a fund that invests only in a particular industry would be a
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Hedge fund A hedge fund is an investment fund that pools capital from accredited individuals or institutional investors and invests in a variety of assets, often with complex portfolio-construction and risk-management techniques. It is administered by a professional investment management firm, and often structured as a limited partnership, limited liability company, or similar vehicle. Hedge funds are generally distinct from mutual funds, as their use of leverage is not capped by regulators, and distinct from private equity funds, as the majority of hedge funds invest in relatively liquid assets. The term "hedge fund" originated from the paired long and short
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investment funds include the Cambrian Fund, Cambrian Japan, AJR/Quest, Cambrian Global and Cambrian Europe. Atlantic’s largest fund, the Cambrian Fund, is a long-only activist fund that generally invests in only 6 or 7 securities. In 1992, Atlantic began the Cambrian strategy, investing in a concentrated portfolio of approximately six medium to low-tech industrial companies. In 1993, Roepers launched AJR International, an offshore hedge fund. The firm invests in various sectors including packaging, aerospace, pumps and valves, industrial materials, specialty chemicals, information-technology services and food companies. The firm looks for stocks between $1 billion and $30 billion in market cap, with
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Soros Fund Management Soros Fund Management, LLC is a private American investment management firm. It is currently structured as a family office but formerly as a hedge fund. The firm was founded in 1969 by George Soros and in 2010 was reported to be one of the most profitable firms in the hedge fund industry, averaging a 20% annual rate of return over four decades. They are headquartered at 250 West 55th Street in New York. Soros Fund Management is the primary adviser for the Quantum Group of Funds; a family of funds dealing in international investments. The company invests
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funds. Data showed that hedge funds account for 0.6% of the GDP in the USA, 0.35% in Europe, 0.2% in Asia, while only 0.1% in China. It is expected that China's GDP would quadruple in 10 years time and hedge funds would be about 0.4% of the country's GDP. In this case, China's hedge funds would expand 12-fold, and place China second in the world for hedge fund investments. Residential Bank Deposits in China 2003-2008H1 Year Residential Bank Deposits in China (billion RMB) Hedge fund industry in China The hedge fund industry in China was established in the early 1990s,
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million. On May 1, 2013, it launched a new "long-only" fund (Coatue Long-Only Partners). In 2014, it announced plans to raise money for a second hybrid fund (Coatue Hybrid Fund II) that deals with venture capital investments in new technology companies. It raised over $543 million for its second hybrid fund by 2015. Some of its notable investments include Lyft, Box.com, jet.com, Uber, and Snapchat. Coatue Management Coatue is a technology sector hedge fund that invests in public and private equity markets. It is led by Philippe Laffont, who founded the hedge fund after leaving Tiger Management in 1999 (as
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of stock funds". See fund of funds. "Hedge fund" is a legal structure. Hedge funds often trade stocks, but may trade or invest in anything else depending on the fund. This is done to reduce the risk of investments in stocks. Stock fund A stock fund, or equity fund, is a fund that invests in stocks, also called equity securities. Stock funds can be contrasted with bond funds and money funds. Fund assets are typically mainly in stock, with some amount of cash, which is generally quite small, as opposed to bonds, notes, or other securities. This may be a
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typically invests in undervalued stocks, is known to have modeled his investing style on Buffett's style by analyzing his annual shareholder letters. ESL Investments ESL Investments is a privately owned hedge fund based in Greenwich, Connecticut and estimated to be worth over $9 billion as of 2004. ESL Investments are not associated with ESL International, the stock market investment technology company. The fund is managed by Edward Lampert, who founded it in April 1988 and named it after his initials. The firm invests in the American public equity and hedging markets. Managing the fund with a contrarian investing approach, Lampert
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care industry. DeParle was Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President Bill Clinton and also served as the Healthcare Czar under President Barack Obama. Before joining the White House, DeParle was a Senior Advisor and Managing Director at J. P. Morgan Partners from 2001 to 2009, where she was a member of the Healthcare Group. Consonance Capital Partners invests in privately owned healthcare companies. The PE fund completed its financing at $500 million. Consonance Capital, both the hedge fund and the private equity fund, have a total capitalization of approximately $1.5 billion. Consonance Capital has public
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all remaining shares in 2009. As Highbridge CIO, he guided the firm through multiple market cycles as it achieved one of the best risk adjusted returns in the hedge fund industry. He currently runs his family office, Talpion Fund Management, which invests proprietary money in a hedge fund like structure as well as direct fixed income investing. In 2012 he seeded Clearline Capital, an equity investor. The family office has also branched into direct real estate investing, as well as venture capital under the name QB1 Ventures. Swieca is on the board of The National World War II Museum and
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has subsequently been closed, with Samena Capital having made a profitable exit from the business. To take advantage of the consolidation of the asset management industry during the global financial crisis of 2008, Samena Capital acquired an Asian hedge fund seeding platform from Vision Investment Management in May 2009. The platform has since then been renamed Samena Asia Managers (SAM), and manages the Samena Angel Fund with approximately US$80 million in AUM. The fund provides seed capital to early stage, Asia-focused hedge funds and/or invests in niche hedge funds. Two of the most successful hedge funds it has seeded/accelerated are
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Vulture fund A vulture fund is a hedge fund, private equity fund or distressed debt fund, that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in default, known as distressed securities. Investors in the fund profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then using numerous methods to gain a larger amount than the purchasing price. Debtors include companies, countries, and individuals. Vulture funds have had success in bringing attachment and recovery actions against sovereign debtor governments, usually settling with them before realizing the attachments in forced sales. Settlements typically are made at a
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the Irish media), advised by IFSC tax-law firms (e.g. Matheson), had exploited to avoid Irish taxes (capital gains, withholding tax and VAT/duty) on over €80bn of Irish distressed assets. The affair caused a national scandal in Ireland and led to public backlash against the activities of US distressed debt funds, and particularly when it was discovered that they had used children's charities controlled by the tax-law firms to mask their Section 110 SPV tax vehicles. Vulture fund A vulture fund is a hedge fund, private equity fund or distressed debt fund, that invests in debt considered to be very weak
