Sentences with phrase «for big capital investments»

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Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya speaks with CNBC's Kelly Evans at the Sohn Conference about Box being his best investment idea for the year, as well as the growth of big data and consumers» privacy rights.

The biggest position, at 1.85 percent was for British firm Marshall Wace, followed by Pelham Capital at 1.7 percent and BlackRock Investment Management, at 1.69 percent.

Canadian startups are enjoying more and bigger venture capital deals (in the first quarter of 2016, venture capital investments reached $ 838 million, nearly double what they were for the same period the year before), but the VC community, lacking size and versatility, is not keeping pace with their funding needs.

Two years ago it was spending hundreds of millions of dollars on venture capital investments in food delivery, group buying, and house cleaning — not to bet on the next big thing, but to add users for its payment system.

Instead, structure the investment as convertible debt: a loan that gets swapped for equity in the next big round of financing, says David Cohen, a venture capital investor and CEO of TechStars, a Boulder, Colorado - based angel fund.

In venture capital, a «zombie» is a start - up that raises money but fails to attract a buyer or grow big enough to go public, leaving backers without hope for a return on their investment.

But it really isn't an apples - to - apples comparison, because the investment reports include monies disbursed by non-traditional sources like T. Rowe Price and Fidelity (i.e., big later - stage players), while the fundraising stats don't account for those capital pools (only traditional GP / LP venture structures).

In today's tighter price environment, Big Oil is in a renewed competitive position because there is competition for new capital investments, which means lower production taxes, much lower production costs, and easy access to resources.

In what is considered a first step for even bigger foreign direct investment to Sri Lanka, TPG Capital announced in August it would invest $ 113 million to buy a majority stake in Union Bank, a small distressed financial institution based in Colombo.

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Bill Child Chairman, R.C. Willey Home Furnishings (a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway) Topic: «How to Build a Business Warren Buffett Would Buy: The R.C. Willey Story» 9:40 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Robert Hagstrom Author and Portfolio Mgr, Legg Mason Growth Trust Topic: «Go Big: The Investment Case for US Multinationals» 10:50 a.m. — 11:50 p.m. Chuck Akre Managing Member and CEO Akre Capital Topic: «Finding Outstanding Investments» 11:50 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Networking Lunch - Executive Deli Sandwiches in the atrium Sponsored by Morningstar 12:50 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Pat Dorsey Author, Director of Research - Sanibel Captiva Trust Topic: «10 Years, 100 Analysts and 2,000 Stocks: Learning From Experience» 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Tom Russo Partner, Gardner Russo & Gardner Topic: «Global Value Equity Investing»

Investments in the later financing rounds for companies jumped to $ 4.2 billion in the first quarter, up 50 percent from a year ago, according to data from the National Venture Capital Association, making it the biggest quarter for such investments sinceInvestments in the later financing rounds for companies jumped to $ 4.2 billion in the first quarter, up 50 percent from a year ago, according to data from the National Venture Capital Association, making it the biggest quarter for such investments sinceinvestments since late 2000.

I'm not a big fan of capital punishment, but I have thought it would put a dent in the economist and investment advisor population, not to mention giving pause for thought to followers of Mr. Camping.

Another set of big - ticket Cuomo priorities was already baked into this week's budget «extender» bill: nearly $ 15 billion in capital appropriations for purposes ranging from basic infrastructure (highways, transit) to a $ 400 million second phase of Cuomo's Buffalo Billion initiative, a $ 700 million «community healthcare capital investment» in Brooklyn, and more 8 - figure allocations to the kind of «economic development» programs that have failed to rejuvenate Upstate.

By the way, most readers know that I am a big advocate of private capital - domestic and foreign, and I have consistently advanced positions in support of FDI, FPI, Concessions, PPPs, private investments in infrastructure, deregulation and liberalization, and other policies and strategies for improving investment in the Nigerian economy.

The proposal, for the final budget of Mr. de Blasio's first term, provided a blueprint of sorts for a potential second term with big - ticket investments — including an additional $ 1.9 billion in capital spending to create more apartments for some of the poorest New Yorkers — and long - term plans, like tens of millions of dollars to start a preschool program for 3 - year - olds in city public schools, and new spending on homeless shelters.

CHINA MONEY NETWORK - Feb 28 - China's biggest online dating platform Baihe.com plans to establish an investment fund with private equity firm JD Capital to invest in wedding service and wedding related companies to push for industry consolidation via mergers and acquisitions.

Previously a Board Director at Cleanslate Ltd, a development and property consulting company, Lara worked with many of the UK's biggest landowners, agents and developers; prior to that, as Managing Director at Navigant Consulting, Lara specialised in property deals and complex capital investment projects for government education capital programmes.

For the big picture, Mint focuses more on the day - to - day transactions and budgeting while Personal Capital focuses more on growing wealth and investments.

That is what gives an investment advisor who is willing to choose individual stocks, like we do at Hylland Capital Management, such a big advantage in portfolio construction for clients.

