Sentences with phrase «by investing some public»

Education is the key to successful, widespread adoption of these funds by the investing public.

Over and over, there have been warnings about the importance of sustaining a vigorous scientific and technological enterprise, in part by invigorating science education and also by investing some public wealth exploring the edges of knowledge.

As the number of cryptocurrencies continues to rise, a platform that enables efficient trading will be viewed more favorably by the investing public.

Not exact matches

NBCU invested $ 200 million in Vox in 2015, one of a flurry of investments into digital companies by the Comcast (cmcsa) unit, which has put $ 400 million into BuzzFeed and most recently invested $ 500 million as part of Snap Inc's initial public offering last week.

Investors would get a (then) 35 % tax credit on money invested in a portfolio of startups managed by his firm, GrowthWorks Capital (now part of Matrix, a public holding company he created to bring together different divisions of his empire, including venture capital and mutual funds).

By shifting the risks away from banks and to asset managers, Gross argues that the risk of herd behavior that causes a liquidity event in markets has been shifted away from the professional investing class and to a more amateur, less - informed, skittish class of investor: the public.

On Monday, just hours before a scheduled press event about GE's move, the industrial giant pledged to invest $ 25 million in the city's underfunded public school system by creating a career lab and other resources.

Despite the crisis, more and more companies have invested in Sant Cugat, attracted by talent, infrastructure network, public support, and a high - tech innovative ecosystem.

Since then, not much has been explained by the company to the investing public about what exactly happened, and shareholders may never get a clear answer — or their money.

In addition to Munn, Chef's Cut is backed by CAVU Venture Partners, a firm that invests in food, beverage and consumer packaged goods companies, as well as public figures including baseball player David Ortiz and footballers Von Miller and Earl Thomas.

And I've spent over 300 hours with Motif Investing, who during this time raised a Series E round led by Renren of China, a company I ironically helped take public years ago.

«By allowing investors and their financial advisers to efficiently learn about our REITs and invest directly, there is less cost involved in raising equity capital than there would be through more traditional public distribution formats,» said Amy Tait, chairman, CEO and co-founder of Broadstone, in a statement.

The other worry in these stories seems to be that these investors are somehow doing the wrong thing, straying outside of their proper category, by investing in private rather than public companies.

Unlike investing in public stocks, by backing startups which are addressing big problems, you can make a real difference.

The fund under normal circumstances invests in at least 65 % of its total assets in a diversified portfolio of fixed income instruments of varying maturities, including bonds issued by both U.S. and non-U.S. public - or private - sector entities.

Is it a story of public companies that are so battered by market demands for buybacks that they can't invest in really cool research like self - driving cars, leaving the market open to private companies who can?

Founded in 2005 by Zhang Lei, this $ 15 billion fund house invests in both public market and private firms and is particularly known for backing Chinese startups, especially internet firms in the country.

A new survey by Shenzhen Stock Exchange reveals that most Chinese investors, who expect the government to roll back some of its rules on initial public offerings (IPOs) for tech companies, want to be able to invest in domestic companies» IPOs.

WallStreetOnParade.com is a public interest web site operated by Russ and Pam Martens to help the investing public better understand systemic corruption on Wall Street.

Once its Regulation A + offering has been qualified by the SEC, the offering will be made available to the general public to invest in True Leaf.

We found that only 20 of our funds outperformed the markets by the 3 % to 5 % annually that we expect to compensate us for the fees and illiquidity we incur by investing in private rather than public equity.

There is huge interest by the public and there are more areas in which the public can invest, even in bitcoin, so you could just see an expansion in the entire space,» Nerayoff told CNBC on Monday.

For example, the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification began over 50 years ago in response to increased interest by the public in investing, and a growing recognition that advisors should have the expertise that met the need for sound financial advice.

Investing for impact in public equities can include divesting from companies considered harmful to the environment, as embodied by 350.org's fossil fuel divestment campaign.

Housing affordability topped the list, identified by 40 per cent of respondents, followed closely by the need to invest in public transit as well as broader transportation infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and highways.

Veris Wealth Partners produced the Women, Wealth & Impact report to demonstrate that «better companies are created by shifting the flow of wealth and power to women, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public investing across fixed income and public equities.

Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»

This week's in the loop includes stories about WeWork possibly going public, a new coworking market report by Instant Group, and Canada governments invests on coworking spaces.

Rather than follow a disastrous road taken by some of her predecessors, and slash funding to government services while the price of oil is low, the NDP government is taking an opportunity to invest in much needed public infrastructure when the economy is slow and the price is right.

• Creating cleaner transportation options — by investing in public transit infrastructure, improving our fuel efficiency and transitioning to low - carbon options like electric vehicles;

While we typically invest 65 - 75 % of our funds of funds portfolios in early stage venture capital, we inevitably have exposure to the public markets through venture - backed companies that have gone public and late stage companies which are marked to public comparables by our underlying fund managers.

If anything, the first few weeks of the year have served as a valuable reminder that investing in public markets is inherently volatile and that our main defense against that volatility is to diversify our risk exposures by owning a variety of asset classes and risk factors.

Global bond funds invest in a wide variety of bonds issued by various public and private entities around the world, including sovereign governments, international agencies, state and local authorities, and private corporations.

StartEngine aims to revolutionize the startup business model by helping individuals invest in private companies on a public platform, now viable for the first time in history, thereby helping entrepreneurs achieve their dreams.

«The majority of venture capital (VC) comes from professionally - managed public or private firms who seek a high rate of return by (typically) investing in promising startup or young businesses that have a high potential for growth but are also high risk.»

The Sports Investing Index is based on our Square Play Betting System, which focuses on maximizing contrarian value in the sports betting marketplace by highlighting the day's most lopsided games, in terms of the Public Betting Percentages.

In addition, SportsInsights» researchers have shown that «anti-public» sports investing systems can be aided by keying in on games with a lot of public interest (such as games involving nationally - ranked teams, nationally - televised games, big rivalries or popular teams, or games with a large number of bets).

B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between «good companies» and just good marketing; 2) accelerating the growth of the impact investing asset class through use of B Lab's GIIRS impact rating system by institutional investors; and 3) promoting supportive public policies, including creation of a new corporate form and tax, procurement, and investment incentives for sustainable business.

It's an important factor to bear in mind for developers who will often have invested many hundreds of thousands of pounds on their plans even before they are ultimately determined by a dozen people in a public chamber.

It must be said however, that absolute public debt is incurred by investing in public infrastructure where there are no financial returns.

The budget legislation keeps taxes flat, increases public education spending by $ 1 million, raises college tuition assistance and invests $ 2.5 billion in upgrades for the state's aging water infrastructure.

In this area in particular, the government needs to take a lead by investing in anchored public infrastructure as a commitment and a coordination device.

A bill expanding the share of New York public pension funds that can be invested in complex, high - risk alternative assets such as private equity and hedge funds has been vetoed by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

He estimates the return for every dollar invested into the organizations by private or public sources generates more than ten dollars for the local economy.

Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause / NY, noted that «Hydraulic fracturing has been one of the most polarizing issues in recent history, with no shortage of political money invested by pro-fracking interests to achieve a favorable outcome... New York State needs comprehensive campaign finance and lobbying reform to assure New Yorkers that public policy is based on their interest, not the special interests.»

The final bill also requires that, by June 30, 2016, the Empire State Development Corp. (ESDC) submit a report «detailing: (a) the total amount of public funds committed by this program annually; (b) total amount of private funds committed annually and, if applicable, the amount of such funds that has been invested by such parties; (c) the location of each area receiving investments under this program and the goals for each such area; (d) planned future investments by both public and private parties; and (e) such other information as the corporation deems necessary.»

Unite has urged the government to invest the economy to good health through housing and infrastructure projects and by compelling the banks to use the # 350 billion of public money they are hoarding to support businesses in need.

The budget largely keeps taxes flat, increases public education spending by $ 1 million, raises college tuition assistance and invests $ 2.5 billion in upgrades for the state's aging water infrastructure.

Yes, the pro-charter group StudentsFirstNY praised the budget: «New York made history by investing in... charter schools in a manner that will dramatically assist in educating public school children.»

Among Citizens Union's proposals are: independent budgeting for JCOPE; investing in database resources and information technology; an open process of personnel selection; making internal workings public and transparent; improving the process of financial disclosure reporting by coordinating with different agencies; reducing response time to complaints; and improved guidance of grassroots lobbying to ensure ethics compliance.