Sentences with phrase «in equity sectors»

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It has been like pulling teeth sometimes,» says Jason Zandberg, an equity analyst who covers the sector at PI Financial in Vancouver.

According to the Bank, corporate Canada's overall debt - to - equity ratio — under 0.9, down from 1.5 in the mid-1990s — is at a historic low, the result of two decades of private - sector deleveraging.

That is because banks, private - equity firms and institutional investors have continued to pour money into the sector even as oil companies slashed billions of dollars in spending from their budgets and laid off more than 100,000 workers.

Flush with cash withdrawn from the equity in their homes and other borrowed money, Canadian consumers have gone on a spending spree with gains spread across a wide variety of retail sectors, including vehicles, building materials, home furnishings, clothing and food.

Private equity opportunities rise in high - net - worth sector

Given the concentration in Canada's banking sector, it's likely that at least some of the banks will be designated as such, requiring higher capital levels and putting even more pressure on their return on equity.

«In the nonprofit sector, you probably don't have the ability to offer either the short - term big bucks or the whispered promise of future riches that equity provides.

Against the backdrop of current macroeconomic trends — European sovereign debt, the continued monetization of U.S. obligations, the prospect of a hard landing in China — another phenomenon is quietly playing out here in Canada: a continued strengthening of merger - and - acquisition activity in our mining sector, which could boost what are now severely compressed equity valuations.

While he's long on most of the equity in the fund, he'll take a short position on sectors or securities that seem overvalued.

His prior experience includes private equity funding of start - up telecommunications and Internet services companies, as well as strategic and financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, and managing finance and accounting activities for both domestic and international businesses in the telecommunications and Internet services sectors.

In general, it was the falling interest rates and lower equity returns that crushed this sector.

The Permira funds have made over 200 private equity investments in five key sectors: Consumer, Technology, Industrials, Healthcare and Financial Services.

In the financial sector, MBA grads are migrating to jobs in investment management, particularly private equity and venture capital, where they can play principal roleIn the financial sector, MBA grads are migrating to jobs in investment management, particularly private equity and venture capital, where they can play principal rolein investment management, particularly private equity and venture capital, where they can play principal roles.

The world's largest private equity fund, backed by Japan's SoftBank Group and Saudi Arabia's main sovereign wealth fund, said on Saturday it had raised over $ 93 billion to invest in technology sectors such as artificial intelligence and robotics.

April 23 (Reuters)- U.S. health insurer Humana Inc is teaming up with two private equity firms to buy privately held hospice operator Curo Health Services for about $ 1.4 billion, the group's latest deal in the healthcare services sector.

Dividend stocks that yield more When it comes to equities, high - paying dividend stocks, especially in the utility and REIT sectors, have been the go - to investment of late.

In a note today upgrading the M&A advisory broker sector, Credit Suisse analyst Ashley Serrao set out two key reasons why the M&A cycle may have further to run: European deal makers and private equity funds.

Lori Calvasina, head of U.S. equity strategy for RBC, said in a recent note the sector «continues to be in the middle innings of a rotation back in,» and that «valuations don't worry us.»

Take the private - equity marketplace, a broadly defined investment sector that includes venture capitalists, large and small angel investors, hedge funds, private investment pools, and even insurance companies and other institutional players that either participate through money - management funds or make direct capital investments in growth companies.

Global private equity deals have enjoyed their strongest start in five years, buoyed by the record amounts of cash flowing into the sector as institutional investors look for ways to boost their returns, writes Javier Espinoza.

But besides its strong public sector involvement, Medellin also has a lot to offer new businesses because of its location, said Erik Stettler, director of Socialatom Ventures, a venture capital and private equity firm that has invested in 35 start - ups across Latin America and has very strong operations in Medellin.

In turn, the manufacturing - sector recovery, combined with a low neutral federal funds rate, is increasing «the odds of a long lasting US equity bull market,» Einhorn wrote.

The recent consolidation in the sector — in addition to Loblaw's Shoppers buy, Empire Co. bought Canada Safeway in June — is a bid to fuel growth, says Bobby Hagedorn, an equity research analyst at Edward Jones.

• Vista Equity Partners made an investment in Allocate Software, a U.K. - based provider of workforce solutions to the healthcare, defense, and maritime sectors.

A robust private sector is necessary to create and foster successful companies such as Apple, held in our All American Equity Fund (GBTFX) and Holmes Macro Trends Fund (MEGAX).

