Sentences with phrase «highest allocations of funding»

However, other councils with large overall spends have not made it into the highest allocations of funding.

Not exact matches

Bond Funds with Large U.S. Treasuries allocations are considered to be Medium Tax Efficiency for investors who are subject to high rates of state / local tax on investment income; for other investors, these bond funds should be considered Lower Tax EfficiFunds with Large U.S. Treasuries allocations are considered to be Medium Tax Efficiency for investors who are subject to high rates of state / local tax on investment income; for other investors, these bond funds should be considered Lower Tax Efficifunds should be considered Lower Tax Efficiency.

Latin America Equity Fund allocations to Brazil and Mexico, which hit their highest level since mid-3Q13 and lowest since 4Q13, respectively, coming in March, rolled over during the final month of the first quarter with the latter seeing a small gain in its average weighting.

This increases the number of equities to 54, greater than is typical for the Fund, but consistent with the Fund's equity allocation being at its highest level ever.

Royce Small Cap Value Fund is among a limited group of actively managed funds that has justified its fees over time through high quality asset allocation, the only reason to pay fees above the ETF benchmark.

Baby boomers nearing the end of their careers are more concerned about protecting their savings and should shift their asset allocation to have a higher ratio of low - growth - but - safer investments such as bonds, annuities and money market funds.

Over time, MFS has been a leading innovator in the asset management industry, including creating one of the first in - house research departments in the mutual fund industry in 1932, launching the first high - yield municipal bond fund and the first global balanced fund, and more recently creating «outcome - oriented» products, such as its line of target - risk, target - date, and other asset allocation strategies.

The Fund is designed for investors who want to tap into the appreciation potential of stocks while generating income and reducing portfolio risk through allocation to high - quality bonds.

Managers must also recognize that running a quant fund raises unique operational and marketing challenges, not least because of the extremely high standard of due diligence that many institutional investors are likely to apply before making allocations.

A high net worth investor may consider putting the majority of their bond fund allocation into a municipal bond fund, for the tax benefits they offer.

The fund holds a minimum of 25 % allocation to mortgage - backed securities, a maximum of 20 % in high yield corporate bonds, up to 15 % allocation to bonds denominated in foreign currencies, and a 20 % cap to emerging markets.

The Department for Education is planning for a distribution of high needs funding to local authorities that is more formulaic, and less reliant on past levels of allocation that have become outdated, and on local decisions on spending that have partly determined how much is allocated.

Such revisions, including the movement of funding between these maintained institutions, are to be managed and agreed directly with the institutions concerned by using the high needs allocations flexibly and within the terms of the sixth - form funding agreement with EFA.

Allocations of place funding for institutions are underpinned by data about the number of pupils / students with high needs occupying places.

New Construction, Capital Upgrades to Enhance the Student Experience QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz announced an allocation of $ 5 million of her Fiscal Year 2016 discretionary capital funds to support capital projects at all five City University of New York (CUNY) public institutions of higher learning in Queens.

Public Investments Toward Capital Upgrades to Keep CUNY Colleges in Queens Competitive QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz today announced an allocation of $ 3.64 million of her Fiscal Year 2017 discretionary capital dollars to fund projects at four of the City University of New York (CUNY) public institutions of higher learning in Queens.

«A small allocation to UK growth capital is not going to destroy the risk profile of pension funds, and could unlock billions in extra cash, making a real difference to high growth small businesses across the UK,» he says.

In «From funding agencies to scientific agency: Collective allocation of science funding as an alternative to peer review,» the researchers proposed a funding model that they claim would be simpler, cheaper, and fairer than the traditional funding system, and more amenable to high - risk research and chance discovery.

For example, a high - poverty district with lots of Title I - eligible (poor) students weighted heavily in the targeted grants formula would continue to generate disproportionate federal funds for its state's total allocation.

Houston ranged between 0.2 and 0.25, except for one year, while Dallas had the highest levels of inequality, hovering around 0.3 until the 2000 — 01 school year, when it experienced a dramatic drop in the level of inequality in the district, indicating that a greater percentage of schools were funded at or near the district's average allocation per pupil.

According to the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, all institutions receiving Title IV funds must submit specific data about their educational programs, student population, enrollment, attrition, and completion rates, staff and faculty, financial information, tuition and fees, and allocation of all student financial aid (NCES, n.d.) IPEDS HistoryIn 1995, NCES established the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) as a «voluntary organization that encompasses all sectors of the postsecondary education community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.d., p. 4).

Regulated tuition — and the funding allocation — is equal to the average of the tuition fees that the group of universities charged before gratuidad, plus a maximum 20 percent bonus for those with actual tuition fees that are higher than this regulated value.

Analyzing how districts distributed their state allocations across schools under California's landmark 2013 weighted student funding overhaul, districts varied enormously on whether they distributed more or fewer of the new and newly flexible dollars to the highest - needs schools.

