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Should You Take Money from Investors Who Don't Share Your Values?

This is going to be BIG.

For most founders, fundraising is a struggle. Only a small minority of people are born into the kinds of connections and life paths to provide them instant access to capital. The rest have to work super hard to create access for themselves, build trust and win investors over. That may come with the headwinds of bias working against you—conscious or otherwise.

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Getting Together In Person

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Last week we held USV’s annual Portfolio Summit here in NYC. Every year we invite the leaders of our portfolio companies to come to NYC and spend a couple of days with us and each other. However, we were not able to do that in 2020 and 2021 so this was our first Portfolio Summit since 2019. In the three years that have passed since our last summit, we roughly doubled the size of our portfolio, adding 65 new investments.

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Companies trying to exit Russia have to ‘dance with the devil’

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Groups face few potential buyers, costly exit options and uncertain prospects for any future return

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Business cannot brush off ESG as a mere PR challenge

Financial Times: Moral Money

Managers must engage employees and align social responsibility with what their company actually does

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FinPlan Friday: Retirement Planning Strategies that Account for the Earnings Test

Covisum

One of the most frequent questions for those on the edge of retirement is, "How much can I make and still collect my full Social Security?". There's a simple answer, but often it misses some nuance that will allow you to develop better claiming strategies for your clients. Taking a closer look at both the annual earnings test and the lesser-known monthly earning tests can sometimes present exciting planning opportunities.

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How to Save and Plan During Inflation

Integrity Financial Planning

Are you set up well to face all of the inflation we’ve been experiencing? What’s to come? With inflation soaring, the Fed is planning to make aggressive moves to slow the economy with rate hikes. If the Fed is being aggressive, how aggressive should the retirement saver be with their plan? Brian says to be aggressive about saving and conservative about your assumptions.

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ISSB sets out to tighten up climate reporting

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Pressure is growing for better disclosure standards — though sceptics argue that they are a sideshow

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The Fed’s Interest Rate Challenge: Know When to Hold ‘Em

Bell Investment Advisors

Forrest Bell, CFP®. April saw a continuation of this year’s volatility. Last month, we wrote about the dramatic mid-March rally in stocks. That recovery, however, proved short-lived and did not continue into April. Shortly after the month began, the global stock market trended downward, and U.S. markets followed. Later in the month, after several days of positive or negative swings of over 2%, U.S. and global stocks had declined between 8% and 9%, pushing those stock markets back into correction

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Testimonial Program

Indigo Marketing Agency

The new testimonial rule has officially gone into effect as of May 4, 2021! This completely revolutionizes the way financial advisors can market their services. But as an advisor, how do you effectively use the new testimonial rule in your marketing without running into compliance issues? That’s where we come in. We’re excited to announce that Indigo is now offering a Testimonial Program to help advisors get glowing client reviews online—all while remaining compliant.

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Landsec shifts focus out of London in face of stiff competition on deals

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One of the UK’s biggest commercial landlords is selling out of offices in the capital and reinvesting in regional developments

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Private Bankers Considering Change: What You Need to Know

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By Mindy Diamond & Louis Diamond. There’s been an interesting shift in movement amongst one sector of wealth management: private bankers. Transitions by this constituency have risen dramatically over the last two years attributed in large part to the increased appetite of firms like UBS, Morgan Stanley, Merrill, and First Republic. By our count in 2021 alone some 19 teams managing over $88B in assets transitioned from private banks.

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Get To Know Ramesh Narine

Tobias Financial

Like most young kids, Ramesh went searching for an opportunity to make new friends. To his surprise and trepidation, he discovered the track team. Admittedly not an avid runner and needing practice, during most meets, Ramesh cheered on his teammates from the sidelines, enjoying some delicious snacks. This was until one faithful day, he was needed. With a member of the relay team experiencing an injury, Ramesh was called in as a replacement.