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against high hedge fund fees. In particular, he has been critical of hedge funds with high correlations to equity markets, delivering stock index fund performance (which is available cheaply) at prices that could only be justified by extraordinary market insight that only the best hedge funds seem to deliver consistently. In 2008, he complained about short-selling restrictions in "The New York Times." In a 2010 "Wall Street Journal" op-ed (written with Aaron Brown) he claimed the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill would lead to regulatory capture, crony capitalism and a massive "financial-regulatory complex." In Bloomberg columns, he discussed taxation of investment
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Natalia the $80,000.00 (the money from the house sale) that Natalia loses when she invests the money in Decker's risky hedge fund scheme. Natalia invests her money in the risky scheme because she overhears Olivia and Decker discussing the risky scheme. Olivia blames herself, and Frank (Frank Dicopoulos) also blames her, for Natalia investing her money in the hedge fund. Olivia makes what Decker calls “an impassioned” plea for him to return Natalia her money. Olivia's impassioned plea to Decker drains her strength. She is admitted into the hospital. While in the hospital, Decker confronts a bed-ridden Olivia. Decker says
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Lion Star Fund Lion Star Fund is a hedge fund headquartered in New York City and registered in the British Virgin Islands. It stems from the Lion Star Family Fund, a family office that has shown consistent rates of return. The fund primarily trades and invests in currencies, the indices of developed countries, and commodities like metals. The original Lion Star Family Fund was founded in 2006 to manage the assets of close friends and family. The fund started out with an initial investment of $500,000. From 2006 to 2013, the fund averaged a realized return of 45.4% per year
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invests in "value" stocks. Companies rated as value stocks usually are older, established businesses that pay dividends. A fund that invests in one area of industry is called a sector fund. Most sector funds have a minimum of 25% of their assets invested in its specialty. These funds offer high appreciation potential, but may also pose higher risks to the investor. Examples include gold funds (gold mining stock), technology funds, and utility funds. An equity income fund stresses current income over growth. The funds objective may be accomplished by investing in the stocks of companies with long histories of dividend
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Hermes-Sojitz Direct Investments Fund Hermes-Sojitz is an alliance of Asian and European shareholders. The fund specializes in direct investments to Asia, Africa and Russia. The fund focuses on emerging markets. The main fund's investments are directed to development of mineral deposits (oil and gas, metals, REE), property development and food industry. In Asia the fund invests in commercial real estate – hotels and business centers. Investments in African continent are directed in mining, food industry and development (basically in the construction of shopping malls). In Russia the Hermes-Sojitz invests in food industry. The European branch of the fund implements investments
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US government and agencies. Can be considered of any money fund that is not a Treasury or Tax-exempt fund. A Government money fund (as of the SEC's July 24, 2014 rule release) is one that invests at least 99.5% of its total assets in cash, government securities, and/or repurchase agreements that are “collateralized fully” (i.e., collateralized by cash or government securities). A Treasury fund is a type of government money fund that invests in US Treasury Bills, Bonds and Notes. The fund invests primarily in obligations of state and local jurisdictions ("municipal securities") generally exempt from U.S. Federal Income Tax
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light to reflect. The Kundan jewellery in India uses the same style, but it uses glass instead of diamonds. In June 2012, Finanz Konzept AG launched the worldwide first actively managed physical diamond fund, which invests in natural physical polished diamonds and coloured diamonds. In November 2012, PureFunds launched an Exchange Traded Fund listed on the New York Stock Exchange that invests in companies engaged in the diamond industry, rather than invest in physical diamonds. The fund ceased trading on January 23, 2014. Mining companies produce and sell rough diamonds. Given the very high expense of operating a diamond mine,
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of assets. The fund invests in major companies in Malaysia such as CIMB in the banking sector, UEM Group in the construction sector, Telekom Malaysia and Axiata in the communications industry, Malaysia Airports and Malaysia Airlines in the aerospace industry, as well as Tenaga Nasional in the energy sector Another fund that is owned by the Malaysian government is the Employees Provident Fund which is a retirement fund that as of 31 March 2014, has an asset size of RM597 billion. (US$184 billion), making it the fourth largest pension fund in Asia and seventh largest in the world. Like Khazanah
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mutual fund investments, including its sustainable Redwood Fund and its Flagship fund that invests in liquid alternative strategies. The Aspiration Redwood Fund, launched in November 2015, only invests in environmentally responsible companies and is completely free of fossil fuel and firearm companies. The Redwood Fund is also offered as an IRA and requires a minimum investment of $100. The company allows its customers to name their own checking and investing fees through its “Pay What Is Fair” initiative. Aspiration commits to donate 10% of every dollar earned to charity. Aspiration, Inc. Aspiration is a socially conscious online financial firm based
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Short-term investment fund A short-term investment fund (STIF) is a type of investment fund which invests in money market investments of high quality and low risk. They are commonly used by investors to temporarily store funds while arranging for their transfer to another investment vehicle that will provide higher returns. This type of fund aims to protect capital while generating a return that compares favourably with a particular benchmark, such as a Treasury Bill index. These types of fund have low management fees (usually well beneath 1% p.a.) and relatively low rates of return, commensurate with their low-risk investment style.
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Short-term investment fund A short-term investment fund (STIF) is a type of investment fund which invests in money market investments of high quality and low risk. They are commonly used by investors to temporarily store funds while arranging for their transfer to another investment vehicle that will provide higher returns. This type of fund aims to protect capital while generating a return that compares favourably with a particular benchmark, such as a Treasury Bill index. These types of fund have low management fees (usually well beneath 1% p.a.) and relatively low rates of return, commensurate with their low-risk investment style.
