Sentences with phrase «investment business around»

He has a logical, simplistic way of explaining things, and he has built his entire investment business around what he calls «cloning».

He has a logical, simplistic way of explaining things, and he has built his entire investment business around what he calls «cloning».

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Because they aren't trying to protect the multi-million dollar investment they made in our business, independent board members hold a more objective view than the VCs around the table.

I visit Africa often, and it is apparent that a «yes, we can» attitude is spreading across the continent, as awareness of its business and investment opportunities reaches around the globe.

«We invested in Kabbage because their unique automated lending platform leverages open data networks and best positions them to empower small businesses around the world,» David Thevenon, a partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, said at the time.

That's critical, because there is investment all around the world attracting that business to their countries, the U.S. included.

«Our business model focuses on affordable hardware investments paired with a recurring revenue stream built around per - patient transactions.

«Investments in mobile search, mobile cloud, location - based services and consumer produces like mobile games are helping to build a moat around Baidu's business.»

That debt would become an anathema for the business, keeping it from making the investments it needed as the retail landscape rapidly transformed around it.

«Growth in household borrowing has moderated and residential investment is on a more sustainable track,» Poloz assured the business audience, adding, however, that «nonetheless, the risks around this base case need to be managed.»

Local rivals like Didi Kuaidi — itself valued at $ 16.5 billion with backing from Chinese behemoths like Tencent and Alibaba (baba)-- have kept pace with Uber's investment in the country (Uber's China business is valued at around $ 8 billion based on its latest funding round in January).

One big thing that excited lots of entrepreneurs and investors about the JOBS Act was the prospect of investor crowdfunding — the idea that small businesses could go online, make their pitches, and receive direct investment from accredited investors around the world, quickly.

AROUND $ 7 million is available to businesses in the textile, clothing and footware industry through strategic investment programs, says TCF Resource Centre of WA manager Carol Hanlon.

Converting clients takes time and energy, and the investments only pay off if you retain customers and build a business around their loyalty.

As the ecosystem around blockchain continues to expand and develop, Ripple will look to support new use cases of the technology including more investments in business use cases developed by entrepreneurial teams and funds.

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is concerned that the announcement by the B.C. government of a further regulatory process around spill response may send a chilling signal about British Columbia's openness for business, attractiveness for foreign investment, and predictability or reliability of our environmental regulatory system.

It is not clear how much ADT Caps is valued at now, but industry sources say a private equity firm typically looks for a return of at least twice its initial investment, which means a sale of the business could potentially fetch around $ 4 billion.

Currently, business investment is equivalent to around 16 per cent of GDP — not far below its peak level in the past four decades — and is expected to rise a little further over the next couple of years (Graph 2).

Under - fire listed fund manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments has admitted that it has fallen short of the market's expectations around transparency and disclosure, triggering an independent review of the business.

Strong economies and societies around the world help fuel the growth of our business, while integrity, trust and responsibility are essential to our continued success as a premier global investment management organization.

Career focused around making investments in good companies and creating businesses built on a culture that prioritizes its people and its customers.

If Brexit, either via the squeeze on living standards from the weak pound or a material drop in business activity, investment and earnings, (or both) leads to a fall in the UK economic outlook, we might just start to see the bullishness around UK bank shares fade.

Credibly offers a working capital loan for short - term needs and a business expansion loan for long - term investments, with typical APRs around 10 % to 36 %.

«While ongoing business investment in Canada could spur growth, asset managers will undoubtedly be focusing on maintaining a diversified portfolio and actively managing their risk exposure in the period ahead given evolving macro-economic and political forces around the world.»

I have had some business leaders tell me that they have been surprised to see, for example, companies in Asia pursuing investments with implicit returns of around 3 to 4 per cent, well below most companies» hurdle rates.

Global trends around big data and analytics with business investment in database and cloud - based applications helped to drive Oracle's top - line growth.»

The current elevated level of geopolitical uncertainty, and the related prevailing uncertainties around the economic outlook, are likely contributing importantly to this continued underperformance in business investment.

Mr. Maddox leads the GMR team, which is comprised of highly experienced investment research professionals located around the globe who select and oversee the third - party money managers used throughout Wealth and Investment Management, a division of Wells Fargo comprised of Wells Fargo Private Bank, Wells Fargo Advisors, Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement, and Abbot Downing binvestment research professionals located around the globe who select and oversee the third - party money managers used throughout Wealth and Investment Management, a division of Wells Fargo comprised of Wells Fargo Private Bank, Wells Fargo Advisors, Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement, and Abbot Downing bInvestment Management, a division of Wells Fargo comprised of Wells Fargo Private Bank, Wells Fargo Advisors, Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement, and Abbot Downing businesses.