At the same time, by encouraging states to use 40 % of their school improvement allocation for middle level and high schools, ARRA highlights an issue that for far too long has challenged federal education funding.

The administration achieves this reduction by slashing or eliminating funding for scores of K - 12, higher education, and adult literacy programs by even more than $ 9.2 billion in order to finance massive increases in defense spending coupled with, in the education context, a more than $ 1 billion allocation for Title I portability programs and private school vouchers.25

A decreased Title I allocation is challenging for a district because it can result in fewer district schools receiving funds under Title I. Under Title I school allocation rules, many schools with high numbers of low - income children do not receive support from Title I because they are surrounded by other schools that are even poorer, so the Title I money «runs out» before those schools have the opportunity to receive funds.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) joined more than 660 organizations in a letter to the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees voicing support for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education and related agencies, and urging the lawmakers to allocate as high a funding level as possible to these programs and services in the fiscal year 2017 subcommittee allocations.

Inside, the reader will find participants» thoughts on how education reformers might address challenges in four distinct areas: 1) allocation and alignment of resources to support standards - based reform and higher expectations for all students, 2) generating resources for the interventions and specialized programs necessary to support the learning of students with special needs, 3) allocating resources to support learning in alternative education settings, and 4) developing funding strategies for dual enrollment programs.

• Support high need students directly, through allocation of their concentration and supplemental grant funds.

The advocates» brief argues that the state needs to reform the allocation of state funds for charter public schools, because current laws and policies threaten charter public schools» ability to provide a high - quality education to students.

This allocation is provided by funds remaining in the ECS budget line item after the distribution of ECS grants, and will be distributed on a per - pupil basis using the highest number of displaced students a town received during FY 2018.

It is good to see teachers take the lead in discussing reasonable allocation of funds, increased autonomy, more time for professional development, and more attention to retaining an experienced, high quality workforce.

On average, charter schools receive a slightly higher allocation of state funding than traditional public schools.

State policy drives the allocation of the lion's share of funding through formulas directing both state and local funds; as a result, state policy drives tremendous variability among states in terms of funding per student — with a range between the lowest funded and highest funded states exceeding $ 14,000 in 2012 — 13.

Building your own asset allocation in a portfolio of index funds will give you more control and flexibility over your finances at a much lower cost and has a much higher rate of success.

By looking at the asset allocation of the portfolio, it doesn't really surprise me why it outperformed the S&P by 18 %: 40 % of the portfolio's assets are invested in Treasury securities, the highest among 8 Lazy Portfolios, with three funds: VFITX (YTD return 11.34 %), VFISX (YTD return 6.27 %) and VIPSX (YTD return -4.14 %).

While higher allocations to equities help lower the probability of outliving funds (known as longevity risk) and inflation, they still don't eliminate them.

A 90 % allocation to stocks is very aggressive, so the Target Retirement 2020 or Target Retirement 2025 funds with stock allocations of about 65 % and 75 % respectively would be appropriate for investors with moderately high risk tolerance.

Asset allocation funds may change portfolio holding allocations on a frequent basis, resulting in high portfolio turnover and more brokerage commissions from an increased amount of the purchasing and selling of securities.

The Total Return Strategy Fund may change the allocation of its portfolio holdings regularly which may result in a higher proportion of capital gains and a lower return.

Designed for income investors wishing to mitigate portfolio risk through a high - quality allocation, the Fund may be complementary to many lower - quality segments of the fixed - income markets.

Q: The portion of small cap exposure in the recommended Schwab ETF allocation seems to be significantly higher than the small cap allocation in Vanguard or Fidelity ETF's, or in your mutual fund recommended allocation.

Considering the market trends, any prudent fund managers can change the asset allocation i.e. he can invest higher or lower percentage of the fund in equity or debt instruments compared to what is disclosed in the SID.

I have nearly my entire savings in the same exact holdings that make up the portfolios of clients in Hylland Capital, though allocations may vary (such as a higher allocation to stocks compared to older clients), you and I hold the exact same stocks and funds.

For example, we may have the equity allocation in the taxable account consist of stocks like Berkshire Hathaway, which pays no dividend, while other stocks and stock funds with higher yields remain in the IRA and 401 (k) accounts.

The KL Allocation Fund had a low correlation to benchmark indexes compared to the Morningstar category average and a high tracking error, indicating a high level of active management and conviction.

More investors suffer big losses in returns due to a lack of discipline, asset allocation, and not being in high quality funds for longer than 5 years.

Given the current low interest - rate environment, adding a high - yield allocation to your core bond portfolio or investing in a multisector bond fund may help increase your investment income — just remember that many of these types of funds still come with the potential for significant volatility, particularly during times of heightened economic and / or stock market volatility.

Asset allocation funds have high to moderate stability of principal and moderate potential for current income and growth.

Teachers» superior returns were attributed to patience (they traded just 6.1 times a year compared to an average of 9.1), risk reduction (they had a 12 % higher allocation of diversified funds), and being more invested (they held less cash in their portfolios).