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Manager of managers fund A "manager of managers fund" (MoM fund) is an investment fund that uses an investment strategy of directly selecting different investment managers and gives them mandate to make investment decisions. This is different from the traditional mutual fund where only one manager invests the fund capital in stock, bond (finance) or other investment vehicles. MoM fund is one type of multi-manager investment. The other type is fund of funds. The assumption underpinning MoM is that diversification and balance can be achieved more readily by having a group of specialists, instead of one individual, investing the fund's
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Dow Jones Islamic Fund The Iman Fund (symbol: "IMANX") invests in Shariah compliant companies, in response to the needs of Muslim investors, who not only want to have a financially rewarding investment, but a Shariah compatible one as well. Since its inception on June 30, 2000, IMANX has provided Muslim investors with financial alternatives based on Islamic law. The Iman Fund is offered by Allied Asset Advisers, a subsidiary of the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT). Allied Asset Advisers is the registered investment adviser and manager of the Fund. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in
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Fund of funds A "fund of funds" (FOF) is an investment strategy of holding a portfolio of other investment funds rather than investing directly in stocks, bonds or other securities. This type of investing is often referred to as multi-manager investment. A fund of funds may be "fettered", meaning that it invests only in funds managed by the same investment company, or "unfettered", meaning that it can invest in external funds run by other managers. There are different types of FOF, each investing in a different type of collective investment scheme (typically one type per FOF), for example a mutual
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terms). Another example would be the purchase of royalties in the oil and gas industry, where the rights oil wells, oil mines or oil fields are owned by a royalty fund or also known as royalty trust. Other companies perform the operational aspect of extracting the minerals, paying a “royalty” in order to extract them. Investing in composite funds gives an investor the opportunity to gain exposure into foreign markets that they wouldn't be able to do on their own. By investing in a fund and not one particular stock, an investor is able to reduce their level of risk,
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Internet Initiatives Development Fund The Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) () is a Russian venture capital fund established by the "Agency for Strategic Initiatives". The Foundation invests in technology companies in the early stages of development, develops a network of start-up accelerators, and is involved in the development of methods of legal regulation of the venture industry. Since 2013, IIDF has been the most active investment fund in Russia. According to the Dow Jones report, IIDF was ranked first in Europe by the number of transactions in the first quarter of 2014. By April 4, 2015, the fund has financed
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Mr Edvardas Bumsteinas Annemarie Arens, General Manager Sachin S VANKALAS, Head of Operations and Sustainability The association's secretarial functions are carried out by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI). Luxembourg Fund Labelling Agency (LuxFLAG) The Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency (LuxFLAG) is an independent, non profit-making international labelling agency that aims to promote the raising of capital for Responsible Investing sectors. The primary activity of LuxFLAG is the awarding of a quality label to eligible investment vehicles, which are usually investment funds. The objective of this label is to reassure investors that the vehicle actually invests, directly or indirectly,
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tools such as 3D printing, genomics, machine intelligence, software, synthetic biology and others, we can now make in days, weeks or months things that previous innovators couldn’t possibly create in a lifetime.” OS Fund focuses on companies in the following sectors: The firm invests primarily in early-stage companies that have either working products or prototypes and clear paths to commercialization. At its launch, OS Fund had invested $15 million in seven startups, including: Other OS Fund investments include: OS Fund OS Fund is an American venture capital fund that invests in early-stage science and technology companies. It was founded by
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Fact Book. At the end of 2011, there were 632 money market funds in operation, with total assets of nearly US$2.7 trillion. Of this $2.7 trillion, retail money market funds had $940 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM). Institutional funds had $1.75 trillion under management. In the United States, the fund industry and its largest trade organization, the Investment Company Institute, generally categorize money funds into the type of investment strategy: Prime, Treasury or Tax-exempt as well as distribution channel/investor: Institutional or Retail. A fund that invests generally in variable-rate debt and commercial paper of corporations and securities of the
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Executives" list. In 2017, she was named to Billboard's "Women in Music 2017: The Most Powerful Executives in the Industry" list. Howe was also nominated to the "2017 Sports Business Journal Game Changers" list and listed on the National Diversity Council's 2018 list of the "Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology". Howe is one of the Live Nation executives that advise and mentor the companies selected by the Women Nation Fund, an early-stage investment fund that invests in companies founded by women that provide a product or service in the live entertainment space. She is married Steve Howe, the
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Insider investment strategy The insider investment strategy is an investment strategy that follows the buying and selling decisions of insiders. The primary insiders have information advantage and the proven theory is that they as a group over time will do better than the average investor on the Stock Exchange. However, in the world there are only a few investment funds that follow the insider trades, both of them were established in 2011. In America Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC manages Catalyst Insider Buying Fund. This fund is a large-cap, long-only equity fund that only invests in companies where corporate insiders are
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Nordic Capital Nordic Capital private equity funds focus on investments primarily in the Nordic region. Nordic Capital invests across a broad array of industries but has a particular focus on health care. Other key sectors are tech & payment, financial services, industrial goods & services and consumer & retail. Since inception in 1989, Nordic Capital has invested EUR 13 billion in over 100 investments. The most recent fund is Nordic Capital Fund IX with EUR 4.3 billion in committed capital, principally provided by international institutional investors such as pension funds. Nordic Capital manages private equity funds that are invest to
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There's a much more sophisticated end-user base, and that is driving change in how businesses will have to compete." "We're looking for business people using technology to disrupt or drive change in their respective industries," says Les Brown, Managing Director and COO of HGGC. HGGC invests across a range of industry sectors, including tech and tech-enabled services, business services, financial services, consumer and industrials. HGGC's investing focus is typically on middle-market companies that have $100 million to $1 billion in annual revenues. HGGC primarily focuses on North American investments, although not exclusively. HGGC's debut fund (Fund I) held a first
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to a mutual fund in the sense that the investments of the separate account are actively managed (such as stocks, bonds or other debt instruments, loans, derivative instruments, etc.). A non-managed separate account is one that invests more "passively" in that it typically owns shares of other managed pools of investments such as mutual fund shares. This is similar to a "fund of funds" whereby the separate account ("fund") simply invests in shares of one or more mutual funds. This arrangement is sometimes more efficient and cost-effective rather than the insurance company maintaining many separate accounts with similar baskets of
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country versus a different one, et cetera. Then one class will do worse or better than the other class. The case where a fund changes its class of assets is called style drift. An example would be where a fund that normally invests in government bonds switches into stocks of small companies in emerging markets. Although this gives the most discretion to the manager, it also makes it difficult for the investor (portfolio manager) if he also has a target of asset allocation. The effectiveness of an actively managed investment portfolio depends on the skill of the manager and research
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CORe+ supports the development of new-build renewable asset through a customer’s electric supply. One CORe+ customer is Comcast Spectacor, which is using Constellation to introduce a 100 percent renewable energy supply to Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. Constellation Technology Ventures (CTV), Exelon’s venture capital fund, invests in emerging energy technologies with the goal of providing new solutions to customers. CTV invests in start-up companies whose emerging energy technologies have the potential to transform the industry. In 2013, Constellation received the Platts Global Energy Award in the “Energy Efficiency -- Energy Supplier” category for its Efficiency Made Easy program. In 2014, Constellation’s
