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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

And in the 21 st century, the majority of public company shareholders are institutional investors (banks, insurance companies, pensions, hedge funds, REITs, investment advisors, endowments, and mutual funds), not individuals. (In Next, they use the financial press and blogs to spread their message to the institutional investors.

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How To Disrupt The Investing Business, With Katina Stefanova (Ex-Bridgewater Management Committee)

David Teten

Technology innovation, globalization of markets, and recent market volatility such as the 2008 market collapse are driving painful changes (for some) in the asset management industry. Many actively managed funds lost a lot of money for their investors and failed to beat their benchmark. However, this is about to change.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” [Note the full presentation deck with additional slides can be found on SlideShare here or you can simply scroll through it at the bottom of this post.]. ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m

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March 3-6, Birmingham, AL: Alternative Investing Conference

David Teten

The Southern States Business Coalition (SSBC) is bringing some of the country’s leading Plan Sponsors, Institutional Investors, and Alternative Investment professionals to Birmingham, AL, March 3-6 for the Southern States Alternative Investment Symposium 2013.

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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

This is particularly true in New York, where their traditional financial services industry client base has sustained significant damage since the 2008 financial crisis. Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy.

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Reversing Unintended Consequences From Regulation is Critical to Restoring Small Company IPO’s

Pascal's View

Between 2001 and 2008 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) accounted for 87% of venture-backed company exits, up from an average of 44% in between 1992 and 2000. years as of year-end 2008. Investors take risk in order to reap rewards. The median age of a venture-backed company at the time of its IPO has increased from 4.5

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

The buyers (or lessees) in these transactions are pension funds, insurance companies, or private equity representing other institutions. Investors seek returns of ~10-15% that are predictable, secure, uncorrelated to other asset classes, and inflation adjusted. Capital Solutions.