Will Connolly, head of Technology Equity Capital Markets, discusses the uptick in the number and performance of technology IPO's in 2017, with diversification across sectors and regions, as well as a look ahead to the 2018 IPO market.

The financial sector changes were later confirmed by Yi Gang, the newly appointed head of China's central bank, who said foreign investors would be allowed to hold up to a 51 per cent equity stake in brokerage firms, futures companies and fund management firms.

«Warburg Pincus has unparalleled experience and an unmatched global network in private equity investing in the energy sector.

«In a nutshell, we're bullish on Japanese equities,» he says, adding that rising wages would most benefit sectors such as real estate, insurance and media.

In the European market, the oil sector has a high dividend yield of about 6 percent — the highest there is — which adds up to real value, says Nick Nelson, head of global and European equity strategy at UBS.

Arsenal Capital Partners is a specialized private equity firm that invests in the U.S. market with a deep focus in two sectors, Specialty Industrials and Healthcare.

In an earlier post, «Where to Ride Out the Volatility,» I covered three investing strategies to consider today for the equity side of portfolios, opting for defensive sectors not included.

Aside from a small leadership group, everyone in BLK is an equity analyst focusing on a different sector of the economy.

In addition to high yield credit, Highland's investment capabilities include public equities, real estate, private equity and special situations, structured credit, and sector - and region - specific verticals built around specialized teams.

The private equity firm, which has investments in several national security and tech - sector assets, has also hired bankers to offload Anaren in a separate deal that could be worth more than $ 800 million, the same people told Reuters.

In addition, the big - name players such as Blackstone and Starwood that have entered the non-traded REIT sector have helped to «legitimize the space» that already has about $ 70 billion in equity, he sayIn addition, the big - name players such as Blackstone and Starwood that have entered the non-traded REIT sector have helped to «legitimize the space» that already has about $ 70 billion in equity, he sayin equity, he says.

SYDNEY (Reuters)- U.S. private equity giant KKR & Co LP moved to bolster its presence in Australia's lucrative mortgage market on Wednesday, joining a rush of players hungry for a slice of a property boom even as the sector shows early signs of slowing.

A number of factors — such as rising US interest rates, the recurrence of big fluctuations in global currencies, and the widening dispersion of equity returns across sectors and regions — may have helped to create an increasingly conducive environment for hedge - fund strategies, which have seen a positive turnaround in performance in recent quarters.

In the equity market, while investors used proxies such as utilities, transportation and energy sector exposure to express views, there are now ETFs that focus exclusively on this opportunity, specifically those that capture the infrastructure value chain.

«More than two years after the financial crisis, we believe the U.S. financial services sector is poised to shift toward capital deployment from capital accumulation in 2011,» wrote Keefe Bruyette & Wood's North America Equity Research team of analysts in a 2011 finance - sector outlook published in December.

With $ 1 billion of cumulative equity commitments, Carnelian focuses on lower - to - middle market equity investments in the North American upstream, midstream and oilfield services sectors.

He spent the majority of his early career in equity research covering the biotechnology sector at RBC Capital Markets, Lazard Capital Markets and Citi Research.

Full - Phase Average Performance Calculates the (geometric) average performance of a sector in a particular phase of the business cycle and subtracts the performance of the broader equity market.

Arsenal Capital Partners is a specialized private equity firm that invests in the U.S. middle market with a narrow and deep focus in two sectors, Specialty Industrials and Healthcare.

Macro: The Macro strategy's strongest contributions came from long equity and Energy - sector positioning as low volatility and sustained, upward trends in these markets continued driving returns throughout most of January.

Follow Denise for insights on macroeconomic data and its use in shaping the outlook for each of the 11 U.S. equity sectors.

Last year, private equity firm Centerbridge Partners LP entered the sector by acquiring business software providers Syncsort Inc and Vision Solutions Inc from buyout firm Clearlake Capital Group LP in a $ 1.26 billion deal.

«For the most sophisticated investors and traders, inverse ETFs, put options or shorting individual stocks could be an appropriate strategy, while for the more conservative investor, positions in the defensive sectors could be a good choice, allowing overall exposure to equities while striving to limit potential downside risk,» he says.

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.

As evidenced by the image below, interest in momentum research has taken off since the original 1993 Jegadeesh and Titman paper: Source: «Two Centuries of Multi-Asset Momentum (Equities, Bonds, Currencies, Commodities, Sectors and Stocks)»