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These ultra-rich college endowment funds have a lot to learn about investing

Endowment managers’ attraction to hedge funds, real estate and other alternative investments ends poorly.

Business - MarketWatch - October 19

These two crypto funds will likely do better if Trump wins. Here’s why.

Grayscale Investments’ Digital Large Cap Fund and Bitwise Asset Management’s Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund could provide attractive opportunities to bet on Donald Trump’s victory in next month’s ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 18

Biden administration announces $2 billion in funds to strengthen electric grid

The Biden administration on Friday announced $2 billion in funding for projects to strengthen the resilience of the U.S. grid against extreme weather, an increasing concern following two ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Game studios are getting candid about funding problems | Kaser Focus

Surgent Studios is not the only studio to publicly admit to having trouble securing funding. Rachel Kaser recognizes the honesty.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 19

Perplexity AI seeks valuation of about $9 billion in new funding round

Perplexity started the year with a roughly $500 million valuation and has continued attracting significant investor interest alongside the generative AI boom.

Business - CNBC - October 21

Harris Sets Record for Biggest Fund-Raising Quarter Ever

Donald Trump is raising less money than he did during his run in 2020, building a far smaller campaign than Kamala Harris.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 21

Funding cuts could mean death of Sámi languages, say Indigenous parliaments

Sweden and Finland plan to withdraw funding to safeguard nine languages defined as threatened by Unesco. The Indigenous parliaments of Sweden, Finland and Norway have warned that some Sámi ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

KKM Financial's Essential 40 stock fund is now an ETF

Many asset managers have been converting their mutual funds to ETFs in recent years, due in part to a 2019 SEC rule change.

Business - CNBC - October 21

UK to boost Ukraine funding using £2bn from Russian assets

The funds are the UK's contribution to a $50bn (£38bn) loan package announced back in June.

Japanese property group Tokyo Tatemono targeted by UK activist fund

Stakebuilding by Palliser Capital follows Elliott Management's move on sector peer Mitsui Fudosan

World - Financial Times - October 22

Here's when exchange-traded funds really flex their ‘tax magic’ for investors

Exchange-traded funds can reduce investors' tax bills. But those tax savings benefit certain types of investors more than others.

Business - CNBC - October 22

Investors pile into emerging-market funds that cut out China

Demand for ‘ex-China’ strategies soar as tensions with west linger, despite recent stock rebound

World - Financial Times - October 23

Sinwar's UNRWA ties show Congress was right to cut off funding

UNRWA employee Yahya Sinwar was found dead with an official document identifying him as an employee of the organization, prompting criticism of the UN agency's complicity in the murder and ...

Politics - The Hill - October 23

EU unblocks funds for Slovakia after U-turn on fraud sentences

Reassurances by Bratislava on legal reform accepted after €800mn had been delayed over Brussels’ corruption concerns

Business - Financial Times - October 23

Investors give funds aligned to Paris Agreement a wider berth

ESG funds which track companies’ adherence to climate pledges have been falling from favour

World - Financial Times - October 24

Jupiter vetoes handing fund to star manager Ben Whitmore

FTSE 250 constituent had considered allowing stockpicker to manage money from new firm for a fee

Business - Financial Times - October 24

Reeves confirms change to UK fiscal rules to help fund £20bn of annual investment

Chancellor promises in FT to avoid ‘falls in public sector investment’ planned by Tories

Business - Financial Times - October 24

These tips for investing in mutual funds and ETFs help keep you in the game

Strategies including small caps, gold, AI and nuclear energy come into play.

Business - MarketWatch - October 24

Long-term asset funds: a new route to private markets?

UK catches up with the US retail market, but investors need to be aware of liquidity constraints

World - Financial Times - October 25

Millennium considers launching first new fund in more than three decades

Fund would invest in less liquid assets including private credit

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Thames Water Proposes $3.9 Billion Funding Deal to Continue Operations

The U.K. water company said the deal would enable the debt-laden company to continue with its planned investment and maintenance of its infrastructure.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 25

'My £250 Child Trust Fund is now worth only £12'

Max Prince was shocked to discover that surprise fees had left him with just £12.39 in his trust fund.

This Hedge Fund CEO Extols the Virtues of Challenging Conversations in the Workplace

Robyn Grew, the first woman and openly gay CEO of Man Group, says its diversity is an advantage.

Business - Inc. - October 28

Voters in Liechtenstein withdraw state funding from the country's public radio broadcaster

Voters in Liechtenstein have voted to withdraw state funding from the tiny country’s public radio broadcaster, a decision that leaves the station’s future in doubt

World - ABC News - October 28

Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra raises funding at $4.5 billion valuation

Sierra, the startup founded by ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, has raised a fresh round of capital that values the company at $4.5 billion.

Business - CNBC - October 28

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