Sentences with phrase «traditional funders say»

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«The only funds growing faster than ETFs since 2011: traditional index funds,» he said.

«The traditional mutual fund and hedge fund business is toast,» Borus said.

«We're seeing [socially responsible] investment funds outperforming the S&P and traditional investment managers,» he says.

«The market is fragmented and inefficient, and traditional indexes are poorly designed,» he said, but he added that higher - fee active bond funds run into the same problem as active equity funds.

Even if more traditional index funds come out, he says ETFs still provide a vastly improved investment structure for individuals.

Among those who are failing to get excited about active ETFs, James Peters, CEO of Tactical Allocation Group, managing more than $ 1.5 billion in three ETF - based portfolios, says: «I don't see where they add any compelling value other than being cheaper in cost and having a tax advantage over the traditional mutual fund.»

Reining In Rates O'Neil, one of the managers of the $ 26 billion Fidelity Total Bond Fund, said rising bond yields could be reined in by at least three forces: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's commitment to a very gradual program of rate hikes, the traditional aversion to budget deficits by the Republican - controlled Congress, and buying by overseas investors who may use the recent jump in rates to snap up more Treasuries.

It means entering a business with typically lower profit margins than traditional funds because of the low fees common among ETFs,» the newspaper said.

«Some of these companies seem to act more like hedge funds than traditional pharmaceutical companies,» said Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who ran the recent hearing.

«The really tricky question for regulators is how we structure those type of rules in light of the fact that the funds these firms hold are not denominated in dollars or other forms of traditional fiat currencies,» Lawsky said.

While traditional VCs offer a number of benefits, including access to funding and resources around hiring, Saper said that bringing a strategic investor into the mix can benefit companies, assuming it's the right fit.

That said, we're not advocating that investors abandon the benchmark - replicating approach.With bull market and economic expansion more mature, blending active management exposures — whether through actively - managed exchange traded funds (ETFs), multi-asset managers, traditional active equity managers or other sources — with benchmark - replicating vehicles will become increasingly important for meeting return objectives and controlling risk.

«Business Financial Services has grown rapidly over the last 11 years by effectively serving business owners whose working capital needs are not met by traditional funding sources,» said Marc Glazer, CEO and co-founder of the Company.

«It also generates millions of dollars in annual funding for local charities and community groups and will not slug consumers with higher prices that a traditional container deposit scheme will,» said Gary Dawson, Australian Food and Grocery Council CEO.

A Cuomo administration source on Thursday said the proposals include linking charter school funding to traditional public school aid.

Other key Assembly Democrats said they will not lift the cap on charter schools without stricter conditions on operations of the publicly funded, privately managed schools — including restricting their ability to share building space with traditional public schools, preventing charters from «saturating» neighborhoods, and banning for - profit firms from running charters — parroting the objections of the teachers unions.

He later said that the Roman Catholic Church «in no way [wishes to] undermine the traditional American principle of separation of Church and State» and that «public funds were neither sought nor expected», for school construction and teaching services at least.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

Senate Republicans have approved measures aimed at strengthening school safety in recent weeks, including measures aimed at funding school resource officers, a move Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he is opposed to and has backed traditional gun control legislation.

The president had incentivized the expansion of these publicly funded but independently operated schools, which proponents say give students an alternative to failing traditional schools.

Some union officials and their allies say the change in strategy also reflects a recognition that the traditional winter ad wars are not without cost to themselves, both in dollars — 1199 alone has spent as much as $ 10 million a year out of a joint fund with the Greater New York Hospital Association — and in public relations backlash.

The changes, which Education Commissioner John King said are already under way, include increasing public understanding of the standards, training more teachers and principals, ensuring adequate funding, reducing testing time and providing high school students the option to take some traditional Regents exams while Common Core - aligned tests are phased in.

But very often, in traditional funding systems, [the really large grants] were given out to senior researchers,» she says.

This drive to follow his passion has presented some challenges in seeking funding through traditional channels; some of his proposals have been rejected for being «too ambitious,» he says.

Funding R&D initiatives that are part of these new mandatory spending requests would require new legislation outside of the traditional appropriations process, said the director of the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program at a 23 March briefing on Capitol Hill.

