Leadership Races Funding

Pension funds warn being forced to invest in UK would be ‘huge mistake’

Industry fears having to buy lower-quality assets at unattractive prices after minister says ‘considering all options’

World - Financial Times - October 18

Senate Republicans raise questions after funds for disaster loans exhausted

A group of GOP senators are pressing the Small Business Administration (SBA) for answers after officials said its disaster loan program exhausted its funds earlier this week in the aftermath of a ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

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