Sentences with phrase «issues over equity»

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«However, I would like it on the record — as an expert who has thought about these issues nearly every working hour over the last four years — that I'm convinced that without the SPV and 12g fixes, retail investors will be heavily disadvantaged as compared to accredited investors and equity crowdfunding will ultimately be seen as a failure.

«Given that Canada's foreign policy has put gender equity issues prominently at the top of its agenda, obviously this is something we wanted to highlight here: That you have a Canadian company actively undermining those rights abroad by facilitating censorship in countries where those rights aren't respected or recognized,» Ron Deibert, director of Citizen Lab, told me over the phone.

The Index measures the performance of a selected group of equity securities issued by companies that have provided relatively high dividend yields on a consistent basis over time.

acquisition of the eSpeed trading platform from BGC Partners, Inc. for $ 750 million and equity to be issued ratably over time.

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Adams» top three issues are housing equity over hotels, eradicating illegal dumping in the area and punishing illegally parked trucks.

The Equity Committee, established as the monitoring authority over equity - related issues in the resegregated neighborhood schools, had disbanded by the time both the lower court and the Supreme Court were making their decision to allow the schools to return to segregEquity Committee, established as the monitoring authority over equity - related issues in the resegregated neighborhood schools, had disbanded by the time both the lower court and the Supreme Court were making their decision to allow the schools to return to segregequity - related issues in the resegregated neighborhood schools, had disbanded by the time both the lower court and the Supreme Court were making their decision to allow the schools to return to segregation.

He and I probably agree on 90 percent of the issues, though we have sparred at times over the federal role, the balance between «excellence and equity,» and sundry other topics.

The language of the house bill also reframed the issue, stressing students and «equity» over schools.

Even so, some of those involved in the long debate over the issue questioned whether the plan would satisfy the equity requirements imposed in a pair of unanimous rulings by the state supreme court.

Using Data to Address Equity Issues in Special Education, from the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, addresses the conventions for approaching disproportionality data (data that show whether a specific group of students is over - or underrepresented in a specific category of education, particularly special education).

To try and answer some of those equity issues, Reed recommended that the school board create a committee to study how HISD distributes its resources, something he said hasn't been done in over 15 years.

After two years of deliberation, drafting and negotiation, the Commission issued a consensus report, For Each and Every Child: A Strategy For Education Equity & Excellence, that adopted over 50 pages of analysis and recommendations for work at all levels.

When it comes to matters of equity and privilege in the public schools, few issues are more symbolic of the challenge than fights over teacher assignments.

My FAQ page points out triumphantly that 92.6 % of actively managed Canadian equity funds have trailed the S&P / TSX Composite over the last five years, according to Standard & Poor's, which issues a quarterly report on active funds versus the indexes.

More importantly, though, the companies whose issues the Fund acquires have rather complete control over the timing as to when they want to access debt markets or equity markets.

Shareholder's Equity consists of two main things: The initial capitalization of the company (when the shares were first sold, plus extra share issues) and retained earnings, which is the amount of money the company has made over and above capitalization, which has not been re-distributed back to shareholders.

Furthermore there's the issue of ownership: right now the federal government owns over 90 % of the company's equity.

On how insurance has changed for investors over the past ten years, Price - to - Book vs Return on Equity Diagrams, and miscellaneous issues for those investing in insurance companies.

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[Though obviously it's not an issue for companies with a decent annual return on equity / capital — no multiple expansion is actually required to produce an attractive return over time].

Corporations which need relatively regular access to equity markets to raise new funds, will tend to pay out 70 % to 80 % of earnings as dividends in order to give these companies enhanced ability to sell new issues of common stocks, say every 18 months to two years, at prices reflecting a premium over book value.

Adding compounding over time and the withholding tax issue for US equities should further help make sheltering equities first the more optimal strategy when you expect low bond returns, and increase the potential benefit (which I still have yet to estimate well), but being in a lower tax bracket will likely reduce it.

