Sentences with phrase «key funding markets»

«The government should consider on - balance sheet funding of key projects, concurrent with a comprehensive restructuring of banks and key funding markets.»

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Andrew Goldner, Founder and Managing Director of GrowthX, a seed - stage MicroVC fund and leading market development accelerator, believes that this shift is key to getting to the bottom of what it takes to get successfully funded in this new marketplace.

By contrast, in August, when the market was still anticipating that the Fed might raise its key interest rate in September, the two high - yield funds lost a net $ 344 million.

More specifically, the regulator is examining how private equity firms report a key metric of their past performance when they market new funds to investors.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining how private equity firms report a key metric of their past performance when they market new funds to investors, as the regulator boosts its scrutiny of the industry, according to people familiar with the matter.

Though details of the deal are undisclosed, ADFG stated in a release that it had made a «significant investment» in the VC firm to «accelerate 500's key initiatives, expand to new markets and anchor future global funds.»

The plan is to use the funding to build out the product, make key hires and expand its marketing and advertising efforts.

Funding is the key element to understanding liquidity management; Funding is the key element to understanding short term markets and interest rates.

New funding will be used to extend sales and marketing into Europe and APAC, expand engineering and data science teams to accelerate the company's new data analytics products, and fund potential acquisitions of key data source partners.

Manulife Canadian Real Estate Fund Completes Series of Strategic Acquisitions in Key Canadian Markets

White Paper by Roland Reynolds & Ken Wallace September 2009 INTRODUCTION Two key trends have dramatically altered the venture capital industry over the last three decades: the rise of larger fund sizes and the decline of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) as an exit market for venture - backed companies.

Play a key role in contributing to our deal evaluation process including competitive analysis, financial analysis, pro forma modeling, capitalization table modeling, market sizing and various other investment related items pertaining to our Ag fund.

Recent data has shown that two keys to driving higher levels of EM entrepreneurship are providing resources and funding for emerging markets entrepreneurs, and driving higher levels of female entrepreneur participation.

These include requiring key market - making institutions to strengthen their balance sheets and their funding models.

Two Schroders fund managers called the new bull market in gold about a week before the price broke through the key level.

We often fund activities that include research and product development, building a sales and marketing infrastructure and hiring key executives

The best time to raise growth capital, assuming you are ready for it, is when the market conditions are ripe, market views your sector favorably, key competitors are being funded, or there is inbound interest.

Brent Sonnek - Schmelz, formerly a principal at a private equity fund and currently CFO and GC of Soccer Post, (the largest chain of soccer specialty stores in the country) added: «The key is demonstrating a good market opportunity and explaining a path to growth and profitability that makes sense; and you can have an upside case, if everything goes perfectly, but be realistic an assume there will be some bumps.»

Work with Investors and Raise Capital They are also able to always clearly answer the key questions: ▪ How much capital the need to raise ▪ What does success look like in 12 months ▪ Who is on the team and why ▪ Use of funds ▪ Who is in charge ▪ The go - to - market strategy ▪ How to recruit talent So for those who still feel compelled to build startups, a good starting point is to understand what it takes, and what the expectations are.

One of the key reasons the returns are so high is that investment funds are usually locked up for a long period of time and there's no liquid tertiary market for life settlements.

But if you are concerned that big stocks are overvalued, consider a broader portfolio such as Vanguard Index Total Stock Market (17.6 %), a fund keyed to the Wilshire 5000 index of virtually all publicly traded stocks in the U.S. With a total - market index fund, you'll benefit proportionally when small stocks bounce back, since they're automatically included in the portfolio paMarket (17.6 %), a fund keyed to the Wilshire 5000 index of virtually all publicly traded stocks in the U.S. With a total - market index fund, you'll benefit proportionally when small stocks bounce back, since they're automatically included in the portfolio pamarket index fund, you'll benefit proportionally when small stocks bounce back, since they're automatically included in the portfolio package.

The key features of top money market funds include commercial paper, certificates of deposit, U.S. Treasuries and repurchase agreements.

Amid signs of stronger economic growth and a pick - up in inflation, as well as easier financial conditions, the Federal Open Market Committee, the policy arm of the U.S. central bank, is expected to raise its key federal funds rate in March by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 0.75 % to 1.00 %, says Ellen Zentner, Morgan Stanley's Chief U.S. Economist.

Fink argues that a key reason for the limited payoff to reform efforts was insufficient attention to forcing through corporate governance changes and implementing capital market reforms that could provide alternative channels for funding and competitive pressure on lagging firms in the services sectors to improve their performance.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The report reflects key takeaways from Hartford Funds» recent Millennial Advisor Roundtable, moderated by Bill McManus, Director of Strategic Markets at Hartford Funds.

There will likely be at least one sale of a key player (if not more) to fund the any buys in the transfer market this summer.

