Sentences with phrase «group of wealthy individuals»

Alternatives like hedge, private equity and venture capital funds were relatively secretive, niche vehicles for a privileged group of wealthy individuals and big institutions.

Not exact matches

Current securities law dictates that an entrepreneur can only equity crowdfund, or raise money from a group of people by selling portions of his or her company to individuals who meet a handful of specifications deeming them sufficiently wealthy.

We grouped the list of Canada's wealthiest individuals and families by where they live, and tallied each province's fortunes.

There are already plenty of examples of wealthy individuals attempting to advance their political agendas by supporting unaccountable lobby groups, as was the case with Calgary's infamous Sprawl Cabal «s plans to throw more than $ 1 million behind Preston Manning «s «Municipal Governance Initiative,» and the anonymous donors behind the shady «St. Albert Think Tank.»

The mayor told WNYC's Brian Lehrer on Friday that his 2017 re-election campaign will rely on small amounts of money from a large group of donors, rather than wealthy individuals who can donate the maximum amount.

«If you're a wealthy group of individual business owners, your strength is money... Steve Roth and Steve Ross are not canvassing.»

Instead of one wealthy family, this film focuses on a group of middle or low - income individuals caught in the crossfire as the sixth annual purge begins.

The group, of course, fails to explain that since it was founded, Families for Excellent Schools Inc. has collected an estimated $ 25 million from wealthy individuals and foundations to pay for its lobbying and advocacy work.

I can say this with a fair amount of certainty because, imagine for a moment how wealthy individuals, Wall Street, banks, hedge funds, investment companies and private equity groups will make money if the economy and stock markets stand still or decrease in value?

«While allocating a portion of your 401 (k) portfolio to private equity may not pay for beach - front property in the Hamptons, there's more and more interest because of attractive returns in private equity and disappointing returns in other areas,» said Mitchell Tanzman, the co-CEO of Central Park Group, which allocates money for wealthy individuals to firms including Carlyle and Blackstone.

One particularly interesting observation in the paper is the distinction between the strategies of hedge funds on one hand and other investors (individuals, private equity funds, venture capital firms, and asset management groups for wealthy investors) on the other.

The Stedelijk Museum was established in 1874 by a group of art collectors and wealthy individuals led by C.P. van Eeghen, who donated funds as well as their art collections to inaugurate a museum in Amsterdam, dedicated to modern art.

In fact there are very likely to be groups and individuals exceeding their fair share of safe global emission in developing countries because wealth differences in many developing countries are great and there are wealthy and middle classes in most countries even in countries where the vast majority of the people are very poor.

Bast then claimed that Banerjee's statement «isn't true» that «Hundreds of millions of dollars from corporations such as ExxonMobil and wealthy individuals such as the billionaires Charles and David Koch have supported the development of a sprawling network, which includes Heartland and other think tanks, advocacy groups and political operatives.»

The joint venture, called «Mayfair Private», has been created to offer «intelligent and discreet professional solutions» to wealthy individuals, families and their private offices, grouping together legal, trust and family office professionals as a single point of access.