The big corporations and trading houses can afford the big capital and risks, but it is not the case with individual traders who are using their lifelong investments for trading.

Though these investments are for dividend income not capital gain, naturally I'd prefer my principal be preserved and I wouldn't squawk if I notched a big gain.

One of the big problems with trying to build in taxes is that they can be so complicated on investments: some can be deferred, some can't, and there are different tax rates for different investment income types (interest, dividends, capital gains).

Perhaps the biggest advantage for those looking for capital appreciation is the ability to easily reinvest the income your investment pays out.

The big difference with Buffett is how he structured his investments, using a public company for captive capital and the insurance business for its float.

If other investments have produced capital losses, however, you may want to sell low - basis shares to take a bigger profit for the losses to offset.

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Bill Child Chairman, R.C. Willey Home Furnishings (a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway) Topic: «How to Build a Business Warren Buffett Would Buy: The R.C. Willey Story» 9:40 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Robert Hagstrom Author and Portfolio Mgr, Legg Mason Growth Trust Topic: «Go Big: The Investment Case for US Multinationals» 10:50 a.m. — 11:50 p.m. Chuck Akre Managing Member and CEO Akre Capital Topic: «Finding Outstanding Investments» 11:50 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Networking Lunch - Executive Deli Sandwiches in the atrium Sponsored by Morningstar 12:50 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Pat Dorsey Author, Director of Research - Sanibel Captiva Trust Topic: «10 Years, 100 Analysts and 2,000 Stocks: Learning From Experience» 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Tom Russo Partner, Gardner Russo & Gardner Topic: «Global Value Equity Investing»

The underlying theme of the Core Satellite approach is to use the satellite portion to take bigger risks for growth with a smaller portion of the portfolio investment capital.

Now that you've confidently transferred your RRSPs tax - free, sold your investments with no risk of capital gains tax and are looking to reinvest, the next big concern I have for you, Kerry, is dividends.

«He then walked me through his stock investments and showed me the dividend returns he was getting, as well as the capital appreciation and even at that young age I could see that stocks offered the best potential for big gains over time.»

8th Annual Value Investor Conference Agenda - 2011 Tom Gayner President and CIO, Markel Corp Topic: Challenges in Investing Charles Brandes Founder and Chairman, Brandes Investment Partners, Author Topic: Value Investing Today Bill Child Chairman, R.C. Willey Home Furnishings (a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway) Topic: «How to Build a Business Warren Buffett Would Buy: The R.C. Willey Story» Robert Hagstrom Author and Portfolio Mgr, Legg Mason Growth Trust Topic: «Go Big: The Investment Case for US Multinationals» Chuck Akre Managing Member and CEO Akre Capital Topic: «Finding Outstanding Investments» Pat Dorsey Author, Director of Research - Sanibel Captiva Trust Topic: «10 Years, 100 Analysts and 2,000 Stocks: Learning From Experience» Tom Russo Partner, Gardner Russo & Gardner Topic: «Global Value Equity Investing» Robert Cialdini Professor and NYT Best Selling Author, Yes!

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Speakers and investors already confirmed for this year's GameHorizon Investment Summit include London Venture Partners, Initial Capital, Nintendo of Europe, SCEE XDev, Standfast Interactive, Pollen VC, MakieLab and Creative England — with more big names to be announced soon.

On the Alphabetization of Google from a venture capitalist: «The way I see it, Google is the cash cow that finances all the big bets Larry and Sergey are making inside Alphabet... For $ 445bn, you get $ 70bn of cash, Google, which does $ 70bn of revenue and produces $ 20bn of operating cash flow (probably more now that is it not going to burdened by all of these other investments), and all of these big bets, including Google Ventures and Google Capital, which are about the biggest investors in the VC sector right now.»

The struggles of financial institutions are raising fears that investment capital for big renewable energy projects is likely to get tighter.

Given uncertainties and expected price volatility, there is limited appetite for big capital expenditures in coal production except in China and India, where investment is linked to meeting large domestic needs.

a) It makes perfect sense to me for big banking to focus a majority of its investment capital on technology that will one day produce all of 5 % of the world's energy needs.

One of the biggest challenges still to be met on the investment front is gaining the government's approval for a bitcoin exchange - traded fund (ETF), which many observers believe will unleash a floodgate of investment capital.

Rather than parking capital in a small number of big - ticket investments, investors are looking for diversification by investing in several properties across various property types and regions.

Finding a niche Although the Real Estate Capital Markets Group does not have an office on Wall Street, Greco knows that the investment banking houses there are big competition for his Charlotte - based outfit.

Hersch Klaff, a one - time bidder for the Chicago Cubs, has partnered with some of the biggest names in the investment business - the Pritzker family, Cerberus Capital Management, Lubert - Adler, Sun Capital and Blackstone, to name a few.

The biggest challenge for cannabis real estate investors is finding capital to finance investments.

In many ways, the internet has helped new agents to level the playing field against entrenched agents and bigger brokerages because so much information is available to learn and leads available for anyone willing who is to put forth the time and effort with little to no capital investment.