A Wealth of Common Sense

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The S&P 500 last hit a new all-time high on January 3, 2022. The market has been slowly but surely working its way back to new highs but we’ve been underwater for nearly two years now: The market is within spitting distance of new highs but stocks have gone nowhere for almost two years. We’re a little less than four years into the 2020s and half of those years have seen no new highs but there have already.

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Stock Market Stock Market 113

Top 1000 Funds

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The numbers behind CalPERS hunt for a new CIO: 55 applicants so far; a $300,000 budget to secure a candidate; and a process of candidates submitting to 40-odd checks including credit checks and social media history.

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Financial Times M&A

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

EQT, Cinven and General Atlantic among those involved in take-private deals for businesses floated two years ago

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Companies 119

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

By Chee Hong Gan, ChFC, CLU If as a financial advisor you’re not growing as fast as you would like, examine your convictions. A lack of clarity, both for yourself and how you articulate it to others, may be holding you back. It’s important to know what you stand for because, as the saying goes, if you don’t stand for something, you fall for anything.

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Top 1000 Funds

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Investors and corporations will arrive in Dubai for COP28 later this month, and the world is depending on them to recognize and address a paradox: ordinary net zero 2050 commitments are one of the biggest threats to achieving net zero carbon emissions in 2050. FCLTGlobal’s Matthew Leatherman explains.

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Financial Times: Moral Money

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Lithium is the 'new oil' of the clean energy era, crucial to the production of batteries for electric vehicles.

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FinSMEs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Happy Money, a Torrance, CA-based platform for unsecured lending in partnership with credit unions, received an investment of undisclosed amount. TruStage Ventures and other major institutional investors participated in the funding. The transaction is expected to close by end of year 2023 subject to regulatory approvals. The company intends to use the funds to grow […] The post Happy Money Raises Further Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Africa Capital Digest

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Ventures Platform and MaC VC lead round for auto dealer marketplace first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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FinSMEs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF)’s NKF Innovation Fund invested in ZeitLife Transplant Innovations, Inc., a global medical device company specializing in advancing technologies to modernize kidney preservation and logistics. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Led by Ron Mills, CEO, ZeitLife is a global medical device company advancing technologies to modernize kidney preservation […] The post National Kidney Foundation Invests in ZeitLife Transplant Innovations appeared fi

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Africa Capital Digest

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Swiss DFI makes commitment to renewable energy fund first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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Funds Capital 52

Financial Times M&A

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Tories concerned that family’s offer to repay media group’s £1.

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Africa Capital Digest

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post 1K Africa and Ascension Capital buy stakes in South African credit bureau first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • Terror on repeat : A rare look at the devastation caused by AR-15 shootings ( Washington Post ) • Failure at the fence: How Israel’s vaunted ‘Iron Wall’ crumbled : Hamas exploited vulnerabilities created by Israel’s reliance on technology at the “Iron Wall” to carry out the deadliest single assault in Israel’s history.

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Africa Capital Digest

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Insurtech startup Pineapple scoops almost $22mln with Series B first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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Africa Capital Digest

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Flat6Labs hires new Partner for $95mln Africa Seed Fund first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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Funds Capital 52

Africa Capital Digest

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post EOS Capital backs Lightstruck in significant minority deal first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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Capital 52

Africa Capital Digest

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Africa Capitalworks takes majority stake in listed pharma manufacturer first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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Stakes Capital 52

Africa Capital Digest

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post IFC thinking of joining insurtech’s planned $35mln Series B first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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Africa Capital Digest

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Japanese consumer analytics firm backs Verod-Kepple’s venture fund first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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Africa Capital Digest

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Convergence buys Google’s stake in broadband infrastructure firm first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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