Snapchat is in the middle of closing a big round of funding led by Benchmark Capital, and our sources indicate it's raising over $ 10 million at a $ 70 million valuation.

Unlike the robo investing products offered by big names such as Schwab Intelligent Portfolios or Fidelity Go, Betterment doesn't own any of the funds it recommends.

There are large, well - funded firms like SoFi who are lowering interest rates for college graduates that are underserved by big banks and the government.