Today even very young companies are often international — many entrepreneurial ventures are “born global” in terms of their supply chain or customer base. However, there comes a time when an entrepreneur will decide to make the push into an overseas market in a more formal way, working to establish a presence in that jurisdiction. In fact, a study in April 2015 revealed that 84 percent of companies are expected to focus on their M&A strategy for overseas expansion in the next 12 months.
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While the impact investing industry is still in an early stage of development, it is poised for growth. One of the chief barriers to industry advancement remains a paucity of robust research on financial performance.This comprehensive analysis covers the financial performance of market rate private equity and venture capital impact investing funds and serves to guide both existing and future impact investors to better identify strategies that are best-suited for their desired social, environmental, and financial criteria.
The last week of July was quiet in terms of economic data and political risks on a global scale. Amongst the main economic events, Greece has entered into debt negotiations, with the next expected debt payment due to the European Central Bank (ECB) on August 20.This latest market commentary takes a look at manufacturing activity in China and Europe, the current job outlook in the United States, GDP and GNP growth for the second quarter and insight into the global economy for the third quarter in 2015.
As investors search for attractive risk-adjusted returns in challenging markets, they increasingly view sub-investment grade credit as an important component of a globally diversified fixed income portfolio. Credit markets have evolved since the global financial crisis and now provide a broad opportunities for investors across a number of sectors and regions. These changes require investors to take a more global, flexible and dynamic approach to credit investing.
The mutual fund industry has grown tremendously in both size and complexity during the past 30 years. The variety of mutual fund structures and products has expanded, along with the diversity of investors.According to the 2015 Investment Company Fact Book published by the Investment Company Institute (ICI), from 1984 to 2014 the number of mutual funds offered increased 537%. This growth led to changes in the way the industry operated and, consequently, in shareholder services and the role of transfer agents.
While it was not expected that as of July 16, Greece’s creditors would still be attempting to keep the country in the euro with a plan that does not work with the economics of Greece. The reforms that the Greek Parliament accepted on July 16 was poorly designed and far harsher than the vote rejected by the Greek populace 10 days earlier.
Everybody knows that people will live a lot longer in the future. But most of us don’t know exactly what we mean by a lot longer. Brace yourself, because the truth will surprise you. According to the Census Bureau, in 50 years more than 1 million Americans will live past the age of 102! The trend continues in Canada and across the globe. This means that most of us alive today have a very real chance of living to 102. And even those of us who don’t make it to 102 will probably live nearly a decade longer than the previous generation.
Successfully transferring wealth to your heirs is a challenging but priceless undertaking. It is the result of careful, thoughtful planning and should not be taken lightly. The following article discusses some of the more important things to consider while making these valuable decisions.
This strategic article forecasts what the global economy will look like in the next 12 months. Key market drivers include an expected disruption of official rates and the very first interest-rate hike by the Federal Reserve.
There exists this notion that over 70 percent of outstanding municipal securities are held by individual investors through mutual funds or individual holdings. It has been reported that over 50 percent of those mutual funds have some level of exposure to Puerto Rico or its public corporations.This commentary and outlook tackles the possibility that Puerto Rico’s debt Crisis may have broader market implications than first expected.