Sentences with phrase «say the funding levels»

She said funding levels needed to keep up with changing needs - and gentrification in London meant that the number of pupils eligible for free meals had reduced.

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LONDON, April 20 - British emerging markets - focused hedge fund Onslow Capital Management has closed after a long period of low volatility hit returns and assets fell below a sustainable level, it said in a letter to investors.

The committee says it expects «economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant further gradual increases in the federal funds rate; the federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run.

The low - interest - rate environment has allowed it to borrow to fund operations at levels that are about half the 10 percent interest rate the company paid for its financing more than a decade ago, says Clark Balderson, the company's chairman and chief financial officer.

David Ganek, whose hedge fund Level Global shut down in the wake of an insider trading investigation, said his lawsuit against prosecutors is about «transparency» and «accountability.»

«He understands that we've got to figure out the funding levels and where the money's coming from, make sure it's not smoke and mirrors,» Shuster said of the president.

College Board President David Coleman said the partnership aims to level the college admissions playing field by putting high - quality training within easy reach of students without the funds for commercial test - prep services or the family support often needed to stick with a self - paced practice book.

Brian Peery of Hennessy Funds says now is the time to focus on quarterly earnings and not on the 3 percent level for U.S. Treasurys.

«That does not mean we can't have a debate in Britain about the level of funding of public services,» he said.

«I think in Mexico we should move towards regulating it at state level,» he said in an interview late on Wednesday, calling it «illogical» to divert funds from fighting kidnapping, rape and murder to arrest people using marijuana.

Mr Dawson said the fund was relying on bank balance improvements in the 2012 - 13 financial year to enable it to continue funding subsidies at the current level.

It said Glencore and its subsidiaries were able to borrow funds far more cheaply than the level at which it lent on to the venture.

«I don't see raising the target range for the fed funds rate above its current low level in 2015 as being consistent with the pursuit of the kind of labor market outcomes that we are charged with delivering,» he said.

Wiseman said all of CPPIB's investment teams made material contributions last year, producing CPPIB's largest level of annual investment income since inception, but noted the Canada Pension Plan isn't expected to need to draw money from the fund until at least 2023 and, even then, at a relatively small amount for several years.

All of this raises questions about support for a critical line in the Fed's statement where it says: «The federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run.»

Bitcoin is a risky investment that could easily plunge 50 percent next week to levels seen only last month, said a former hedge fund strategist who is now a digital currency investor.

«He can present a high - level pitch and do so in an entertaining fashion,» says Alfred Lin, a partner at Sequoia Capital, who as an individual contributed to two of Uber's venture - funding rounds.

Rabois agreed that he wouldn't expect to see a change at seed level, and said the trend is even more pronounced in B and C funding rounds than series A.

Harbor CEO Joshua Stein, told CoinDesk that the company will use the funding to further develop its ethereum - based R - Token platform, which he said provides for «compliance at the token level.»

«The funding needs for this project will create additional pressure on government expenditures and consequently either on the rate of depletion of Saudi foreign assets or the increase in government debt levels,» he said.

However, despite Italy's budget difficulties, Monti said that it would not need a bailout, although the country may want Europe's rescue funds and the ECB to buy its bonds so that yields come down to a more manageable level.

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«I think the creation of a fund, through applying a level playing field on taxation, will gather considerable support,» he said in an interview.

When asked for additional clarity during the March FOMC press conference she said only that shrinking the balance sheet is not predicated on a pre-specified level for the federal funds rate and that overall monetary policy normalization would be «well under way» before shrinking the balance sheet commenced.

«Even so, the Committee continues to anticipate that the longer - run neutral level of the federal funds rate is likely to remain below levels that prevailed in previous decades,» Yellen said.

In addition, 85 percent of Unum's insured lives are in group long - term care with a much younger client profile, funded mostly by employers and with smaller benefit levels with more conservative plan designs, he said.

The neutral level of the federal funds rate is expected to rise gradually, making it likely for gradual rate hikes over the next few years, Yellen said.

