Sentences with phrase «of equity sectors»

It is also evident one level down, in the performance of equity sectors and styles.

Not exact matches

He says the firm's private equity backers — Madrona Venture Group and Highland Capital Partners — bring a similar understanding of the two sectors.

«The U.S. has very mature investors for the sector, but the Asian investors are quite new to it,» said Li Hang, head of Greater China equity capital markets at investment bank CLSA.

According to the Bank, corporate Canada's overall debt - to - equity ratio — under 0.9, down from 1.5 in the mid-1990s — is at a historic low, the result of two decades of private - sector deleveraging.

Kostin said that these correlations are «mean - reverting» and are likely to fall given the idiosyncratic impact of policy risks, adding that equities within the consumer discretionary and health care sectors offer the best stock - picking opportunities.

That is because banks, private - equity firms and institutional investors have continued to pour money into the sector even as oil companies slashed billions of dollars in spending from their budgets and laid off more than 100,000 workers.

Flush with cash withdrawn from the equity in their homes and other borrowed money, Canadian consumers have gone on a spending spree with gains spread across a wide variety of retail sectors, including vehicles, building materials, home furnishings, clothing and food.

Li Hang, head of Greater China equity capital markets at CLSA, said: «We really need sector specialist bankers to run biotech deals, otherwise everybody will say we don't know how to do the due diligence.»

Given the concentration in Canada's banking sector, it's likely that at least some of the banks will be designated as such, requiring higher capital levels and putting even more pressure on their return on equity.

Stephen Furlong, airline equity analyst at Davy Stockbrokers, and John Strickland, director of JLS Consulting, discuss EasyJet and the airline sector.

«In the nonprofit sector, you probably don't have the ability to offer either the short - term big bucks or the whispered promise of future riches that equity provides.

Against the backdrop of current macroeconomic trends — European sovereign debt, the continued monetization of U.S. obligations, the prospect of a hard landing in China — another phenomenon is quietly playing out here in Canada: a continued strengthening of merger - and - acquisition activity in our mining sector, which could boost what are now severely compressed equity valuations.

While he's long on most of the equity in the fund, he'll take a short position on sectors or securities that seem overvalued.

Jason Goldberg, managing director and senior equity analyst at Barclays, and Stephen Scouten, managing director of equity research at Sandler O'Neill, discuss the financial sector and if regional banks are a better bet.

His prior experience includes private equity funding of start - up telecommunications and Internet services companies, as well as strategic and financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, and managing finance and accounting activities for both domestic and international businesses in the telecommunications and Internet services sectors.

The SBA describes the program thusly: «Typically, a 504 project includes a loan secured with a senior lien from a private - sector lender covering up to 50 percent of the project cost, a loan secured with a junior lien from the CDC (a 100 percent SBA - guaranteed debenture) covering up to 40 percent of the cost, and a contribution of at least 10 percent equity from the small business being helped.

European equities closed lower Tuesday amid continued fears of a potential trade war and regulation for the technology sector.

Dividend stocks that yield more When it comes to equities, high - paying dividend stocks, especially in the utility and REIT sectors, have been the go - to investment of late.

Lori Calvasina, head of U.S. equity strategy for RBC, said in a recent note the sector «continues to be in the middle innings of a rotation back in,» and that «valuations don't worry us.»

According to the ETF Classification System of Index Universe (www.indexuniverse.com), there are currently 29 China - related ETFs available on the US market - broad equity market, large - cap, small - cap, sectors, fixed - income, currency, leveraged, and inverse ETFs.

Jon Cox, head of European consumer equities at Kepler Cheuvreux, discusses the sectors that will be hard - hit by the Swiss National Bank's move to end the franc's euro peg.

Or will they attract a wide range of copycats from other sectors who will apply a separate agenda and a different set of criteria to private - equity deals?

Global private equity deals have enjoyed their strongest start in five years, buoyed by the record amounts of cash flowing into the sector as institutional investors look for ways to boost their returns, writes Javier Espinoza.

But besides its strong public sector involvement, Medellin also has a lot to offer new businesses because of its location, said Erik Stettler, director of Socialatom Ventures, a venture capital and private equity firm that has invested in 35 start - ups across Latin America and has very strong operations in Medellin.