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5 Effective Ways To Reach New Clients

Elevating Your Business

One of the ways to gather topics for an article you write, are by answering questions or reading questions on social networking sites. That's how this article started. I was on Alignment.com and someone asked, "What's The Most Effective Way To Reach New Clients". I started writing and it took a while for me to. The post 5 Effective Ways To Reach New Clients appeared first on Women Financial Advisor Coach Consultant.

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Bausch & Lomb IPO prices below target amid volatile markets

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Eyecare company had aimed to raise up to $840mn in second-largest listing of the year

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Kicking the tyres on rising ESG scores

Financial Times: Moral Money

Plus, a warning on fraying standards in impact investing

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Oak Hill Capital Names David Pryor Senior Advisor

Oakhill

New Senior Advisor expands Oak Hill’s established operating program and further strengthens value-added partnership with portfolio company management teams New York, NY, May 6, 2022 – Oak Hill Capital has announced that it has named David B. Pryor, MD as a Senior Advisor. Dr. Pryor’s distinguished career in healthcare spans over 30 years. Most recently, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer of Ascension, one of the largest not-for-profit healthcare delivery systems in the U.

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Treez Secures $51 million in Series C Funding, Now Valued at $260 Million, Driven by Rapid Growth

Kayne Capital

… The post Treez Secures $51 million in Series C Funding, Now Valued at $260 Million, Driven by Rapid Growth appeared first on Kayne Capital.

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Elliott/ Western Digital: private equity megafunds leave tech laggards vulnerable

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The $1bn stake in the digital tech maker comes as specialist firms have raised tens of billions in buyout funds

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Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes launches corporate raid on power producer AGL

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Climate activist wants to bloc Australian energy company’s proposed demerger

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Musk rallies wealthy friends and true believers to his side on Twitter deal

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An eclectic roster of investors pours billions into Tesla chief’s audacious plan to take social media platform private

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Twitter buyout: fortunes made in risk asset bull market find their way to Musk buyout

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Securities filing discloses that Tesla chief lined up just over $7bn in equity commitments to fund $44bn acquisition

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Macquarie profits hit record on market volatility and M&A boom

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Australian bank posts bumper earnings after market chaos caused by pandemic and Ukraine war

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Todd Boehly agrees £4.25bn deal for Chelsea FC

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Group led by US financier secures biggest football club acquisition in history

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Jupiter has ‘lost its way’ and risks takeover, says former board director

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Jon Little, who holds millions of pounds of shares in asset manager, calls for strategy shake-up

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Morrisons takeover set for approval from regulator

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Private equity group CD&R offers to sell 87 petrol stations to pave way for deal

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Larry Ellison, Binance and Sequoia back Musk’s $44bn bid for Twitter

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Tesla chief raises $7bn from new investors to help fund his takeover of social media platform

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Buffett casts a long shadow over Berkshire

Financial Times M&A

Plus, Morgan Stanley’s history with Elon Musk pays off and KPMG refuses to sign off on Adler’s results

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Tiger Global gets mauled by the bear market

Financial Times M&A

A 35-year-old investor challenges Korea Inc’s anti-activist culture and Aston Martin overhauls its top ranks in the race to produce electric vehicles

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Vodafone strengthens board with industry heavyweights

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Telecoms group appoints former chief executive of Arm and the head of France’s public broadcaster

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Vivendi’s Canal Plus working on bid for stake in US TV channel Starz

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Movie studio Lions Gate has said it is open to selling the maker of premium series

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Abramovich allies set to continue running Chelsea after sale

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Bruce Buck and Marina Granovskaia offered option to stay by leading bidder for club

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A historic break-up brews at HSBC

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Plus, the private equity firm waging a legal battle against Sanjeev Gupta and Disney’s new PR head prepares for her biggest challenge yet

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Elliott-owned AC Milan receives bid interest from RedBird Capital

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Private investment firm challenges asset manager Investcorp in €1bn takeover battle

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Spirit Airlines rejects JetBlue’s acquisition offer

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US budget airline cites high regulatory risks in sticking with rival offer from Frontier

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