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Bond fund A bond fund or debt fund is a fund that invests in bonds, or other debt securities. Bond funds can be contrasted with stock funds and money funds. Bond funds typically pay periodic dividends that include interest payments on the fund's underlying securities plus periodic realized capital appreciation. Bond funds typically pay higher dividends than CDs and money market accounts. Most bond funds pay out dividends more frequently than individual bonds. Bond Funds can be classified by their primary underlying assets: Bond funds may also be classified by factors such as type of yield (high income) or term
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Stock fund A stock fund, or equity fund, is a fund that invests in stocks, also called equity securities. Stock funds can be contrasted with bond funds and money funds. Fund assets are typically mainly in stock, with some amount of cash, which is generally quite small, as opposed to bonds, notes, or other securities. This may be a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. The objective of an equity fund is long-term growth through capital gains, although historically dividends have also been an important source of total return. Specific equity funds may focus on a certain sector of the market
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It can chart out our relationships, networks, and associations. It can monitor protests, identify the leaders of political and social movements, and measure our influence.” SMMS is also a growing industry. SMMS “products like XI Social Discovery, Geofeedia, Dataminr, Dunami, and SocioSpyder (to name just a few) are being purchased in droves by Fortune 500 companies, politicians, law enforcement, federal agencies, defense contractors, and the military. Even the CIA has a venture fund, In-Q-Tel, that invests in SMMS technology.” The idea of the 'mob rule' can be described as a situation in which control is held by those outside the
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Privateer Holdings Privateer Holdings is a private equity firm that invests in the legal cannabis industry. Privateer Holdings is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and employs more than 350 people in seven countries. The company is building a diversified portfolio of cannabis brands. The company has raised $122 million to date. Privateer Holdings secured the first institutional investor to enter the cannabis industry, Founders Fund. Privateer Holdings portfolio companies include Leafly, the world's largest cannabis information resource, Tilray Inc., a federally licensed, GMP-certified medical cannabis producer located in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and Marley Natural, a partnership with the Bob Marley estate
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In July 2000 Muirhead founded the data communications company Nexagent, which secured £10.3m in its first round of funding. Muirhead served as President and CEO of the company until 2003, when he relinquished his role as CEO, but retained his role as President of the company. Muirhead also founded iGabriel.net—an Internet incubator fund that invested in start-up web companies. According to "The Daily Telegraph", "Unlike other incubators, iGabriel only accepts funds from individuals, and mainly from people in the technology or media industries who can help develop the companies in which the fund invests." iGabriel.net would eventually merge with Pi-Capital.
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of InCube Ventures, a medical device venture fund. InCube Ventures is an early stage life science venture capital fund. Imran co-founded InCube Ventures with Andrew Farquharson and Wayne Roe. The fund invests in both InCube Labs’ companies as well as external companies. The fund primarily invests in novel therapies that have the potential to dramatically improve patient care. Feb 2017 Admitted to the National Academy of Engineering 2009 Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni 2005 Rutgers University Distinguished Engineer Award Featured in EE Times - 7 November 2005 eeTimes Featured in Stanford Medicine - Fall 2006 Stanford Medicine Magazine Featured in
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to stay in range. A bond fund with such a target length will never "mature" like a specific bond. Some UITs own bonds with a specific maturity "date" and will terminate at that point. Price charts on bond funds typically do not reflect their performance due to the lack of yield consideration. To accurately evaluate a bond fund's performance, both the share price and yield must be considered. The combination of these two indicators is known as the "Total Return". Bond fund A bond fund or debt fund is a fund that invests in bonds, or other debt securities. Bond
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specifically in the frontier markets asset class and aims to capture returns by managing a portfolio of stocks in high growth markets. AFC Asia Frontier Fund invests in listed equities from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. AFC Iraq Fund invests in companies from Iraq and Kurdistan listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) or listed at any other stock exchange. AFC Vietnam Fund invests in companies listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange or Hanoi Securities Trading Center. The current directors are Baron
Asia Frontier Capital
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in order to spread information about Technion innovations to potential partners. The Mentorship Program (based mainly on Technion alumni) T3 engages serial entrepreneurs as mentors to fledgling entrepreneurs/researchers. These mentors offer their experience, network and understanding of industry and provide insights as to the preferred commercialization route or application. The mentor is often engaged as a paid consultant supporting the commercialization efforts, The Technion has secured an internal US$10 million fund called the Technion Investment Opportunities Fund. The fund invests in syndication with other investors and aims to preserve the equity stake in Technion related companies. One of the biggest
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Elevate Capital Elevate Capital (Elevate Capital LLC) is a privately-owned venture capital firm based in Portland, Oregon, that focuses on early-stage investments in startup companies and particularly those companies led by women, minorities, and veterans. The firm manages the Elevate Capital Fund that invests in early-stage companies and the Elevate Inclusion Fund that invests in startups run by women and minority entrepreneurs. Elevate Capital was founded in January 2016 by Managing Director Nitin Rai. Also in January 2016, the Portland Development Council (now Prosper Portland) selected Elevate Capital as the management firm for its publicly financed investment fund whose stated
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Capstone Infrastructure Capstone Infrastructure Corporation is a Toronto, Ontario-based open-ended trust that invests in the following types of power generation assets: Natural Gas cogeneration, Wind, Hydro, Biomass and Solar. It was formerly known as Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund. Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund (MP&I) first listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in April 2004 as Macquarie Power Income Fund with the 156MW Cardinal natural gas plant as its sole asset. In April 2005, the fund's founding President & CEO Bob Rollison announced a broader acquisition strategy that would include infrastructure assets beyond the energy sector. This broader
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Fees can reduce an investor's profits and potentially reduce the total return below what could be achieved through a less expensive mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF). A fund of venture capital funds is a fund of funds that invests in a portfolio of different venture capital funds for access to private capital markets. Clients are usually university endowments and pension funds. Fund of funds A "fund of funds" (FOF) is an investment strategy of holding a portfolio of other investment funds rather than investing directly in stocks, bonds or other securities. This type of investing is often referred to
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to keep her features soft; she's not defiant, she's brave, proud, and strong, not belligerent". She modeled the sculpture on two children, but many of the distinguishing features were removed so that it would be universally appealing. A child who would represent all children "so everyone could relate to the Fearless Girl." The statue was installed on March 7, 2017—the day before International Women's Day—by State Street Global Advisors, in a campaign developed by advertising agency McCann New York. SSgA was celebrating the first anniversary of its "Gender Diversity Index" fund that "invests in U.S. large-capitalization companies that rank among
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state's General Fund millions of dollars annually through lower offender recidivism. It also saves CDCR millions by providing over 7,000 alternatively funded programming slots for offenders that CDCR does not have to fund. To achieve its mission, CALPIA has four main strategic and business goals: CALPIA invests in curriculum for offenders, offering more than 120 nationally recognized accredited certifications, such as AutoCAD, computer coding, dental technology, food handling, laundry, agriculture, welding, metal-stamping, industrial safety and health, electrical systems, mechanical systems, and maintenance. CALPIA offenders may also earn certificates of proficiency in occupational disciplines to validate skills and abilities obtained during
California Prison Industry Authority
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lower return from holding cash) reduce returns for investors by around 2.66 percentage points a year "a huge differential considering that long-term real returns from American equities have been 6.45%." Even without considering hidden costs, high fees negatively affect long-term performance. In another "Financial Analysts Journal" article, Nobel laureate, Bill Sharpe "calculated that someone who saved via a low-cost fund would have a standard of living in retirement 20% higher than someone who saved in a high-cost fund". An exchange-traded grantor trust was used to give a direct interest in a static basket of stocks selected from a particular industry.