When a venture capital firm invests the funds of its clients in a business or businesses, they expect that the investment would mature in around three to seven years so that they can pay back their clients with interest.

Alibaba Chief Executive Officer Daniel Zhang told reporters in Hong Kong the investment is in line with Alibaba's mission of enabling retailers around the world to enhance consumers» shopping experience and boost business efficiency through the use of analytics.

OPIC can testify to such a phenomenon in the West Bank, which witnessed an economic turn - around at many levels following the US development - finance institution's loan guaranty to a small - business - lending facility Middle East Investment Initiative.

Neiman Marcus does not face any significant debt maturities until 2020, when a term loan of nearly $ 3 billion comes due, giving its private equity owners Ares Management LP (ARES.N) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) time to try to turn the business around.

Investments include increases in affordable - housing and small - business lending totaling around $ 15 billion, a raise in hourly wages for 22,000 employees of an average 10 percent, 400 new branches in U.S. banking markets and bigger philanthropic contributions.

To turn GDP growth around, Yellen recommended that Congress adopts policies that «encourage business investment and capital formation, improve the nation's infrastructure, raise the quality of our educational system, and support innovation and the adoption of new technologies.»

The March quarter ABS capital expenditure (Capex) survey suggests growth of around 6 1/2 per cent in nominal business investment spending in 2003/04, with this growth skewed towards the buildings and structures component.

The deal sees Razer subsidiary ZV - Midas buy equity from existing backers MOL Investment and Hotel Resort Enterprise in a deal that values the MOL Global business at around the $ 100 million mark.

«This should have the effect of forcing strategic activities around data management with services firms who use the data and encouraging marketers to accelerate investments in «owned» activities (including business transformation and brand experiences) in lieu of lower margin «paid» media activities, such as traditional media buying,» he wrote.

From the starting the conversation with their families around succession to exploring investment strategies, and considering business opportunities, the message is clear — it's never too early for the next generation to look to the future and start the planning process.

«Our partnership with Gust is based around a shared mission, which is to unite investors with entrepreneurs, to close an ever - growing number of investment rounds and to democratise access to investment in exciting growth businesses,» said Gonçalo de Vasconcelos, CEO and Co-founder of SyndicateRoom.

As this popular new fundraising method provides a simple and fast method to acquire serious funding, there has been «tremendous momentum» growing around ICO launches among new businesses in the blockchain industry, the report said.On the other hand, the report also detailed that there are high risks associated with ICO investments.

Snowden Lane Partners prides itself in not making a lot of noise around its practice of recruiting breakaway wirehouse teams to join its hybrid broker - dealer and independent investment adviser business.

This includes Corporate Social Investment, whereby the group promotes the development of learners through three academies which offer holistic, full - year programmes centred around sport, art and education; Entrepreneur Development which focuses on skills - based entrepreneurial development through its Tsogo Sun Book a Guesthouse and Supplier Development programmes; and Environmental Education, committed to initiatives that reduce the impact the business has on the environment.

Usmanov is keen for Arsenal to obviously yield profitable financial results in return of his investment, but more importantly he wants to see Arsenal run as a football club that wins trophies, rather than a business minded organisation solely based around profits.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

There are also policy actions which we have to take - investment climate reforms to improve business and economic competitiveness, focus on developing MSMEs, deepening long term savings through pensions, insurance and sovereign savings, land reform to eliminate constraints in time and cost around land transactions (including a review of the governor's consent requirement), and actions to reduce inflation, interest rates and business operating costs.

The state Department of Taxation and Finance is working on an unincorporated business tax that might allow partners at law firms and investment banks and similar high - paying places to get around the federal limitation on deducting state and local taxes.

«The new Bill, once signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari will help to make Nigeria's business environment as competitive as its counterparts around the world; allow business owners to now register their businesses in a faster and more efficient way — using technology; removes all the unnecessary regulatory provisions — such as the requirement for «annual general meetings» and «company secretaries»; and reduces the minimum share capital for all companies and start - ups in Nigeria — which will encourage more investments and create new jobs.»

«The discussion also underlined that Britain is open for business, we continue to seek investment from around the world and we will continue to be a strong advocate for free trade.

The Empire Center broke the news this week that the state Department of Taxation and Finance is working on an unincorporated business tax that might allow partners at law firms and investment banks and similar high - paying places to get around the federal limitation on deducting state and local taxes.

But business leaders are hoping that a recent state investment into the central New York region can turn that around.