Sentences with phrase «investment company boards»

Cindy Beyea is a member of Eversheds Sutherland (US)'s Financial Services Practice Group and focuses her practice on advising mutual funds, closed - end funds, exchange - traded funds, investment company boards of directors and investment advisers.

Directors should limit their service as directors on publicly held company boards and investment company boards to no more than a total of five such boards (including the Company's Board).

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Ellis and partner Nikolay Djibankov use a strategy called Gender Lens Investment, which targets companies with at least three women on their boards of directors, in the creation of a so - called «parity portfolio» for clients.

Some big brains believe Barnes is right: Farmers Edge recently raised nearly $ 60 million in equity investments to help support aggressive international expansion, and the company has recruited former Monsanto, DuPont and Canadian Wheat Board executives into its fold.

«Her broad industry insights, business acumen and experience serving in public company boards will bring invaluable perspective to our investment activities and to the growth of our portfolio companies.

• Terra Firma and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have agreed to sell AWAS, a Dublin - based aircraft leasing company to Dubai Aerospace Enterprise.

Fink said the company is doubling the size of its «investment stewardship» team to engage with companies and boards on both strategy and purpose.

The new Indus Towers board will have 11 members - three each from Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, one from KKR or Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and four independent members, the companies board will have 11 members - three each from Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, one from KKR or Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and four independent members, the companies Board and four independent members, the companies said.

«The court's reasons for its decision will be released in due course along with the board's position in respect to the decision and investment in PRL,» CIR company secretary Peter Torre said in an ASX announcement.

Dalgaard will remain a board partner at Andreessen Horowitz, staying on the boards of several companies in which he led investments, including HR software start - up Zenefits and viral image warehouse Imgur.

That investment decision, importantly, also seems to get the backing of Unilever's board of directors: «At the board level, at the senior management level, they are apparently 100 % behind this,» Polman tells me — a proposition tested as recently as February, when Kraft Heinz made an unsolicited offer for the company.

As a rule, Milner has said he doesn't take board seats in his later - stage investments, and rarely requires founders to hand over voting shares when issuing company stock.

Mutual fund company Northwest & Ethical Investments LP has argued RIM co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis should not also be co-chairs of the company's board, arguing a «high performance» board needs independent oversight of management.

The board has been dealing with the volatility of publicly traded stocks and low returns from government bonds by diversifying into other forms of assets, including equity in private companies and investments in infrastructure such as highways and real estate.

• Neiman Marcus, a Dallas, Texas - based department store operator backed by Ares Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, ended talks regarding a partial or full sale of the company, according to Reuters.

The pressure on Tribune's controlling shareholder, Chicago - based entrepreneur Michael Ferro, increased after the company's second - largest shareholder — investment fund Oaktree Capital Management — sent a letter to the company's board advising it to «engage Gannett immediately» about the takeover bid, calling it «the only possible conclusion consistent with your fiduciary duty.»

She chairs the board of trustees for Ariel Investment Trust and sits on the boards of several notable companies, from Starbucks (SBUX) to Dreamworks (DWA).

David Kerr, a managing partner at investment holding company Edper Financial Corporation, will step down from BlackBerry's board of directors — a role he held since July 2007.

Just five months later, the company raised another $ 16 million in a Series A funding round, which included Highland Capital Partners, Fontinalis Partners — the VC firm co-founded by Bill Ford — Signal Ventures, EDBI, the dedicated corporate investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board, and Samsung Ventures.

When considering an investment in Make Up Factory, a private cosmetics brand, Johnson said she would participate only if she could also sit on the company's board, which she now does.

Anthony Scilipoti, executive vice-president of Veritas Investment Research in Toronto, published a report recently arguing that Laramée should be held accountable for not making his objections to the agent agreements and payments known to the company's board or auditors.

Despite the new image, shells still draw criticism from some financial advisers who argue that the deals are overly generous to investment banks and SPAC management teams, which typically walk away with a 10 percent stake in the newly merged company, along with bonuses and board seats.

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission has recommended that companies use a valuation model contained in the International Accounting Standards Board's Exposure Draft relating to share - based payment to evaluate related party disclosures.

SoftBank gained two seats on Uber's board of directors through its investment and has said it wants the company to focus on growing in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Australia, but not in Asia, due to the lack of profitability.

A good board leaves its own desires and its selfish concerns at the door and works together to reach the best decisions for the company rather than pushing or promoting choices that serve other outside interests -; including, sometimes, a board member's own investment objectives.

The company also announced the Board approved investment up to $ 100 million to use for share buybacks.

He is a partner of ValueAct Capital, a governance - oriented investment fund that invests in a concentrated portfolio of public companies and works actively with executives and boards of directors on issues of strategy, capital structure, mergers and acquisitions, and talent management.

Prior to joining Bellwether, archerETF's parent company, he was Head of HSBC Global Asset Management (Canada) Private Client investment business and a member of the Board of HSBC Trust Company (Ccompany, he was Head of HSBC Global Asset Management (Canada) Private Client investment business and a member of the Board of HSBC Trust Company (CCompany (Canada).

