Sentences with phrase «of commitment to equity»

In the end, it is only when we graduate all of our students with a profound sense of commitment to equity, social justice, and taking action in ways that better the world that we will be attaining Horace Mann's vision of public education.

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No commitment was made regarding equity, the company claimed, and Bell was dismissed as the firm transitioned to a new line of business that she «put little effort» toward developing.

Anybody frustrated by a commitment - phobic partner should consider dating a private - equity investor — a group of people willing to make a decade - long commitment without a lot of dithering and second - guessing.

Craig Munro - chaired Gulf Manganese Corporation has received a $ US10 million ($ A13 million) equity commitment from an Indonesian investor to progress development of its Kupang smelting hub in West Timor.

In eight months, Fundable has been able to help startups raise $ 50 million worth of commitments, either in the form of donation - based or equity crowdfunding.

In some cases, a banker gets interested, but he or she expresses anxieties about perceived risks; a credit - line commitment might be offered, contingent upon the company's being able to carry out some type of equity offering simultaneously.

Alter's answer: «Signing an adviser agreement: a legal document that briefly outlines the adviser's commitment to your company and gives him or her a small amount of equity.

«But given the financing opportunities that exist for us in the private - equity arena and our growth rate this year of 25 % per month, we were able to win a loan commitment from a bank that would come into effect as soon as we carried out a private placement,» notes CEO Brad Galle.

• Elevate Midstream Partners, a Houston, Texas - based midstream company, secured an equity commitment of up to $ 100 million from Tailwater Capital LLC.

We've already invested the lion's share of our funds» original equity commitments to acquire about $ 1.8 billion of assets, based on unpaid principal balance, for less than $ 0.40 on the dollar.

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.

With $ 1 billion of cumulative equity commitments, Carnelian focuses on lower - to - middle market equity investments in the North American upstream, midstream and oilfield services sectors.

Other specific duties and responsibilities of the HR and Compensation Committee include reviewing senior management selection and overseeing succession planning, including reviewing the leadership development process; reviewing and approving objectives relevant to executive officer compensation, evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP;

Like its predecessor, which raised $ 113 million in June 2014, Fund II will invest primarily in control buyouts, focusing on microcap healthcare businesses with $ 1 to $ 7 million in EBITDA and equity commitments of $ 10 to $ 30 million per platform.

«David brings decades of experience in the exempt market and understands the commitment it takes to support the growth of equity crowdfunding and we welcome his voice and financing platform to the ever expanding Canadian crowdfunding market», said Craig Asano, Executive Director, NCFA Canada.

Deal Expands Axel Springer's Worldwide Digital Audience to Nearly 200 Million Users and Furthers Commitment to Innovative Digital Journalism / Ranks Axel Springer among the World's Six Largest Digital Publishers in Terms of Reach / Henry Blodget and Julie Hansen Will Continue to Lead Pioneering Business News Portal and Remain Significantly Invested through an Extensive, Long - term Equity Incentive

As part of our commitment to pay equity, we've stopped asking candidates about their salary history in the United States and are in the process of implementing this practice globally.

In the June 2008 update of their paper entitled «How to Time the Commodity Market», Devraj Basu, Roel Oomen and Alexander Stremme investigate whether information in the weekly Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Commitments of Traders (COT) reports enable successful timing of U.S. equities and commodities markets.

Discomfort with the authoritarian drift of politics and policymaking in Eastern Europe, and the consequences of Russia's aggressive foreign policy, more than offset fresh commitments to South Africa and Saudi Arabia Equity Funds.

In general, writedowns against shareholder equity alone will be enough, provided that regulations are revised to allow institutions to continue servicing existing financial commitments on the basis of more flexible capital requirements.

Equity Crowdfunding platforms reflect a commitment to a type of investing model that is inherently ethical with built in checks on bad behavior.

The shares related to the $ 580.0 million equity rights offering were issued and the fee payable to the commitment parties under the Backstop Commitment Agreement was paid in new common stock as set forth in the plan of reorgcommitment parties under the Backstop Commitment Agreement was paid in new common stock as set forth in the plan of reorgCommitment Agreement was paid in new common stock as set forth in the plan of reorganization.

Yellen's tacit commitment to dovish monetary policy should support equities, however these same policies only reinforce the importance of owning precious metals over the long haul.

Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»

RBC Vision Women's Leadership MSCI Canada Index ETF aims to replicate the performance of the MSCI Canada IMI Women's Leadership Select Index, a broad Canadian equity markets index with a focus on companies domiciled in Canada that exhibit a commitment towards women leadership among their board of directors and executive leadership positions.

The size of the package, the open - ended nature of the commitment and the willingness to purchase longer dated bonds all came as positive surprises to investors, driving this past week's strong equity rally.

Click here to download our Commitment of Traders (equity indices and bonds) update for the same week.

He's a few days away from making an unsolicited bid for Dell, recently valued at $ 25 billion, offering to put up a $ 5 billion equity commitment funded almost completely out of his own pocket.

All markets will continue to focus on the volatility in the equity and bond markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to this afternoon's Commitment of Traders Report, followed by reports Monday on Chinese PMI, German CPI and Retail Sales, US Personal Income, Personal Spending, PCE, Chicago PMI, Pending Home Sales, and the Dallas Fed's Manufacturing Index for near term direction.

Other specific duties and responsibilities of the HR and Compensation Committee include reviewing senior management selection and overseeing succession planning, including reviewing the leadership development process; reviewing and approving objectives relevant to executive officer compensation and evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity-based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP; monitoring workforce management programs; establishing compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and its charter.

Annual cash retainers and formula equity award grants to our independent directors are intended to correlate to the responsibilities and time commitments of each such director.

The raising is «significantly lower» than the last equity issue, and investors said that since the company was burning through $ 400,000 a month, a fresh commitment would give it sufficient funds until the end of June 2018 to attempt a change in strategy.

(3) The allocation of human, economic and scientific resources is of ethical import to those with a religious commitment to equity and justice.

And other companies that have never offered paid paternity leave are now considering adding this as a benefit to meet the expectations of today's new fathers and to demonstrate a commitment to gender equity.

A reader hoping for an in - depth analysis of inequalities in the American educational system and promising approaches towards school reform would likely be better off picking up a copy of Linda Darling - Hammond's book, The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future.

«The Board of Regents and I remain steadfast in our commitment to the goals of promoting school integration and fostering equity and culturally responsive practices in schools across the State,» Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa said.

«Gov. Cuomo has consistently resisted adequate funding for high need schools and has used a long series of excuses and misrepresentations of the facts to cover up his lack of commitment to true educational equity and adequacy,» the group said.

We felt Governor Cuomo had shown a lack of true commitment to the issues outlined above and also to others of importance to women such as pay equity, reproductive health and human trafficking.

The foldout also includes commitments to «support our public schools» and to «close the $ 4.4 billion annual gap in funding owed by the state to public schools» — a figure apparently derived from the Court of Appeals» 2003 Campagn for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State decision, which ruled Albany had shortchanged the city billions in education funds.

He assured the public of the commission's commitment to ensure justice, equity and fairness to all and sundry in the discharge of its mandate.

Financial strength to pursue capital expenditure programme, forecast at U$ 9 billion in 2008 and 2009, while maintaining the goal of a single A credit rating and a commitment not to raise equity as part of the refinancing of the debt incurred in the Alcan transaction.

Democrats believe your zip code or census tract should not be a predictor of your health, which is why we will make health equity a central part of our commitment to revitalizing communities left behind.

«Being recognized by my peers for my commitment to developing my own practice and that of my students, for mentoring students within the L&L Program and across HGSE, and for helping to lead our community toward increasing diversity and equity is so affirming.

What impressed me most was the participants» deep commitment to equity, to do whatever it takes to leverage the talent of every learner.

«Mildred's commitment to fairness, social justice, and equity permeates all that she's accomplished her master's year at HGSE,» said Lecturer Karen Mapp, director of EPM.

Today more than 9,000 Teach For America corps members are in the midst of two - year teaching commitments in 43 regions across the country, reaching over 600,000 students, and nearly 24,000 alumni are working inside and outside the field of education to continue the effort to ensure educational excellence and equity.

«This award renews my commitment to ensuring equity and fairness in assessments of Latino English Language Learners, the driving force of my dissertation research.»

«I have learned how to assess and evaluate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education, and have gained a more exhaustive understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the profession.»

«Jill Carlson embodies the many qualities that distinguish students and graduates of the International Education Policy Program: the commitment to international development through the expansion of educational opportunities, a deep and abiding interest in advancing social equity and development through education, a rich combination of deep knowledge about the field of international development, strong analytic skills, outstanding leadership qualities, and a strong moral compass,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, director of IEP.