Sentences with phrase «equity works as»

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«However, I would like it on the record — as an expert who has thought about these issues nearly every working hour over the last four years — that I'm convinced that without the SPV and 12g fixes, retail investors will be heavily disadvantaged as compared to accredited investors and equity crowdfunding will ultimately be seen as a failure.

Stengel is joined on stage by Doug Ellenoff, a corporate and securities attorney with a specialty in business transactions and corporate financing who has been actively involved in working with federal government agencies as the rules are being rewritten, and Pelli Wang (on the right end of the couch), the venture director at SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform and early - stage VC fund.

Michelle Shemilt quit her job as an equity trader to launch a line of high - tech anti-sweat undershirts designed to work with businesswear

In 1988, Steve joined Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (formerly Kleinwort Benson Securities) and worked as an equity option marketmaker before moving on to Credit Lyonnais where he became Head of the London option market - making team on Liffe.

As a result, he says, the client is often willing to offer more in equity than the equivalent in cash «because the [designer's] motivation and the quality of the work could be better.»

«Sarah's taking advantage of a unique confluence of events, building the relationships that start - ups today need to grow as fast as they can,» says Kevin Armitage, senior vice-president at FAC / Equities, the investment - banking division of First Albany Corp., which has worked with Gerdes during the past few years.

Stefan Quenneville joined Stanton in 2009 as a senior equity analyst to work on the O'Leary family of funds.

Secondly, major producers such as Apache Corp., EOG Resources, EnCana and Shell are working on developing export capacity independently of Asian equity partners.

Third, the company could «go private» with a private equity company such as Bain, Carlyle or KKR and «go off the market for two years» in order to integrate Overstock's blockchain work with the retail arm.

«In soliciting investments in the Fake Funds, CASPERSEN made the following false representations to investors, among others: in recognition for his prior work with Park Hill Group, CASPERSEN had been offered a «friends and family» investment allocation in a security that was allegedly offered by a private equity firm; CASPERSEN was personally investing in the security, and offering it to his family and a limited number of friends; the investment was a credit facility secured by a portfolio of assets owned by one of the Legitimate Funds; the investor would receive quarterly interest payments, ranging from 15 to 20 percent; the investment was practically risk - free, as the loaned funds would remain in a bank account; the investor could withdraw the principal at any time with 90 days» notice; and investor funds should be wired to one of the Fake Fund Accounts.

All told, losses in Berkshire Hathaway's equity holdings could reach nearly $ 7 billion, which on a portfolio of $ 128 billion as of March 31, works out to a loss of about 5.4 %.

In the U.S., he said, housing will «always remain as a primary playbook for stimulating the U.S. economy» and «homeowners will continue to believe that increased home equity is a faster highway to creating wealth than accumulating wealth by working for a living.»

Sutherland, a decisive and confident Rotman MBA grad who previously worked in institutional equities in Los Angeles, wouldn't normally struggle to pick out something as simple as a baby outfit.

Before joining private equity firm Capital Advisors as an executive vice president, she had worked at a couple of tech companies — including as CFO of General Magic, a spin - off from Apple (AAPL) that closed in 2002 — and in all of those positions her job was to obsess over quarterly results, meeting demands of investors.

Before co-founding the Los Angeles - based ProAmerica Bank, where she worked with small businesses, she co-founded Fortius Holdings, a private - equity fund, where she served as president.

«The equity dollar buys less than it did five years ago,» says Ross, who now works on twice as many recapitalizations as he did back then.

The bank looks set to finish the third quarter ranked as the No. 1 bank in the world for revenues from equity capital markets work, according to Dealogic.

As O'Malley says: «Even if the business doesn't work out, founders can still profit from their equity or, at a minimum, end up with a coveted job at a Facebook or a Groupon due to the rise of the acqui hire.»

The decline is steeper still for those working in certain business lines, such as credit, rates and cash equities.

While Google's arsenal of perks — which includes everything from «stock equity,» to «free 24/7 gym access,» «aaaaaamazing holiday parties,» and «mini-kitchens, snacks, drinks, free breakfast / lunch / dinner, all day, errr «day» — are notoriously cushy, the company wins real points with employees for attracting «the best talent and best people to work with in the world» as well as providing abundant «opportunities for career growth, and tons of career development resources.»

It didn't work, as Chinese equity markets continued their descent on Monday, fueling worry because it is unclear how much of the country's bull market was funded by individuals borrowing to buy stocks.

Prior to this role he was an editor at Yahoo Finance, worked as an equity analyst at hedge funds and as an investment analyst at a fund of funds.

Previously, she worked on improving educational equity at organizations such as NewSchools Venture Fund, where she raised funds to support early - stage education entrepreneurs.

A $ 5M equity investment in the company will purchase a 30 % ownership interest, or a mix of debt secured by the real property and equity will work as well.