Bill Gross, the manager of the world's biggest bond fund, said the global economy risks lapsing into recession with the pace of growth falling below the «new normal» level the firm has predicted since 2009.

«The proposal lacks clear governance arrangements, program specificity and the level of long - term funding required to achieve sustained behavioural change,» Mr Baird said in the letter.

SUNNY GAULT: Right, and you did ask, you asked when this started, and I was looking up information on that, so 1991, and this is actually, it says it was launched by the world health organization and the united nations children's fund which is unique, to encourage and recognize hospitals and birthing centers that offer an optimum level of care for infant feeding and mother baby bonding.

The money is part of the $ 100,000 Agricultural Premium Fund used primarily to help people at or near the poverty level, said Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn.

The head of the European Union delegation, Marietje Schaake, said her team had seen no signs of «centralised or localised manipulation» of the voting process but that there were concerns about the misuse of public funds at local and national levels by all parties.

«There was a specific level of funding that was allocated that not only were they depending on but that they budgeted for,» said Kennedy.

But Lipton also said there is «more to do,» like restoring «progressivity» to the state's tax code, closing the carried interest tax loophole, and investing in a new «social contract» on public education that ensures full funding for schools — including universal pre-K (an early de Blasio priority)-- and restoration to the public university system to pre-recession levels.

U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say the funding of additional positions will bring the department to a staffing level in line with National Fire Protection Association standards.

Cuomo also proposed a $ 1 billion reserve fund to guard against future health care cuts that, legislators say, may be funded at a lower level to free up cash for other priorities.

«We are extremely encouraged by the new revenue streams secured for the MTA in the state budget,» said MTA spokesman Jon Weinstein in a statement, «and we will continue to work with our partners in government at all levels to help fund public transit.»

«I am honored to have been selected by Commissioner Nigro to lead the establishment of an independent agency to operate the Fire Pension Fund and enhance the quality and level of service afforded to firefighters and fire officers as they approach retirement after providing years of selfless service to the citizens of New York City,» Cassidy said at the time.

The New York Library Association says library funding is getting cut and is actually below the level required by law.

But Cuomo, in his veto message, said the state has been funding its public college systems at an «unparalleled» level.

«The choice for Republicans is clear: they can keep Richard Hanna, who votes to raise taxes, to extend U.S. debt to economically dangerous levels by voting with Obama, Reid and Pelosi to raise the debt ceiling while bankrupting our nation, or they can choose a commonsense Republican like me who has a proven record of voting to reduce taxes, voting against the implementation of Obamacare in New York, votes against funding an illegal database (including ammunition database) against legal gun owners, voting against increasing our debt ceiling in New York and supports countless initiatives to reduce the burdens of government red tape on individuals and small businesses, including family farms,» Tenney said.

He says at the current lower level of state funding, the school district faces a $ 10 million budget gap.

Legislator Casey Jordan took up the measure and said the Senate's bill would require funding of any state program or expenditure item that impacts lower levels of government, to be paid for by the state.

«With today's approval the funding for the Clarence Youth Bureau has been returned to the 2014 level and gives the town the ability to provide important services and programs to our young people,» said Legislator Rath.

Some school groups said the funding was not adequate, and expressed loud concerns over a new requirement for larger school districts — and eventually all school districts — to submit plans to state officials detailing how they would allocate money on a school level.

«We wouldn't want to think that [funding] would be put in the budget without some level of assurance [from the governor's office],» Commisso said.

Speaking to reporters after an unrelated bill - signing ceremony in lower Manhattan, Cuomo said, «it's the city's legal obligation to be funding» subway upgrades and improvements, «even though we stepped in on a moral level» to provide state funding.

He said the country was experiencing some level of stability which was underpinned by the exchange rate stability and sustained fiscal consolidation as a result of the International Monetary Fund programme the Government had signed on to.

WFP officials have said publicly that Cuomo has leveled threats against the WFP, telling them to «lose my number» if they endorsed Nixon and would find ways of pulling funding from the advocacy organizations that remain with the liberal ballot line.