From the outset it was clear the NSVF event would be different this year in that there would be more people of color, more talk about race, and more focus on
equity than in past years.
Not exact matches
Venture capital and private
equity investors have pumped billions of dollars into the Indian startup ecosystem over the
past few
years, producing more
than a dozen unicorns
in the process.
market conditions at times were significantly more favorable for generating positive performance, particularly
in our Corporate Private
Equity and Real Assets businesses,
than the market conditions we experienced
in the
past three
years and may continue to experience for the foreseeable future;
As the article chart below shows, McKinsey is forecasting that the average annual
equity returns over the next 20
years will be between 1.5 and 4.0 percentage points lower
than they were
in the
past 30
years.
US - based companies bought 44 % of that
equity, valued at $ 131.2 billion — more
than they have acquired
in Europe
in any nine - month period over the
past five
years.
In fact the lack of huge fund flows into equities over the past few years is one of the reasons I'm less pessimistic than many about stock markets, even to some extent in the US which looks by far the priciest marke
In fact the lack of huge fund flows into
equities over the
past few
years is one of the reasons I'm less pessimistic
than many about stock markets, even to some extent
in the US which looks by far the priciest marke
in the US which looks by far the priciest market.
The
past several
years have featured little more
than a gigantic asset swap, the short description being that massive volumes of government debt have been swapped by central banks for massive volumes of idle bank reserves, while massive volumes of low - yielding, covenant - lite debt have been issued into the hands of yield - seeking investors,
in order to retire massive volumes of corporate
equities at elevated valuations through buybacks.
 The Harper government's decision last
year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all into last
year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded
in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from
past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse
than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion
in «surprising good news» for Ottawa
in the
years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the public
equity share).
It's no surprise then that so called «fintech» startups have emerged as one of the hottest and most innovative technology sub-sectors, with financial technology firms securing more
than $ 23 billion
in venture capital and growth
equity over the
past five
year.
After all, more
than 92 % of Canadian
equity mutual funds have lagged the market over the
past five
years, largely because Canada has some of the highest fund fees
in the world.
I am not surprised that it worked out well for you because the last 4
years have been extremely good for
equities (you may want to research your holdings because the average returns for Canadian
equities in the
past 4
years is more
than 20 % and you seem to indicate that you averaged 12 %).
At that level,
past 10 -
year returns
in the
equity markets have been less
than 1 %, and
in the short - to - intermediate run, quite poor.)
The UK's leading law firms have struggled to match significant hikes
in revenue with similar profitability increases during the
past five
years, with Legal Week research showing that 30 % of the UK top 50 have lower profits per
equity partner (PEP) now
than they did
in 2011 - 12.
A
year after posting declines
in both revenue and profits, Baker & McKenzie more
than regained lost ground this
past financial
year, reporting an 8 % increase
in firm revenues and a 13 % surge
in profits per
equity partner.
The platform is based on an existing home
equity marketplace, founded by the CEO of LAToken, that has facilitated 12,000 mortgage offers and more
than 1,000 deals for 7 banks and 25 investors
in the
past year.
The platform is based on an existing home
equity marketplace, founded by Valentin Preobrazhenskiy CEO of LAToken, that has facilitated 12,000 mortgage offers and more
than 1,000 deals for 7 banks and 25 investors
in the
past year.
More
than 14 million renters live
in single - family homes
in the U.S., but over the
past year the sector has received much more attention from private -
equity funds and other institutional investors looking to build large pools of rental homes by purchasing foreclosures and other distressed properties at fire - sale prices.
Is expecting a solid cash flow return long term investing
in a questionable / declining «emerging» pocket
in any of the known TK CF cities more speculation
than investing
in a city like SF that has returned 557 %
equity (sfr) and as much as 1000 % rent increases
past 30
years.