However, investors assume the risk of their subaccounts not outperforming the guaranteed return of a fixed annuity, which can result
in less capital accumulation and a smaller income stream.
«If getting listed on a national exchange is off the table there is no real exit window for investors, which will result
in less capital being deployed in the space.
Not exact matches
Andurand, who runs oil hedge fund Andurand
Capital Management LLP, wrote
in a string of tweets on Sunday that companies may be
less willing to risk investment
in long term oil projects because of low crude barrel prices and a predicted peak
in electric vehicle demand.
Women
in general have
less access than men to
capital (including venture and private equity investment and government loans), markets, and networks.
While he would have liked to have seen more investor - specific changes — «it's always nice to have more rather than
less,» he says — he thinks it's unlikely we'll see any reductions
in capital gain taxes or major increases
in TFSA room until at least 2015, when the government says it can balance the budget by.
Less than 20
in 1,000 companies that raise venture
capital sell for $ 100M or more.
But here — as elsewhere
in a tech sector that's being driven by billions
in less - than - discriminating venture
capital dollars — revenue hasn't necessarily followed.
Even
in the
capital city of Lima, a couple can live on
less than $ 2,000 per month.
In fact, in Andorra's capital city of Andorra la Vella, a three - star hotel (# 43, or $ 59) is not only just half the cost of the average Airbnb (# 79, or $ 108), but you can book yourself into a five - star hotel for less than the average listing on Airbnb's website too (# 77, or $ 105
In fact,
in Andorra's capital city of Andorra la Vella, a three - star hotel (# 43, or $ 59) is not only just half the cost of the average Airbnb (# 79, or $ 108), but you can book yourself into a five - star hotel for less than the average listing on Airbnb's website too (# 77, or $ 105
in Andorra's
capital city of Andorra la Vella, a three - star hotel (# 43, or $ 59) is not only just half the cost of the average Airbnb (# 79, or $ 108), but you can book yourself into a five - star hotel for
less than the average listing on Airbnb's website too (# 77, or $ 105).
It's not surprising to me that the SEC has started to look harder at them because using some of these new technologies to raise
capital in a
less regulated way with fewer consumer protections is not sustainable.
Boeing's venture
capital arm invests both outside the U.S. and
in a space company for the second time
in less than a month.
Female founders received more venture
capital funding
in 2017 compared to previous years, but it was still far
less than their male counterparts.
London housing has become
less attractive for investors as they see limited room for prices to pick up
in the U.K.'s expensive
capital city, according to analysts.
But despite criticism at home and abroad, the eurosceptic PiS enjoys steady support among many Poles eager to hear its message of higher welfare, more Catholic values
in public life and
less dependence on foreign
capital.
Or at least, you'll find it easier and experience
less confusion and friction if you try to raise funding, or work
in a venture
capital - backed company.
And that's more or
less exactly what happens with Lux
Capital's Wolfe a few weeks later: Moments after hanging up, he calls back to tell me excitedly we have Khanna
in common.
But she also stresses creating the environment for long - term economic growth, which is why a significant increase to the
capital - gains tax for investments
less than six years
in duration is at the center of her plan.
The belief that venture
capital performance has been poor, and a desire to diversify internationally, have prompted many institutional investors to move their money out of the asset class, leaving «fewer and fewer venture funds with
less and
less to invest,» says Steve Hurwitz, a Boston - based lawyer and co-founder of an annual venture
capital conference
in Quebec City.
The figures suggest that the imposition of
capital controls
in an attempt to stop the country's banks from collapsing had
less of an impact than first thought.
GV, Alphabet Inc.'s venture
capital firm, offered up significantly
less than half of its stake
in Uber even though Alphabet's self - driving car subsidiary Waymo is suing Uber for stealing trade secrets.
In the next 12 months, small business owners said they would have
less revenue, forecasted more layoffs, and indicated they expected
capital spending and cash flow to become more constrained.
There is a push afoot to force banks to hold higher levels of
capital against their loans and other assets,
in the belief that more
capital makes a bank
less likely to fail.
«If people don't want to put cable
in ground the main alternative is radio [wireless tech - nology], which is
less capital intensive
Atlas Iron managing director David Flanagan has described the results of the iron ore miner's
capital raising as an immense vote of confidence
in the business, despite achieving just
less than half of its $ 180 million target.
Daniel Pearlstein, principal at Eight
Capital, is among the
less skeptical analysts, wagering that there are gains to be had for all companies
in the business.