Piot admits that he is concerned about funding, but says he hopes money will come from developing countries and other «innovative» sources as well as from the traditional donors.

«We're different to traditional non-profits that have long cycles of grants and projects, and feedback that happens over years rather than days or weeks,» says Shivani Garg Patel, co-founder of Samahope, which raises funds to support individual doctors in developing countries, especially those who are treating women and children.

Kipping says that crowd - funding can also be a way to pilot ideas that might later be developed into full - fledged grant proposals to more traditional funders.

The Texas Board of Education's decision to allow school districts to buy a videodisk - based science curriculum with state textbook funds will encourage traditional publishers to step up their efforts in the electronic media, experts said last week, but it is unlikely to signal the end of printed textbooks in the schools.

Third, the traditional schooling system will never let performance - based funding start there; arguing for waiting is akin to saying «no.»

Karen Woolland of wctd, an expert on sports project funding says: «In order to make your project a reality it is advisable to move away from the thinking of a traditional project of synthetic pitch and changing rooms for one main user group, the key is to work in partnership and link with as many community partners as viable.

In a 6 - 3 ruling, the high court said charter schools don't qualify as «common» schools under Washington's Constitution and can't receive public funding intended for those traditional public schools.

Castrejon said the grants are not intended to replace traditional funding of schools through ADA but will be used to support school leaders to do effective planning.

Under state law, schools» funding is linked to the number of attending students, so charter schools divert much - needed funds from traditional schools, he said.

«Reforming our broken school funding system isn't a partisan issue, and a comprehensive, data - driven look at how we fund traditional public and charter schools in our state is long overdue,» said Rick Johnson, former Michigan House Speaker.

«Regardless of whether a child attends a traditional public or charter school, they deserve the best possible education, and that starts with establishing a school funding program that's data - driven and works for all students,» said Mary Kay Shields, president of CS Partners.

This means a special needs students in a traditional school would receive 30 percent to 60 percent more funding than the same student attending a charter school, Fayfich said.

The author and sponsors say that charter schools should be held to the same transparency standards as traditional schools because they receive public funding.

Put simply: existing programs, both charter and traditional, weren't preparing graduates to succeed in HBCUs, said Johnny C. Taylor Jr., president and CEO of the Fund.

«AB 913 would also protect funding for public education by applying to charter schools the requirements that have proven effective in minimizing conflict of interest in traditional public schools,» Rivas said.

Since taking power, he said, the government had ensured more students were doing traditional subjects, more were taught in good and outstanding schools, more vulnerable students were funded most generously under the pupil premium.

UPDATED * LA Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines has corrected a statement he made at Tuesday's board meeting, telling the members in an email that he erred in saying charter schools receive more in state funding than traditional public schools.

Supporters of charter schools, which are funded with the taxpayer dollars that a local school district would otherwise get to educate a student, say the schools allow for innovative ways to teach outside the confines of the red tape found in traditional public schools.

«She is one of the biggest Republican funders in the whole country and a huge Republican funder in Wisconsin and she explicitly says she expects things in return,» said Wisconsin Democracy Campaign executive director Matt Rothschild, referring to a 1997 column DeVos wrote saying she expects, in return for her financial support of candidates «to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues.»

Critics say the schools detract from public education by pulling funds from traditional public schools.

It says traditional and charter public schools should be funded equally, and transportation costs should be funded at $ 973 per rider.

Some said the additional time meant a better chance of compromise in North Carolina's annual tilting match between traditional schools and charter supporters, who claim that publicly - funded charters are being short - changed by their traditional school counterparts.

«This is money that charters are owed,» Brandon said, adding that he believes charter supporters will eventually win out in the funding battle over traditional schools.

Critics of the publicly - funded vouchers say the program — a favorite of school choice advocates — would spend millions in state dollars over the next decade on primarily religious private schools exempted from many of the accountability and anti-discrimination measures imposed on traditional public schools.

Because virtual charter students are pulled from districts across the state, Schauss said the funding formula is slightly different from traditional public schools, which rely on enrollment projections to help guide appropriations.