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started in 1997 by Karen Bantel. The Fund invests with the active involvement of MBA students, faculty assistance, and an advisory board composed of professional venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. The WVF invests primarily in early-stage, emerging growth companies. The Fund typically provides US$50,000 to $200,000 in seed and first-stage funding rounds in syndication with other venture capital funds and angel investors. The Wolverine Venture Fund, the oldest such U.S. venture, earned $1 million when IntraLase Corp., a U-M spin-off technology company, went public. The Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund (ZLCF), formerly the Frankel Fund, is a student-led "pre-seed" investment fund. The
Ross School of Business
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and Renewables Reserve would be used for "politically connected pet projects," citing a similar fund created by the Carter administration that went bankrupt after only a few years. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said that the bill would punish an industry that has made many Americans wealthy for generations, adding that "Congress and various Administrations have perhaps imposed more regulations on the oil and gas industry than any other industry in the United States." The Chamber said it supported the rapid development of alternative fuels but that the new technologies are not developed enough, and are insufficient to make any
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sustainable development globally". This MoU provides a solid basis for furthering the work already undertaken in collaboration between FEE and UNEP, in particular with regard to the introduction of FEE programmes and associated activities, particularly in developing countries and those with economies in transition. Another MoU was signed in 2007 with the UN World Tourism Organization, where especially the tourism related programmes of FEE was recognised. As an organisation promoting sustainable development, FEE established the Global Forest Fund to offset CO2 emissions from travel. This non-profit fund invests 90% of its income directly into tree planting and other CO2 compensation
Foundation for Environmental Education
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build businesses through operational improvement and transformative growth. It primarily focuses on mid to large size businesses based in the Nordics and Norther Europe and operating in five core industry sectors: Healthcare, Technology & Payments, Financial Services, Industrial Goods & Services and Consumer & Retail. The Funds also invests in healthcare globally. Nordic Capital currently has a large number of institutional investors committed to its funds, including public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, endowments and family offices, and other institutional investors. In April 2018, Nordic Capital's 2008 vintage fund, Fund VII completed the transfer of its
Nordic Capital
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Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia The Public Investment Fund (PIF) is a sovereign wealth fund owned by Saudi Arabia, founded for the purpose of investing funds on behalf of the Government of Saudi Arabia. The PIF has a portfolio made up of approximately 200 investments, of which around 20 are listed on Tadawul, the Saudi Stock Exchange. The Public Investment Fund invests in specific projects through equity, loans or guarantees, and allocations of public funds. The PIF also provides medium and long-term loans to the large-scale government and private industrial projects. The PIF invests in the fields of telecoms,
Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia
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Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and Crosspoint Ventures and created two separate industry-focused firms with the relevant firm making new investments in each of the respective industries: In 1999, Redpoint raised a $600 million venture fund Ventures I, at the time the largest first-time fund for a new firm. Since inception in 1972, Brentwood has invested in more than 40 companies across a wide array of industries. It has over $650 million of assets under management and usually invests between $20 million and $200 million in each portfolio company. The firm's leveraged buyout practice has focused on acquiring more mature businesses,
Brentwood Associates
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III) in 2012, its fourth $200 million fund in 2015, and a fifth $250 million fund in 2018 The firm is actively investing from two funds today: The venture fund (Greycroft IV) invests between $100,000 and $5 million in a first check, while the growth fund invests up to $35 million in a company. These two funds enable the firm to support entrepreneurs at any stage, from inception through exit. According to Ian Sigalow, one of Greycroft's founders, the firm expected to make 15 to 20 early-stage deals and three or four growth-stage deals in 2014. Greycroft has invested in
Greycroft
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the Waypoint Capital group, which invests through its owned-businesses that are active in asset management, including real estate, and healthcare. These businesses include Kedge Capital, an investment management group specialising in hedge funds, private equity and real estate; Northill Capital, an asset management business; a UK real estate investment fund , Crosstree; and Gurnet Point Capital, a fund based in Boston that invests in healthcare and life science business. As well as these businesses, Waypoint, which is headquartered in Geneva, with offices in London, Jersey, Boston and Luxembourg, also manages investment holdings itself, including healthcare provider Affidea, medical technology company
Ernesto Bertarelli
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo ordered Riverstone Holdings LLC to pay $30 million in restitution after Riverstone Holdings employed fixers to get them business from pension funds controlled by "corrupt" state officials, caused further controversy when it was found that officials in the UK had also invested state pension fund money in the company's products. Riverstone Energy Riverstone Energy Limited () is a Guernsey-domiciled, closed-ended company which invests in energy companies and assets worldwide. REL does so with a particular focus on the exploration, production, storage, and transportation of oil and gas. Established by Riverstone Holdings in 2013, the
Riverstone Energy
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firm primarily invests in e-commerce, mobile services, and SaaS (software as a service) ventures. With a focus on seed-stage and Series A funding, the firm generally aims to secure between 7-10% ownership of the companies it invests in. The firm's first fund raised less than $1 million, while the second fund raised $15 million in 2007, including exits in Milo, Tapulous and Goodrec. In 2012, Fund III oversubscribed at $55 million, and in 2014 they closed their fourth fund at $85 million, bringing their capital under management to $155 million. In 2016, the firm raised $100 million for SoftTechVC V
Uncork Capital
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Climate Change Capital Climate Change Capital is a private asset management and advisory group founded in 2003 by Lionel Fretz and James Cameron to support efforts to develop solutions to climate change and resource depletion. The company established an advisory group in 2004 to provide financial, strategic and policy advice to energy-intensive industries, financial institutions, cleantech companies and governments. The asset management business, which was established in 2005, includes a carbon finance fund that invests in emission reduction projects, predominantly in developing countries, a private equity fund that invests in late stage technology and services companies headquartered in Europe and
Climate Change Capital
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Tether re-formed The Sequoia Group, which serves government and industrial clients. The Sequoia Group provides program management and strategy development services to government and industry. Dr. Tether is on several Advisory and Corporate Boards, and is a Distinguished Fellow with the Council on Competitiveness located in Washington DC. He is also on the fund management team for Ellington Healthcare Partners, which invests in start-up and early stage companies with unique therapeutic products and devices; other fund managers include former Governor Tommy Thompson. From 1996-2001, Dr. Tether held the position of CEO and President of The Sequoia Group, which he founded