«They're willing to give you
less capital than you might be able to rase
in New York or San Francisco, but you find a lot of early stage companies that find ways to make money fast.»
They also showed agreement, albeit to a
lesser extent, with Flaherty's alternate proposal of an embedded
capital tax, where financial institutions could convert debt to equity to aid the financial institution
in the event of a crisis instead of using taxpayer dollars.
Capital Economics noted that after nearly two years
in operation, investment via the Shanghai - Hong Kong connect was
less than 1.0 percent of the total market capitalization of both exchanges.
Less than a year after their Indiegogo campaign, Whirlscape has also nabbed $ 500,000
in seed funding from BDC Venture
Capital (a Canadian venture capital fund), a U.S. - based fund, and California's renowned Y Combinator incubator, which took Whirlscape on as a participant in its accelerator program earlier thi
Capital (a Canadian venture
capital fund), a U.S. - based fund, and California's renowned Y Combinator incubator, which took Whirlscape on as a participant in its accelerator program earlier thi
capital fund), a U.S. - based fund, and California's renowned Y Combinator incubator, which took Whirlscape on as a participant
in its accelerator program earlier this year.
While there have long been small players
in the venture
capital community who defied the stats and were able to attract some LP money, they tended to be relegated to the fringes of the industry, with
less access to sizable funds and the buzziest companies.
Economically disadvantaged individuals, meanwhile, are defined by the SBA as socially disadvantaged people whose ability to compete
in the free enterprise system has been diminished as a result of
lesser capital and credit opportunities.
Small - business owners can have a particularly difficult time getting
capital from a bank if they've been
in business fewer than two years, if their credit score is
less than 640 or if they need
less than $ 250,000.
Several turned to
less capital - intensive business, such as wealth management, which finds much of its profit
in collecting fees.
Although a majority of Inc 500 companies reported that they were profitable
in 2001, the companies that started with the most seed
capital were
less likely to be.
From 1997 through 2001, the median growth rate for companies that had
less than $ 1,000
in seed
capital was 846 %, compared with 953 % for companies that were started with more than $ 100,000.
-- Nevin Shetty, co-founder and CEO of Blueprint Registry, a gifting platform which has generated over $ 25 million
in gross sales
in less than three years with no institutional
capital
He has also expressed some regret that he had to take Tesla public
in order to raise
capital to build the company, noting
in an interview with Rolling Stone, «I wish we could be private with Tesla... It actually makes us
less efficient to be a public company.»
raise late - stage venture and other private
capital on equal or better terms than
in the public markets — and with
less hassle.
If you're considering this option, the major providers
in the market include OnDeck
Capital, CapTap, IOU Central and to a
lesser extent Kabbage.
Private companies now have an unprecedented ability to raise late - stage venture and other private
capital to finance their innovation and investment, often on equal or better terms than
in the public markets and with
less hassle.
In announcing the proposed legislation, the committee said the change «corrects an illogical and unworkable
capital requirement» that would have pushed non-bank dealers out of the derivatives market, making it
less competitive for banks.
In 2016,
capital expenditures dropped from 25 percent of revenue to
less than 6 percent of revenue, and EBITDA went from flat to several million dollars.
This means that as a franchisor, not only do you need far
less capital with which to expand, but your risk is largely limited to the
capital you invest
in developing your franchise company — an amount that is often
less than the cost of opening one additional company - owned location.
Traders can use call options to capture potential upside
in a stock while committing
less capital upfront for the trade, as the price of each options contract is often
less than the price of the stock.
Launched
in 2007 with millions of members, New York - based Ideeli has raised $ 107 million
in venture
capital funding since its founding, so being sold for
less than half of that appears to be a loss for investors.
Plus, women
in the US still earn 78 cents for every dollar a man earns, giving them
less capital to start with.
Tesla's
capital expenditures declined
in the quarter and the company cut its spending forecasts for 2018, saying it would spend
less than $ 3 billion.
Although operating
in a small city has its disadvantages, most obviously,
less access to venture
capital than you would find
in urban centers like New York City, Boston, or San Francisco, analysts point out that there are still major benefits.
«We decided it would pretty hard to build a wind farm while we were still
in college, so this was a little bit
less capital intensive and aligned with our vision of what we wanted to do.»
In the first quarter, its index showed 4.8 % growth —
less than the government's official release of 6.7 % growth, but the highest rate
Capital Economics» index had measured since the end of 2014.