Rent a suite in the basement to pay the mortgage, keep working up the ladder every 10 years as your equity increases, don't worry too much about paying the mortgage off, and never be out of the market.

She and her husband, who worked at Starbucks for 15 years, used Bean Stock, a program that gives partners company stock as equity, to help buy a three - bedroom house when they moved from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas in 2006.

I plan: 5 % — swing for the fences 10 % — save for big blue chip bargain buys that pop up throughout the year 10 % — VNQ, other than our primary residence, I have no exposure to RE, so this should help with that 15 % — VXUS, international index exposure 60 % — VTI, total stock market index (as I get older, I will be also adding BND or a bond fund, but at 32, I'm working on building equities!)

Prior to joining ValueAct Capital in January 2011, Mr. Hale was a Principal with The Parthenon Group, working in both the Boston and Mumbai offices of Parthenon's strategic consulting practice, as well as in an investment role at Parthenon's long - short public equity vehicle, Strategic Value Capital.

Previously he worked as a senior reporter for Dow Jones & Co., covering venture capital and private equity investment from New York and Shanghai.

During his time at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Murti worked as a sell - side equity research analyst covering the energy sector.

He also said his work at BlackBerry will «have nothing to do» with his role at private equity firm Silver Lake, where he serves as a senior adviser.

Under the Bonus Plan, our compensation committee, in its sole discretion, determines the performance goals applicable to awards, which goals may include, without limitation: attainment of research and development milestones, sales bookings, business divestitures and acquisitions, cash flow, cash position, earnings (which may include any calculation of earnings, including but not limited to earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and net earnings), earnings per share, net income, net profit, net sales, operating cash flow, operating expenses, operating income, operating margin, overhead or other expense reduction, product defect measures, product release timelines, productivity, profit, return on assets, return on capital, return on equity, return on investment, return on sales, revenue, revenue growth, sales results, sales growth, stock price, time to market, total stockholder return, working capital, and individual objectives such as MBOs, peer reviews, or other subjective or objective criteria.

Prior to Intuit, Gus worked at Horsley Bridge Partners, a private equity fund - of - funds, as an Analyst.

What are the benefits of working with a group likeCarrick Capital Partners / have there been any changes to the company as a result of working with a private equity partner?

Jaime also worked as the controller at Geolo Capital, a private equity firm and prior to that, he was the controller at Sand Hill Capital, a venture debt fund that specializes in mezzanine financing.

Chris also worked as an investment banking analyst in the TMT group at Cowen and Company where he completed a number of M&A and equity transactions in the digital media and communications equipment sectors.

In fact, despite the added risks and work they entail, many see alternative investments as the perfect antidote to the anemic returns forecast for the broad - based equity and bond markets.

«We are wary of the current level of management turnover at LULU, as it could lead to instability at a time when the company is looking to drive its next leg of growth as it works toward its goal of becoming a $ 4B brand by 2020 (from ~ $ 2.6 B currently),» Randal Konik, an equity analyst at Jefferies, said.

She most recently worked at Peters & Co. Limited as an Equity Research Associate, specializing in Oil & Gas.

The Sunday Telegraph, which also cited a 6 billion pounds figure, cited sources as saying private equity firms Bain Capital, CVC and Clayton Dubilier and Rice have started working on offers for the «spreads» business, citing sources.

Templeton gave the company a strong portfolio of international equity funds as well as the expertise of emerging markets guru Dr. Mark Mobius, who, during his distinguished career, spent more than 40 years working in emerging markets all over the world.

According to a bio on Greylock's website, Humes started the firm in 1995 after working as a banker and trader for Lehman Brothers and Manufacturers Hanover, including stints swapping debt for equity in Latin America and restructuring government debt for the Philippines and Yugoslavia.

Private equity currently has plenty of dry powder — capital waiting to be put to work — as well as plenty of experience turning around ailing banks» strategy and operations.

Prior to joining Silversmith in 2015, Marc worked as a Vice President at JMI and as an Associate at Morgan Stanley Private Equity.

Before joining Thundelarra in April 2012, he spent 29 years working in both the equities markets as a mining research analyst specialising in the exploration and early producer segment; and also in the debt markets as a project financier and as a corporate banker servicing the financing, hedging and day - to - day transactional banking needs of Australian resource companies of all sizes.

Previously, Ken worked as an Associate Vice President in Bessemer Trust's Private Equity Funds Group in New York.

Juan Carlos has also worked extensively in private equity as it pertains to the energy sector and its supply chain.

We are very fortunate to work alongside innovative partners in private equity as well as seasoned management teams and entrepreneurs.»

After 4 years working as an Equity Derivatives broker, leading a stressful and often unhealthy lifestyle, I decided to pursue a career in health and fitness.

Per - Investment Carry: However, if you were to pay carry on an investment - by - investment basis — as is the case with many equity crowdfunding platforms — the math works out very differently.