Anthony Tether
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had assets worth $188,819,766. Clean Edge Green Energy The First Trust Clean Edge Green Energy ETF () is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that contains only US companies that produce or distribute clean energy. It is listed in the United States on the NASDAQ stock exchange and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. The Fund is an equity index that tracks the performance of clean energy companies that are publicly traded in the US and is based on the NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index (Symbol: CELS). The fund invests in companies engaged in the manufacturing, development, distribution, and installation
Clean Edge Green Energy
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Clean Edge Green Energy The First Trust Clean Edge Green Energy ETF () is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that contains only US companies that produce or distribute clean energy. It is listed in the United States on the NASDAQ stock exchange and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. The Fund is an equity index that tracks the performance of clean energy companies that are publicly traded in the US and is based on the NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index (Symbol: CELS). The fund invests in companies engaged in the manufacturing, development, distribution, and installation of emerging clean-energy technologies
Clean Edge Green Energy
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Edinburgh Partners Edinburgh Partners Ltd (EPL) is an independent fund management company based in Edinburgh, Scotland that specialises in Global, International, EAFE, European and Emerging Market equities. Edinburgh Partners Limited is majority-owned by its employees Established in 2003, EPL is an asset manager focused on managing long-only equities. The first fund was EP Global Opportunities Trust plc, an Investment Trust launched in December 2003. The Edinburgh Partners Opportunities Fund plc range of open ended pooled funds followed in April 2004 and the range and diversity of products has grown since then. Today, Edinburgh Partners invests on behalf of a range
Edinburgh Partners
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to be contributed to ECMR were sold to an NYSE REIT prior to ECMR's initial listing. ECM launched the ECM Income & Growth Fund in 2003, the ECM Diversified Income & Growth Fund in 2006, the ECM Income & Growth Fund III in 2008, and ECM Income & Growth Fund IV in 2011. Equity Global Management Equity Global Management (EGM) is a private equity real estate investment firm that invests in the single tenant net lease, sale leaseback, and build-to-suit real estate markets. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, EGM manages real estate investment programs designed for institutional and individual investors. EGM
Equity Global Management
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2016, Altman announced that he would become president of YC Group, which includes Y Combinator and other units. Altman has said that he hopes to expand Y Combinator to fund 1,000 new companies per year. He has also tried to expand the types of companies funded by YC, especially 'hard technology' companies. In October 2015, Altman announced YC Continuity, a $700 million growth-stage equity fund that invests in YC companies. Also in October 2015, Altman announced Y Combinator Research, a non-profit research lab, and donated $10 million to the group. YC Research has thus far announced research on basic income,
Sam Altman
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risk-free asset is available, then again a two-fund separation theorem applies; but in this case one of the "funds" can be chosen to be a very simple fund containing only the risk-free asset, and the other fund can be chosen to be one which contains zero holdings of the risk-free asset. (With the risk-free asset referred to as "money", this form of the theorem is referred to as the monetary separation theorem.) Thus mean-variance efficient portfolios can be formed simply as a combination of holdings of the risk-free asset and holdings of a particular efficient fund that contains only risky
Mutual fund separation theorem
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for the management of the Government Pension Fund - Global. NBIM also manages Norges Bank's foreign exchange reserves. NBIM invests the fund's assets and the foreign exchange reserves in international equities and fixed income instruments, money market instruments and derivatives. Norges Bank Norges Bank / Noregs Bank is the central bank of Norway. Apart from having traditional central bank responsibilities such as financial stability and price stability, it manages The Government Pension Fund of Norway, a stabilization fund that may be the world's largest sovereign wealth fund. The limited transparency of some SWFs makes it difficult to make accurate assessments
Norges Bank
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of the Kennett government in 1992 he held ministerial portfolios such as Industry and Employment (1992–96) and Education (1996–99). On 12 October 1995 he spoke under privilege in parliament about Julia Gillard's connection to the AWU affair. Gude alleged that Gillard's Senate candidature "may not be the only reason she is no longer working for Slater & Gordon" and that she may have indirectly received a financial benefit through the association, and may therefore have been a recipient of fraudulently obtained funds. In particular, it was alleged that part of her home renovations were paid for out of the fund
Phil Gude
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Bridge Growth Partners Bridge Growth Partners (est. in 2013) is an American private equity fund that invests in technology and financial services companies. Bridge Growth's portfolio holdings include BackOffice Associates, Accedian, Finalsite, Salient CRGT, and Solace Corporation. In November 2014, Bridge Growth acquired CRGT, a systems integrator based in Reston, Virginia, a deal reportedly valued at $255M. In August 2015, CRGT was merged with Salient to form Salient CRGT. In April 2016, Bridge Growth Partners acquired Solace Systems, a developer of middleware software and messaging appliances, in a leveraged buyout. The company would subsequently be renamed Solace Corporation. In September
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the industry organization M&A Advisor announced that Owsley's firm Gordian Group LLC won the 2013 Boutique Investment Bank of the Year award for the third time. It also awarded Gordian on behalf of their restructurings of Jobson Medical Holdings (Professional Services category) and Elyria Foundry (Industrial, Manufacturing & Distribution category). In 2007, Henry Owsley, Peter S. Kaufman, and Sam Bronfman co-founded Bacchus Capital Management, a private equity fund that invests in wineries. <br> Henry Furlow Owsley III Henry F. Owsley is an American investment banker and the chief executive officer and founder of Gordian Group LLC, an investment bank and
Henry Furlow Owsley III
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care sector, also primarily in the United States. As of December 31, 2017, they have received $2.0 billion of capital commitments to these strategies. In 2017, they further expanded on their private equity business by making their first core equity investment, targeting investments that have a longer holding period and a lower risk profile. "Energy" KKR's energy business aims to deliver current returns to fund investors through distributions generated by producing and selling oil and natural gas reserves and capital appreciation, and targets real asset investments across the upstream and midstream segments of the oil and gas industry. KKR invests
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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market assumptions, it can generate the long-term 4.0% real rate of return required to help sustain the CPP. The CPPIB reserve fund receives its funds from the CPP and invests them like a typical large fund manager would. The CPP reserve fund seeks to achieve at least the projected return (inflation-adjusted) needed to help sustain the CPP , a rate set at 4.0% by 2017 in the CPP actuary's report, starting from 3.2% in 2011. As indicated in its Financial Highlights for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, the CPP reserve fund averaged 4.2% return in the past 5