The New York State Department of Agriculture and markets and the Erie County Community Development Block Grant program provided key funding for the project, and the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning led the local effort to gather and assess public input with guidance from the Erie County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board;

These events should signal to NAS that the future of whole - school reform rests as much on the fluid and unpredictable nature of educational politics, changes in leadership, and the sufferance of parents and teachers as it does on successful marketing, buy - in from key administrators, and substantial federal funds.

Scores can become an important piece of marketing, and marketing is key for drawing more students — and the funding that comes with them — in a highly competitive choice system like Sweden's.

Intel has always used its MDF (Marketing Development Fund) to exert control and influence over its «partners» in Taiwan as well as key global distribution channels, but here we are seeing what Intel refers to as «contra revenue», a strategy that does not involve making immediate returns, but facilitates instead a massive shift in market presence.

Open and fund a trading account (write on your application, «please send me the Elliott Wave Principle advertised on your web site») and receive one of Robert Prechter's clasic texts entitled, «The Elliott Wave Principle: Key to Market Behavior».

The key ideas revolve around the way mutual funds and other asset managers react which makes interest rate movements and markets asymmetric: when rates fall the reactions are slow and measured, when they rise the response is accelerate by positive feedback.

Voting against the action were Richard W. Fisher, who believed that, while the Committee should be patient in beginning to normalize monetary policy, improvement in the U.S. economic performance since October has moved forward, further than the majority of the Committee envisions, the date when it will likely be appropriate to increase the federal funds rate; Narayana Kocherlakota, who believed that the Committee's decision, in the context of ongoing low inflation and falling market - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations, created undue downside risk to the credibility of the 2 percent inflation target; and Charles I. Plosser, who believed that the statement should not stress the importance of the passage of time as a key element of its forward guidance and, given the improvement in economic conditions, should not emphasize the consistency of the current forward guidance with previous statements.

While open market activities play a key role, so does the federal funds rate (or «fed fund rate»).

Concerns regarding the stability of key financial institutions drove central banks to provide funds to encourage lending and restore faith in the commercial paper markets, which are integral to funding business operations.

Securitization plays a key role in driving increased liquidity in the mortgage market, ensuring that banks can fund more loans, at lower cost.

Do not try to time the market, the key to building a strong retirement fund is to be consistently saving.

Our fund managers meticulously watch the markets in order to spot key opportunities.

The percentages of the Portfolio's assets allocated to each Underlying Fund are: Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund 14 % Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund 5 % Vanguard Short - Term Inflation - Protected Securities Index Fund 6 % Vanguard Federal Money Market Fund 75 % Through its investment in Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund, the Portfolio indirectly invests in a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index in terms of key risk factors and other characteristics.

Add to this the federal government's stated interest in creating more state - based retirement plans for the private sector and various other reforms coming down the pike, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) liquidity and money market fund reforms and key Affordable Care Act (ACA) deadlines — think Cadillac Tax — and it can make a benefit plan adviser's head spin.

«Interest has only increased in the current volatile market environment, and we are pleased to be able to activate Russell's proprietary research in a mutual fund format that provides advisers and their clients with a key tool to employ this investment approach.»

The Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund will be the first broad - based market - cap - weighted index fund to include both all - cap exposure and China A - shares.2 The changes will move the fund closer to market - cap weightings and provide investors with more complete and diversified exposure to a key emerging economy and the second - largest stock market in the world by market cFund will be the first broad - based market - cap - weighted index fund to include both all - cap exposure and China A - shares.2 The changes will move the fund closer to market - cap weightings and provide investors with more complete and diversified exposure to a key emerging economy and the second - largest stock market in the world by market cfund to include both all - cap exposure and China A - shares.2 The changes will move the fund closer to market - cap weightings and provide investors with more complete and diversified exposure to a key emerging economy and the second - largest stock market in the world by market cfund closer to market - cap weightings and provide investors with more complete and diversified exposure to a key emerging economy and the second - largest stock market in the world by market cap.3

That is the key to earning higher returns because 70 % of actively managed funds fail to beat the market index performance.

Key portfolio characteristics include a «through retirement» glide path designed to account for an investor's full life expectancy, a managed volatility approach, as well as portfolios combining active strategies plus factor - based and market - cap - weighted exchange - traded funds (ETFs).

Because you're buying one fund for each of these three key market sectors, you should avoid funds that are too specialized in their focus.

Key highlights for 2018: Hedge funds bounced back to positive territory in April, up 0.55 % with the underlying markets, as -LSB-...]

When you invest in funds, knowing the different stock market indexes is key to building a portfolio and tracking its performance.

But, the key to making this a successful strategy is not the big winners, it's that the other 90 % goes into nice boring index funds that track the S&P 500, Dividend Payers, the Total Stock Market, the Total Bond Market, and a REIT.