Sentences with phrase «brand name of the fund»

One seasoned private equity lawyer savvily points out that PE is a people business and that fund performance depends less on the brand name of the fund family than on the specific people managing the fund.

Not exact matches

And while Sears Holdings CEO Eddie Lampert, a hedge fund manager who controls about half of its shares, has repeatedly said in recent years that he has been trying to transform the business into a retailer focused on members and less reliant on physical stores, the sales declines are only getting worse and suggest little customer attachment to the brand names.

Our picks Diageo PLC (NYSE: DEO) Vice Fund manager Gerry Sullivan likes this London - based alcohol business because it owns a host of brand - name beverages.

The startup Formspring.me was just four months old when it closed a $ 2.5 million angel round of funding last month from 10 name - brand investors, among them angel funds, individual entrepreneurs — even a venture capital firm.

These assets can be shares of stock in other corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, private equity funds, hedge funds, publicly traded stocks, bonds, real estate, song rights, brand names, patents, trademarks, copyrights, or virtually anything else that has value.

No doubt, it is a dismaying picture that confronts us: British company SCL Group, operating under the brand name Cambridge Analytica with the supervision of Steve Bannon, obtained data collected from Facebook by Cambridge University academic Alexandr Kogan, and used systems built by data scientist and whistleblower - to - be Chris Wylie to train its microtargeting algorithms to nudge scores of already - angry voters towards electing Donald Trump and leaving the European Union — a set of experiments largely bankrolled by US hedge - fund billionaire Robert Mercer, 90 % owner of Cambridge Analytica.

The company offers investment services to retail investors and pension funds under the brand names of Pimco and Allianz Global Investors.

Savvy Monevator readers might decide to hold the S&P 500 at 80 % weighting and 20 % in some cheap small cap ETF but the average person would be looking to big brand name active funds or passive funds, and those very likely choosing between Lynch or one of those rivals.

This conglomerate family is a group of funds marketed under similar brand names with the identical distributor.

The firm raised several more funds, and acquired companies with some of the best - known brand names, including Domino's Pizza and the Sealy mattress company.

Also at noon, Laura Curran, Democratic Candidate for Nassau County executive, will pledge to end the county practice of having signs and other taxpayer - funded resources branded with the county executive's name, Grant Park, 1625 Broadway, Hewlett.

No doubt, it is a dismaying picture that confronts us: British company SCL Group, operating under the brand name Cambridge Analytica with the supervision of Steve Bannon, obtained data collected from Facebook by Cambridge University academic Alexandr Kogan, and used systems built by data scientist and whistleblower - to - be Chris Wylie to train its microtargeting algorithms to nudge scores of already - angry voters towards electing Donald Trump and leaving the European Union — a set of experiments largely bankrolled by US hedge - fund billionaire Robert Mercer, 90 % owner of Cambridge Analytica.

While budgets often are concerned with the minutiae of state operations, Mr. Cuomo's plan singled out some name - brand, nationally known locales — the subways, for one — which the governor said the city must help pay to repair or suffer hundreds of millions in withheld funds.

Present local law fails to reasonably preclude — and could actually enable — county officers and employees from accepting an overabundance of questionable gifts, skirting campaign contribution limits through the use of the LLC loophole, abusing their offices and taxpayer funded items to freely self - promote their personal names and images (or «brand»), and awarding contracts to those vendors who unabashedly pay to play in county government.

There was Eckhaus Latta, which, for a few years has been calmly establishing itself as the new guard of American fashion; Vaquera, a label founded just four years ago that's following the footsteps of iconic New York art - meets - fashion brands like AsFour and Imitation of Christ (their vision blends clothing with the avant - garde, so it's not surprising they were named as finalists in this year's CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund); and Area, which was exciting and fun and glamorous all at the same time.

Changes in charter school regulations and funding formulas could make it more feasible for «brand name» networks of the independent public schools to expand, according to a paper commissioned by the Brookings Institution and discussed at an annual conference here last week.

It marks a rapid expansion for the REACH brand, with Reach4 named as one of five academy chains given a slice of # 5 million government funding last year to «drive up standards» in northern schools.

E.g by promoting both the publishers name and the editors name in ebook titles (and refuse to sell to stores where these are not equally as browsable attributes as author and title - unlike movies currently I only rarely know the editor / publisher of my favourite books) and redirect remaining marketing spend to fund fan / reader groups to gain «seed knowledge» to push recommendations as to who will like their new authors (ie feeding «if you liked the books of Charles Stross, why not try Richard Winslade's new opus» into amazon's recommendation engine, but with an eye to maximise the authors / editor / publishing houselong term brand appreciation rather than short term sales through erroneous linking only to top 10 authors).

I have found it really difficult to determine the expenses associated with the brand - name target - date fund in my current 401 (k)-- it's made up of mutual funds, so I realized I had to look at the weighted average of their expense ratios.

But here's the thing: The only aspect of these funds that is actually new is the catchy marketing name — and higher price — that some vendors have attached to their funds, as they brand them «smart beta.»

Many ETFs are lower cost as well, even for the similar mutual fund strategy with the same brand name, but this also varies a great deal and can depend upon which class of mutual fund shares in which you invest.

Also, if index funds really are the statistically best bet, why are there still thousands of brand - name mutual funds and hotshot traders out there?

This is one of the reasons why smaller mutual funds you've never heard of before are selected, and perform better than household name brands.

You should keep in mind that your familiarity with the brand name of a mutual fund or with the names of mutual fund companies does not mean a larger fund is «better» than a smaller one whose name you may not recognize.

In fact, because of the problem that investment portfolio performance could be worse for large and very large actively managed mutual funds, well known brand names might deliver worse performance over the long term.

«The fact of the matter is that despite rising stock markets and a positive global economic outlook, companies — including some of the biggest brands and household names — are severely struggling to fund their pension funds for a variety of reasons.

He made an interim order that NHS England fund the provision of the drug, sodium oxybate (brand name Xyrem), for a trial period of three months.

Formed in 2003, The Royal LePage Franchise Services Fund generates cash flow from franchise royalties and service fees derived from a national network of real estate brokers and agents in Canada operating under the Royal LePage, Johnston & Daniel, Trans - Action, and Realty World brand names.

Soper added that if the company acquires a brand, it will likely keep that brand name and change the name of the fund.