CPP Investment Board
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Billiken Angels Network Billiken Angels Network (BAN) is an organization of angel investors based in St. Louis, Missouri, that provides equity capital for growing companies, from seed stage to later stages of growth, in any industry, including high technology, medical and biotechnology, IT, apps, and consumer products. BAN invests between $50,000 and $500,000 in its initial investments, and can invest more in follow-on rounds. BAN primarily invests in firms that are based within a 100-mile radius of St. Louis. The only exceptions made are for firms whose owners have a current or prior student, faculty or staff relationship to Saint
Billiken Angels Network
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Prospect Partners Prospect Partners, LLC is a private equity firm that invests in management-led leveraged recapitalizations and buyouts of U.S.-based smaller lower-middle-market companies generating revenues typically under $75 million. Since its inception in 1998, Prospect Partners has raised $470 million in three institutionally-supported private equity funds focused on small niche leaders. Over that time, Prospect Partners has invested nationwide in more than 135 companies in diverse manufacturing, distribution, and service markets, including various specialty consumer, business, healthcare, and industrial industry segments. In August, 2010, Prospect Partners closed its third fund. Investors in Prospect Partners III, L.P include some of the
Prospect Partners
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factory. Accolade Group only invests in the construction of industrial buildings that meet the BREEAM certification at least at “Very Good” level in the Czech Republic or “Good” level in Poland. The Accolade building prepared for the Estée Lauder cosmetics distribution centre operated by DHL in the Cheb industrial zone is certified as BREEAM Excellent. Completed and fully leased industrial buildings prepared by the Accolade Group are usually acquired by the Accolade Industrial Fund. However, the Fund can also freely buy fully leased industrial buildings from the market. A part of Accolade Group’s rental industrial building portfolio, usually buildings that
Accolade Holding
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the period ending December 31, 2004 were 5.45 percent; returns after taxes on distribution were 5.43 percent. Dow Jones Islamic Fund The Iman Fund (symbol: "IMANX") invests in Shariah compliant companies, in response to the needs of Muslim investors, who not only want to have a financially rewarding investment, but a Shariah compatible one as well. Since its inception on June 30, 2000, IMANX has provided Muslim investors with financial alternatives based on Islamic law. The Iman Fund is offered by Allied Asset Advisers, a subsidiary of the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT). Allied Asset Advisers is the registered investment
Dow Jones Islamic Fund
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have outperformed money market funds in every 12-month period since 1985 with similar volatility and risk and slightly less liquidity. A bond fund is a fund that invests in bonds or other debt securities. Bond funds can be contrasted with stock funds and money funds. Bond funds typically pay periodic dividends that include interest payments on the fund's underlying securities plus periodically realized capital appreciation. Bond funds typically pay higher dividends than CDs and money market accounts. Most bond funds pay out dividends more frequently than individual bonds. Stable value funds offer returns similar to those of intermediate bond funds
Stable value fund
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organizations. Companies in which BAN has invested include Aisle411, BusyEvent, and EndoStim, greetabl and Helper Helper. Billiken Angels Network Billiken Angels Network (BAN) is an organization of angel investors based in St. Louis, Missouri, that provides equity capital for growing companies, from seed stage to later stages of growth, in any industry, including high technology, medical and biotechnology, IT, apps, and consumer products. BAN invests between $50,000 and $500,000 in its initial investments, and can invest more in follow-on rounds. BAN primarily invests in firms that are based within a 100-mile radius of St. Louis. The only exceptions made are
Billiken Angels Network
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projects in its territory. In 2015 the fund's board of directors assigns to Italian branch the status of the central in Europe. In 2015 – opening of the first industrial complex, specializing in the production of surimi in West Africa. In 2015 the fund invests in Russian fish processing entity of Karelian Industrial Complex. In 2015 the fund invests €55 million in development of hotel complex with yacht-club in the south of Karelia (Russian Federation). In 2016 the fund decided to launch a boutique hotel chain in the north of Italy. The new chain will include 17 exclusive hotels with
Hermes-Sojitz
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Cbus Construction and Building Unions Superannuation (Cbus) is one of Australia's largest public offer industry superannuation funds. Cbus is run for the benefit of its members and does not pay dividends to shareholders. Established in 1984 for the construction, building and allied industries, Cbus now has over 777,000 members with over 450 staff across three states. Cbus has over 136,000 participating employers and manages $46.7 billion of members' funds. Cbus also invests back into the building and construction industry through its $2.8 billion property development company Cbus Property. United Super Pty Ltd is the Trustee of Cbus Superannuation Fund. The
Cbus
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normally carries a three-year commitment, she is responsbible for steering London Fashion Week and overseeing the Council's other activities to promote British fashion design in the UK and overseas. An article in 2013, suggested she has boosted London's reputation as an international fashion centre. Massenet co-founded Imaginary Ventures in 2017 with Nick Brown, formerly of 14W Ventures. Imaginary is a Venture Capital Fund that invests in early–stage opportunities at the intersection of retail and technology in Europe and the US. Massenet was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the fashion industry in 2009
Natalie Massenet
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single investor in each of its funds. From 1993, when Bain raised its first institutional fund through the beginning of 2012, Bain had completed fundraising for 11 funds with total investor commitments of over $38 billion, including its global private equity funds and separate funds focusing specifically on investments in Europe and Asia. Since 1998, each of Bain's global funds has invested alongside a coinvestment fund that invests only in certain larger transactions. The following is a summary of Bain Capital's private equity funds raised from its inception through the beginning of 2012: Bain Capital Ventures is the venture capital
Bain Capital
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Albanian-American Enterprise Fund Albanian-American Enterprise Fund (AAEF) is a non-political, not-for-profit US corporation established pursuant to the Support for East European Democracy Act of 1989 (“SEED Act”). It was incorporated in 1995 and maintains offices in New York City and Tirana. It is located in "Ibrahim Rugova" str, “Green Park” Complex, Tower 2, 12th Floor, Postal Code 1019, Tirana, Albania. The AAEF was established as part of a United States initiative to promote the private sector development in formerly Communist countries in Europe and Central Asia. It invests solely in Albania. To accomplish its mission, the AAEF invests and lends
Albanian-American Enterprise Fund
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in the offshore fund and $6m in the Ucits fund. Between 1995 and 2011, QCM returned more than 600% growth to its investors, with only two negative years. The GDP produced annualised returns of 15% over the 14 years from inception and 21% for the five years to April 2010. QCM trades in financial and commodities assets in 115 instruments worldwide. It invests its funds through proprietary strategies that take futures positions in major global exchanges across financial and commodity markets. QCM uses an allocation model that looks for short-term changes in acceleration. It relies on market diversification, trading a