In turn, the manufacturing - sector recovery, combined with a low neutral federal funds rate, is increasing «the odds of a long lasting US equity bull market,» Einhorn wrote.

• Vista Equity Partners made an investment in Allocate Software, a U.K. - based provider of workforce solutions to the healthcare, defense, and maritime sectors.

Will Connolly, head of Technology Equity Capital Markets, discusses the uptick in the number and performance of technology IPO's in 2017, with diversification across sectors and regions, as well as a look ahead to the 2018 IPO market.

The financial sector changes were later confirmed by Yi Gang, the newly appointed head of China's central bank, who said foreign investors would be allowed to hold up to a 51 per cent equity stake in brokerage firms, futures companies and fund management firms.

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In the European market, the oil sector has a high dividend yield of about 6 percent — the highest there is — which adds up to real value, says Nick Nelson, head of global and European equity strategy at UBS.

Unfortunately, the plan presented by his advisers, Peter Navarro and Wilbur Ross, suggests an approach based on tax credits for equity investment and total private sector participation that will not cover the most important projects, not reach many of the most important investors, and involve substantial mis - targeting of public resources.

Additionally, we believe the more defensive sectors of the equity market such as consumer staples could underperform, along with some telecommunication companies and utilities, where returns are heavily regulated.

In an earlier post, «Where to Ride Out the Volatility,» I covered three investing strategies to consider today for the equity side of portfolios, opting for defensive sectors not included.

Aside from a small leadership group, everyone in BLK is an equity analyst focusing on a different sector of the economy.

SYDNEY (Reuters)- U.S. private equity giant KKR & Co LP moved to bolster its presence in Australia's lucrative mortgage market on Wednesday, joining a rush of players hungry for a slice of a property boom even as the sector shows early signs of slowing.

A number of factors — such as rising US interest rates, the recurrence of big fluctuations in global currencies, and the widening dispersion of equity returns across sectors and regions — may have helped to create an increasingly conducive environment for hedge - fund strategies, which have seen a positive turnaround in performance in recent quarters.

Across sectors, we see that equity risk is projected to be the primary driver of returns (below chart).

Event - driven and long short equity managers, for instance, have overall seen rosier average gains over the past 12 — 18 months on the back of investors» growing focus on company - specific events, earnings growth, balance sheets and valuations of individual securities across different sectors and regions.

«More than two years after the financial crisis, we believe the U.S. financial services sector is poised to shift toward capital deployment from capital accumulation in 2011,» wrote Keefe Bruyette & Wood's North America Equity Research team of analysts in a 2011 finance - sector outlook published in December.

The deal, which is expected to be announced later on Monday, is the latest example of the private equity sector's appetite for U.S. business software companies with predictable maintenance and subscription revenue and a loyal client base.

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.

He spent the majority of his early career in equity research covering the biotechnology sector at RBC Capital Markets, Lazard Capital Markets and Citi Research.

Full - Phase Average Performance Calculates the (geometric) average performance of a sector in a particular phase of the business cycle and subtracts the performance of the broader equity market.

Macro: The Macro strategy's strongest contributions came from long equity and Energy - sector positioning as low volatility and sustained, upward trends in these markets continued driving returns throughout most of January.

Follow Denise for insights on macroeconomic data and its use in shaping the outlook for each of the 11 U.S. equity sectors.

The sector breakdown of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Convertibles: Cash Pay Bond Index currently has a large exposure to equity factors and sectors we are positive on, namely the momentum factor and technology, which comprise nearly half of the index (source: Bloomberg, as of 1/10/2018).

Chris also worked as an investment banking analyst in the TMT group at Cowen and Company where he completed a number of M&A and equity transactions in the digital media and communications equipment sectors.

As evidenced by the image below, interest in momentum research has taken off since the original 1993 Jegadeesh and Titman paper: Source: «Two Centuries of Multi-Asset Momentum (Equities, Bonds, Currencies, Commodities, Sectors and Stocks)»

Without recognizing the role of debt and taking into account the magnitude of negative equity and earnings shortfalls, one can not see that what is preventing American industry from exporting more is the heavy debt overhead that diverts income to pay the Finance, Insurance and Real Estate (FIRE) sector.

Justin spends the majority of his time working with private equity funds and corporate clients in the healthcare sector.