Although the Company was organized and intends to conduct its business in a manner so that it is not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the consolidated financial statements are prepared using the specialized accounting principles of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification («ASC») Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment ComCompany was organized and intends to conduct its business in a manner so that it is not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the consolidated financial statements are prepared using the specialized accounting principles of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification («ASC») Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the consolidated financial statements are prepared using the specialized accounting principles of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification («ASC») Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment Comcompany under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the consolidated financial statements are prepared using the specialized accounting principles of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification («ASC») Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the consolidated financial statements are prepared using the specialized accounting principles of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification («ASC») Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment ComCompany Act of 1940, as amended, the consolidated financial statements are prepared using the specialized accounting principles of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification («ASC») Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment Investment Companies.

The companies in the FTSE 350 with all - male boards were named as Allied Minds, Centamin, Deajan Holdings, HellermannTyton Group, Nostrum Oil and Gas, Perpetual Income and Growth Investment Trust, Telecom Plus, Wizz Air Holdings, Al Noor Hospitals Group, Clarkson, Genus, Lookers, P2P Global Investments, Scottish Investment Trust, and Tritax Big Box Reit.

I've also had the pleasure of working on a board of one of our portfolio companies with a private equity investor who is making a few minority investments.

He is a Managing Partner at Treehouse Capital and an active investor and board member with numerous private and public companies and investment funds.

to obtain board representation and typically appoint our investment professionals and senior advisors to represent us on the board of a company in which we invest.

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Over the course of my career, I have sat on boards of Fortune 100 companies, advised Presidents, and negotiated deals from seed investments through those involving millions of dollars.

Mr. Groberg joined Blue Wolf in 2016 and serves on the Board of Directors of Blue Wolf's portfolio company Novo Building Products and is currently involved in Blue Wolf's investment in Twin Rivers Paper Ccompany Novo Building Products and is currently involved in Blue Wolf's investment in Twin Rivers Paper CompanyCompany.

Post investment, Jim works closely with CEOs, executive teams, and boards to dramatically scale companies and create long - term value.

Mr. Yusko and Managing Director Mike Hennessy were responsible for building the Investment Office and subsequent Management Company operations for the UNC Endowment, and they worked closely with the Investment Fund Board to develop investment policy, set goals and objectives, establish a strategic framework, select investment managers and manage portfInvestment Office and subsequent Management Company operations for the UNC Endowment, and they worked closely with the Investment Fund Board to develop investment policy, set goals and objectives, establish a strategic framework, select investment managers and manage portfInvestment Fund Board to develop investment policy, set goals and objectives, establish a strategic framework, select investment managers and manage portfinvestment policy, set goals and objectives, establish a strategic framework, select investment managers and manage portfinvestment managers and manage portfolio risk.

DALLAS --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NexPoint Credit Strategies Fund (NYSE: NHF) announced today that its Board of Trustees has approved the separation of its business into two separate and independent publicly traded companies: NexPoint Credit Strategies Fund («NHF»), which will continue to operate as a non-diversified, closed - end investment company; and NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. («NXRT»), which will acquire, own, operate and selectively develop multifamily properties.

Mr. Green is chair of the board and director of Franklin Templeton Investments Corp., director of Fiduciary Trust Company of Canada and is chair and director of FTC Investor Services Inc..

For early - stage companies prior to an outside investment, the board will likely have one or more founders of the business.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of Albertsons Companies where he serves as Lead Director, a member of the Board of Directors of Keane Group Holdings LLC and a Trustee of NewYork - Presbyterian Hospital where he is also a member of the Investment Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee.

Combining investment research and portfolio management with direct client relationships, Mr. Roberts also served as the firm's Chief Compliance Officer from 2004 - 2016 and represents KF investors as a director or observer on the boards of several private venture companies.

He was involved in several successful investments including Q1 Labs, Archivas and Turbine Entertainment, and represented Polaris on the boards of portfolio companies including Advion BioSciences and GI Dynamics.

Effective on June 16, 2015, the Corporate Governance Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company amended and restated the Code to, among other things, reflect the following amendments: (1) added a new Whistleblower Exception provision under the Confidentiality section; (2) modified the provision regarding Protection of Covered Persons to clarify that such protections apply to any Covered Person who provides information or makes other disclosures that are protected under whistleblower provisions; and (3) updated the policy reference to the Franklin Templeton Investments Social Media Guidelines Policy.

Almost a year later, Industry Ventures made an offer to purchase a number of shares in the company, and with board consent, executed an investment in the company.

At Forerunner, Eurie has supported investments in 40 + early stage companies and currently serves on the Board of Directors of several Forerunner portfolio companies including: Away, Alchemy 43, Curology, MoveWith, The Farmer's Dog, and ShopShops.

Then again, by June 2016, when the board was expanded and the Saudi investment was announced, Gurley's posts had taken a much sterner tone: specifically, in February 2015 Gurley warned that late - stage financing was very different than an IPO, and that it had «perverse effects on a company's operating discipline.»

The two new board members are Mark Holdsworth, operating partner and co-founder of Tennenbaum Capital Partners, a Los Angeles - based private investment firm with approximately $ 6.5 billion of capital under management, and Peter Lacey, founder and chairman of Cervus Equipment Corporation, a Canadian public company with 2015 sales exceeding $ 1.1 billion.

The Company reviews the investment strategy and provides a recommended list of investment managers for each country plan, with final decisions on asset allocation and investment managers made by the board of trustees for the specific plan.