Quality Capital Management
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Offshore Investors, a UK-based closed-end investment company. Third Point's funds include: Third Point Partners, Third Point Opportunities Master Fund, Third Point Ultra Master Fund, and Third Point Resources. Third Point Ventures, its capital arm, invests in startup technology alternative energy and clean technology companies. Headquartered in New York City, the firm also has six additional offices: in Sunnyvale, California; Los Angeles, California; Stamford, Connecticut; Bangalore, India; Hong Kong; and London. After a proxy fight, Third Point announced in June 2006 that Loeb and an ally, Todd Q. Swanson, would join the board of Massey Energy, the fourth-largest coal producer in
Third Point Management
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OS Fund OS Fund is an American venture capital fund that invests in early-stage science and technology companies. It was founded by Bryan Johnson in 2014. Johnson created OS Fund in October 2014, a year after he sold Braintree, a payments company he founded in 2007, to eBay for $800 million. Johnson launched the OS Fund with $100 million of his personal capital. The fund draws its name from the acronym for operating system (OS), the software that underlies the basic functions of computers and provides a foundation for other applications. Johnson, who has said “everything in life has an
OS Fund
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must make subjective accounting entries, "critical accounting policies" are often those particular to an industry or company, and are judged to be even more subjective then normal. One of the key reasons many investors and analysts pay attention to critical accounting policies is that their subjective nature is believed to be riper for abuse through creative accounting, especially "slush fund accounting". In slush fund accounting, excess earnings from a good quarter or year are hidden by changing the subjective element of a critical accounting policy. The "hidden funds" can then be put back into the reported profit in a bad
Critical accounting policy
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1.6 billion SEK. Industrifonden invests in companies in the Technology and Life Science sectors. The investor is an independent evergreen venture capital fund, and the fund has more than doubled in size since its inception, following profitable exits. The investor is actively involved in the portfolio companies, contributing not only with capital but also expertise and a broad network of resources. Selected companies that Industrifonden has invested in: Industrifonden Industrifonden is one of the larger venture capital firms in the Nordics, backing growth companies in the Technology or Life Science sectors. The head office is in Stockholm, where the team
Industrifonden
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Philippines largest ferry and domestic freight company. China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund The China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund, also knowns as the China Asean Fund or CAF, is a USD-denominated offshore quasi-sovereign private equity fund that is under the direction of the Government of the People's Republic of China and that invests throughout Southeast Asia, which the fund defines as including China. It was started by China's sovereign wealth fund. The establishment of the fund was announced in 2009 by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and it began operations in 2010. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping sees the fund as a way for
China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund
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China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund The China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund, also knowns as the China Asean Fund or CAF, is a USD-denominated offshore quasi-sovereign private equity fund that is under the direction of the Government of the People's Republic of China and that invests throughout Southeast Asia, which the fund defines as including China. It was started by China's sovereign wealth fund. The establishment of the fund was announced in 2009 by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and it began operations in 2010. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping sees the fund as a way for the Chinese government to provide financial support
China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund
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The Craftory The Craftory is a global investment house based in London, UK. It was founded in early 2018 as an alternative to Venture Capital. The current fund size is $300 million in permanent capital and the firm only invests in ‘Challenger Brands’. The Craftory was founded in 2018 by Ernesto Schmitt and Elio Leoni Sceti specifically investing in new, digitally-activated consumer goods brands. Investors in the Craftory include Spice private equity/GP Investments, who invested $60 million in May 2018; the remainder of the capital comes from private wealth. The Craftory actively invests in up to 10 challenger brands with
The Craftory
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Regional Arts Fund as administered by Regional Arts Victoria. Dairying is the most significant industry in the town's economic structure that also includes food processing at a Nestlé plant. In June 2005 Nestle announced that it would cease manufacturing powdered milk in Australia and that its Tongala factory would be restructured to become a liquid milk only site with 147 jobs to be lost. Sunrice operates a CopRice plant that employs thirty staff in a state of the art stockfeed mill, established in 1989, with a capacity to produce up to 100,000 tonnes of stockfeed. On walls around town can
Tongala
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in the world that match Fundsmith's investment criteria; their history typically spans several decades and multiple economic cycles. Fundsmith invests in companies with large market capitalisations with shares that can be easily traded, to maintain liquidity for investors. To June 2016, the fund had returned 149% since inception in November 2010, achieving an annualised growth rate of 17.7%; over the same period the fund outperformed growth in the MCSI World Index of Equities (69.3%) and UK bonds (29.3%). FEET uses the same investment strategy as the Fundsmith Equity Fund, but with one added dimension: the companies invested in by FEET
Fundsmith
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as a result of its investment activities in other countries. So, for example, if a fund formed in the Cayman Islands realises a capital gain on trade in New York, it will still normally be liable for U.S. capital gains tax in the usual way. Similarly, if a person domiciled in the United Kingdom invests in a Guernsey fund, they will still be liable to taxation of income and capital gains received under British tax laws (subject to the rules on remittance of foreign earned income), notwithstanding the absence of any taxation imposed in Guernsey. Different onshore countries treat income
Offshore fund
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An index fund buys and sells securities in a manner that mirrors the composition of the selected index. The fund's performance tracks the underlying index's performance. Turnover of securities in an index fund's portfolio is minimal. As a result, an index fund generally has lower management costs than other types of funds. A growth fund invests in the stock of companies that are growing rapidly. Growth companies tend to reinvest all or most of their profits for research and development rather than pay dividends. Growth funds are focused on generating capital gains rather than income. This is a fund that
Stock fund
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but which was limited (for regulatory or technical reasons) to selling only 250 of them on a particular flight of 1,000 miles would generate 250,000 ASMs on that flight, not 300,000. Similarly, if passenger seats on a particular flight are dedicated to crew rest purposes, such seats would not be included in the calculation of ASMs for that flight. CASM (or CASK) is a commonly used measure of unit cost in the airline industry. CASM is expressed in cents to operate each seat mile offered, and is determined by dividing operating costs by ASMs. This number is frequently used to
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