Over the past 53 years, the Pratt Center has built on its model of inclusive planning to address such issues as sustainable community development, transportation equity, affordable housing, and urban manufacturing.

A task force of over 30 arts leaders developed a 13 actionable strategies — taking into consideration data from a survey conducted across local arts organizations and input from 650 community members who attended town hall meetings organized by the Arts Commission around the issues of cultural inclusion and equity in the arts — that were incorporated into a report presented to the supervisors.

Over time, will those in his position come to resent those with solar access and will that equity issue be used to inhibit solar installation, appreciating the arguments for solar off setting the need for new generation etc..

The broadening of the conversation on forests beyond carbon has been absolutely necessary since «there are no carbon gains from REDD + until X is solved» — where X represents all the thorny issues that prevent a particular country from administering a credible REDD program, such as disputes over tenure, uncertain governance and technical capacity, and competition between food and forest.In essence, REDD + has been asked to sort out all issues of sustainable development and equity that have plagued the forestry sector for decades, before it can begin its job of reducing emissions.

In the first entry in this series we concluded that although the recent IPCC AR 5 Working Group III report is laudable improvement over prior IPCC reports in regard to identifying ethical and equity issues that should be considered in developing climate change policy, some criticisms are also warranted of how IPCC has articulated the significance and implications of the ethical, justice, and equity principles that should guide nations in developing climate change policies.

James Lewis has over 25 years» experience in a broad range of international and domestic corporate finance transactions; IPOs and equity and debt issues, acting for the issuer and the sponsor / broker; public and private mergers and acquisitions (including by takeover offer and scheme of arrangement); and redomicile transactions and reorganisations.

We go all over the country and consult in various types of organizations: non-profits, for - profits, higher ed, E-12, and certainly in this case, law firms and other legal venues around social justice and equity issues.

Meaning a solo, small law firm or a huge law firm that takes up 10 floors in a major office building in downtown, they would begin to explicitly and consistently over the long term address issues of equity and social justice in their business as usual.

IN THIS ISSUE Arbitrator Provides Helpful Award in Ontario's First TPA Discharge Arbitration Divisional Court Re-Affirms the Importance of Time Limits Pay Equity Remains a Priority Legal Issue for School Boards Accommodating Scent Sensitivities in the Workplace Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Endorses Employer Control Over Accommodation Process Integrated Accessibility Standards under the AODA OMERS OmissioISSUE Arbitrator Provides Helpful Award in Ontario's First TPA Discharge Arbitration Divisional Court Re-Affirms the Importance of Time Limits Pay Equity Remains a Priority Legal Issue for School Boards Accommodating Scent Sensitivities in the Workplace Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Endorses Employer Control Over Accommodation Process Integrated Accessibility Standards under the AODA OMERS OmissioIssue for School Boards Accommodating Scent Sensitivities in the Workplace Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Endorses Employer Control Over Accommodation Process Integrated Accessibility Standards under the AODA OMERS Omissions...

Worked with a leading private equity firm to purchase 23 IFA businesses in two years, with an asset value of over # 3.5 bn — leading on all employment law and HR issues.

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Consider joint credit issues, as well as issues like pledging your home as collateral on business, or using a home equity line of credit to fund a business or tide it over in an economic downturn.

Think about our collective efforts over the years with respect to maintaining Canadian tax - free capital gains on home equity, eliminating municipal land transfer tax and numerous other issues.

There are four major reasons, he reports, why REITs will outperform the Russell 2000 and S&P 500 over the next six months: Interest model is calling for a 1/2 point drop in rates; large cap equities have too much speculation premium in them and are due for a correction; REITs make up 14 % of the Russell 2000, and small cap issues are expected to outperform large cap for the remainder of the year; and the defensive nature of REITs puts them at an advantage under certain market conditions.

As the subprime issue has washed over the market, properties that were in the Equity Office Properties Trust (EOP) portfolio acquired in February by The Blackstone Group have been sold and resold.