Sentences with phrase «lack of capital funds»

The metro rail was first established in the early 1980's but deteriorated in recent years because of age, lack of capital funds, and operating conditions.

Sen. Rick Horner, a Wilson Republican, called the lack of capital funding «the only error» in lawmakers» class size accord.

The defining challenges for the public sector are the lack of capital funding for major projects, and the ever increasing requirement for revenue.

Not exact matches

Growing on a shoestring budget is difficult enough and the lack of capital often results in some tough decisions when it comes to relocating the already limited funds.

While roughly a third of its portfolio companies are in St. Louis, the fund also invests in startups located in places where founders face a similar lack of access to venture capital.

Canadian startups are enjoying more and bigger venture capital deals (in the first quarter of 2016, venture capital investments reached $ 838 million, nearly double what they were for the same period the year before), but the VC community, lacking size and versatility, is not keeping pace with their funding needs.

«When there's a lack of capital, people look at alternative sources of funding in order to acquire equipment.

«There's just a lack of capital and funding gap for small businesses, and it's really magnified in the U.S., where the financial meltdown of 2008 left a lot of businesses unable to access bank financing,» he says, adding social media has also been an immense help in promoting crowdfunding platforms.

Coupled with a lack of distributions from their existing private equity and real assets portfolios, many of these investors were left with disproportionately outsized remaining commitments to, and invested capital in, a number of investment funds, which significantly limited their ability to make new commitments to third - party managed investment funds such as those advised by us.

Due in part to a growing lack of faith in traditional financial advising brought about by this trend, more and more investors are switching to low - cost passive online advisors (often called robo - advisors) who exclusively or almost exclusively invest clients» capital into index - tracking funds, the thought being that if they can not beat the market they may as well join it.

Despite the lack of venture capital funding, millennials are a good investment, Coleman said.

Going against the Silicon Valley orthodoxy, the venture capitalist has urged technology start - ups to go public as soon as they are able, instead of continuing to take venture capital funding: Taking on too much venture funding, he has said, can fuel a lack of discipline.

In order to mitigate the lack of risk capital, the Ontario Government has launched a number of funds and initiatives.

He criticized the mayor for a «complete lack of leadership» on transportation issues and then condemned the MTA's statement that Long Islanders working in the City should consider working from home during upcoming Penn Station repairs, eventually getting around to the position that any further capital funding from the City should be conditioned on «increased mayoral control and influence.»

Also for good reason, Albany is required to review and approve the MTA's capital budget every five years — to make sure infrastructure critical to the metro region's economy isn't being allowed to rot for lack of funding.

Kevin Courtney, general secretary of the NUT, the largest teachers» union, said: «The announcement that there is to be an extra # 320 million to fund up to 140 new free schools demonstrates an extraordinary lack of judgement at a time when state schools across the country are tipping out their piggy banks to search for the loose change to run their schools, let alone engaging in any capital upgrading.

Michele Mason, executive director of the Newark Charter School Fund, which supports charter schools in the city and works extensively with its single - site charters, made a similar point, noting that many mom - and - pops lack the human capital used by CMOs to manage the problems that confront any education startup.

Charter schools have been disproportionally hit during the budget crisis due to the fact that new and growing schools have been «frozen out» of the flex lock - in, charters have limited access to categorical funding like K - 3 Class Size Reduction, and charters are devastated by deferrals because they lack access to short - term working capital.

The lack of interaction between the industry and capital markets has made sourcing funds for audiovisual products especially difficult.This book explains why the distance between the audiovisual and financial markets exists, and considers the perspective of both audiovisual companies and financial intermediaries.

Due in part to a growing lack of faith in traditional financial advising brought about by this trend, more and more investors are switching to low - cost passive online advisors (often called robo - advisors) who exclusively or almost exclusively invest clients» capital into index - tracking funds, the thought being that if they can not beat the market they may as well join it.

REIT Risk (Real Estate Fund only): The Fund's investments in REITs may subject the fund to the following additional risks: declines in the value of real estate, changes in interest rates, lack of available mortgage funds or other limits on obtaining capital, overbuilding, extended vacancies of properties, increases in property taxes and operating expenses, changes in zoning laws and regulations, casualty or condemnation losses and tax consequences of the failure of a REIFund only): The Fund's investments in REITs may subject the fund to the following additional risks: declines in the value of real estate, changes in interest rates, lack of available mortgage funds or other limits on obtaining capital, overbuilding, extended vacancies of properties, increases in property taxes and operating expenses, changes in zoning laws and regulations, casualty or condemnation losses and tax consequences of the failure of a REIFund's investments in REITs may subject the fund to the following additional risks: declines in the value of real estate, changes in interest rates, lack of available mortgage funds or other limits on obtaining capital, overbuilding, extended vacancies of properties, increases in property taxes and operating expenses, changes in zoning laws and regulations, casualty or condemnation losses and tax consequences of the failure of a REIfund to the following additional risks: declines in the value of real estate, changes in interest rates, lack of available mortgage funds or other limits on obtaining capital, overbuilding, extended vacancies of properties, increases in property taxes and operating expenses, changes in zoning laws and regulations, casualty or condemnation losses and tax consequences of the failure of a REIT to

The decision was apparently made on the basis of lack of funding, as the company was not able to garner enough interest from third party investors for new capital to fund its operations.

Retro - active changes in support mechanisms in many Member States, together with the lack of long term certainty by means of 2030 renewable energy targets, increase the costs of capital and make the involvement of public banks in renewable energy upfront funding even more crucial today than a few years ago».

Says Levy, «The entire REIT market suffered due to the lack of equity capital flowing into the sector during the year... creating a significant capital vacuum and creating the need by mutual fund portfolio managers to sell real estate equities even if they may not have believed it was a prudent investment decision.

Meridian Capital's Birnbaum cites a recent mall deal in the Southeast where an owner that lacked the equity for a refinance was able to tap the funds needed to meet loan coverage requirements with the help of a new equity partner.

The lack of capital wouldn't be dangerous, because Fannie and Freddie would still have access to $ 258 billion in emergency funds from Treasury.