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Do Venture Capital Funds Overstate Their Performance? The Effects of FOIA

Reynolds Holding

Venture capital (VC) has become an increasingly important asset class for institutional investors such as endowments, pension funds, insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds, as well as for wealthy individuals. Moreover, in 2020, the SEC expanded the definition of an accredited investor to give more retail investors access to VC.

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How to Start a Private Equity Firm – and Why You Probably Shouldn’t

Brian DeChesare

Assuming you have substantial PE work experience, here are some additional requirements: A great track record of deals in which you made the final investment decision and led the company in some way. Solid Limited Partner (LP) relationships at endowments, pensions, funds of funds , family offices , sovereign wealth funds, etc.,

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Good Intentions, Perverse Outcomes: The Impact of Impact Investing!

Musings on Markets

In response, I have been told that the problem is not with the idea of ESG, but in its measurement and application, and that impact investing is the solution to both market and society's problems. It is human nature to want to make the world a better place, but does impact investing have the impact that it aims to create?

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New Department of Labor Investment Rules Could Be Big Win for Everyone but Labor

Reynolds Holding

Pensions investing in ways that directly undermine their own contributors’ jobs is no mere hypothetical problem. Few constituencies benefited more from the election of Joe Biden than the socially-responsible investor community, which saw the most-hostile presidential administration replaced by the most supportive. [1]

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Data Update 6 for 2023: A Wake up call for the Indebted?

Musings on Markets

Hence, the benefits of borrowing at a lower rate will always be offset by a higher cost for equity investors, leaving the cost of funding unchanged, unless a finger is put on the scale, giving one source special benefits.

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SEC Chair Gensler Discusses Competition and the Two SECs

Reynolds Holding

As a long-distance runner, I’d like to give a shout out to the SEC cross country championships taking place on Friday at Ole Miss. Thank you, Ken [Bentsen]. As is customary, I’d like to note that my views are my own, and I’m not speaking on behalf of my fellow Commissioners or the SEC staff. 1933 was an important year in SEC history.

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China's Tech Crackdown: Its about Control, not Consumers or Competition!

Musings on Markets

That includes not just foreign companies, seeking to operate in China, but domestic companies, who, while benefiting from Beijing's backing, knew how quickly the iron fist could replace the velvet glove, in their dealings with the government. As China's economy has grown, its financial markets have also found their footing, albeit at a slower pace.