Once the government starts cutting returns, private fund managers should really be in business.
He bailed out in 1995 and, with three non-McCaw partners, formed a private fund initially named Madrona Investment Group.
Bigger ones have commercial arms, media departments, aggressive head-hunting methods and a wide array of private fund-raising and investment strategies.
State colleges and universities even have controlled prices to students somewhat by throwing more tax dollars at institutions and through private fund raising.
Massachusetts and Arizona passed referendums that will provide public financing for candidates in future elections who agree to accept limits on private fund-raising.
He held a private fund-raising event on her behalf in Charleston.
The SEC has also recently announced the launch of its National Examination Program, which will provide for risk-based examinations of private fund advisers over the next two years.
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Politicians cannot help themselves: they talk to their supporters and often say things they may later regret, especially in what they believe are private fund-raisers where they can speak their minds and try to convince their donors that they fervently embrace their causes.
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The new registration requirements applicable to private advisers, including hedge fund and private equity fund advisers, do not become effective until March 30, 2012.
He could get a smaller stake by buying into a private-equity fund Goldman is raising money for called Goldman Sachs Partners Private Opportunities Fund.
That could occur, for example, if you have an investment in a foreign hedge fund or private equity fund which would be subject to FATCA but should not require an FBAR.
It is probably worthwhile making a few observations about the modern hedge fund and private equity fund industries before going into too much more detail about how these funds are structured and operated.
Investors may also be charged if their adviser invests part of their account in a hedge fund or private-equity fund.
Carlyle Group is raising a fund to invest Africa and KKR recently hired a partner from an Africa-based private equity fund.
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When private equity fund raising was at its peak, Forbes wondered about the ''mad rush to private equity'' in a March 2006 cover story, questioning the wisdom pension funds and endowments were showing.
The Chinese investors are led by China New Trust Co Ltd, a trust fund that is 20%-owned by Barclays Capital, and include an aviation fund and a private-equity fund.
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Do all the hedge, venture and private equity fund offering documents include such disclosure?
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There are a number of reasons why the standard private equity fund is losing its luster.
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Bank recently launched private equity fund with British-Norwegian joint venture to invest in small and midsize companies.
My prediction is within six months he will experience rebirth, starting private equity fund that buys energy assets.
But a private equity fund, which buys and holds some companies, is not in a trade or business.
Abraaj, the largest private equity fund in the Middle East, has investments in 43 countries from Peru to Pakistan.
His son, Dan, runs Fireman Capital Partners, a private equity fund investing in consumer products, golf courses and films.
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There is a relatively small universe of private equity fund of funds with an established track record in impact investing.
By contrast, the units or shares of closed-ended funds (such as a private equity fund) are not eligible for interim liquidity.
Oh, and probably find a house and some friends: Apotheker is German, and after SAP had started a private equity fund.
This guest article is by Philip Falcone, the founder of Harbinger Capital Partners, a private investment fund based in New York.
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