In some ways, they act like banks: they take deposits, underwrite capital issues, manage portfolios and offer loans.
By defining human capital as an asset that must be grown and protected, investors can begin to ascertain how human capital issues impact overall portfolio risk and the probability of achieving their long-term financial goals.
While no one tracks the number of regional or independent broker-dealers that have gone out of business, analysts who track the industry say that at least a dozen have closed their doors due to insufficient capital or issues with complex investments like private placement in just the last six months.
My source does not think that anyone will actually bring suit against Romney or Bain Capital for these issues.
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The backlash against the Obama campaign ad attacking Bain Capital raises important issues on how risk and failure are part of our American economic fabric.
Political issues are usually divided into two major categories: social issues (like abortion, drug use, gay marriage, or capital punishment) and economic issues (like welfare, taxes, and health care).
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The uncertainty is also problematic for those with unrealized capital gains or estate issues.
"I was pleased that there were no issues of capital and currency controls, " says Christopher Cron, Asian chief for U.S. insurer Reliance National in Hong Kong.
Given that his book covers hearings that took place over six years ago, I asked Murphy if other states had since called for hearings to discuss the issues surrounding capital punishment.
This creates additional pathways for the flow of ECB funds into the marketplace to address the problem and will also allow more time for the issues of solvency to be addressed as the collateral issues for capital tier ratios and Basel III still will persist.
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Berkowitz: Is this earning power enough to resolve all issues without raising capital?
I've tried to cover cycling issues in the capital for a number of years.
Before the smaller players drill, they must factor in such issues as their capital and lease costs, as well as the price of the underlying commodity.
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BofA, which has come under fire over concerns about its capital position and ongoing mortgage issues tied to its Countrywide Financial unit, led a rally that expanded to the rest of the financial sector.
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The Monday Club, which was set up in the 1960s over the decolonisation of Africa and seen in more recent years as a bastion of the Tory hard right, also lobbies on other contentious issues such as capital punishment.
Higher taxes on capital gains and dividends, abstracting from issues of equity and fairness, reduce real economic growth, cause weaker consumption and decreases in business capital spending, reduce employment, and labor force growth, and help bring about less potential output.
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And this idea of human capital necessarily attaches itself to tax issues.
Measured by medians, new issues backed by venture capital have a negative 16% absolute performance and a score of 51 relative to the market.
Nibletz.com puts on this conference to address issues such as raising capital, partnership agreements, and other prominent challenges for those not in the center of a tech hub.
Due to a building emergency (power issues), Knight Capital Americas is asking you to seek an alternate destination for the order handling and execution of your OTC, Options and Listed orders until further notice.
So Mr Shimpi tells his clients to overcome their preoccupation with the debt-equity ratio and to concentrate instead on the underlying issues: how much capital does the company need, and how much should be on and off the balance sheet to minimise its total cost?
One of the reasons why I love Keith genuinely not Hollywood love is that he has spent so much time, effort, energy, capital and real sacrifice on ocean issues, and when I've started to drift and think, "This is too much, " he's grabbed me and pulled me back.
It is not the first time that the British capital has taken the lead on environmental issues.
For now Moynihan is clearly banking on cost-saving measures associated with mass layoffs to help convince stock market investors that Bank of America is headed in the right direction and can deal with the current low-interest rate environment, mortgage-related legacy issues and new international banking capital requirements that Moynihan said were the biggest challenges facing his bank.
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On Jerusalem, for instance, although Yishai is right that Jerusalem is not specifically mentioned in the joint statement, the fact is that Israel agreed to negotiate the status of its capital city by agreeing to discuss all outstanding issues.
In that regard, the new advisory committee will consult with the SEC on issues such as (i) capital raising through private placements and public securities offerings, (ii) trading in the securities of small and emerging companies, and (iii) public reporting requirements of such companies.
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Beleaguered Republicans should create a badly needed preelection initiative with one of their perennially winning issues, taxes: They should index capital gains to inflation.
"Management at Merrill Lynch is focusing on the right issues for the rating: liquidity, capital and derisking the balance sheet, " said Peter Nerby, senior vice president at Moody's.
Where economic issues have taken the forefront in political discussions, social issues like the legality of abortion or capital punishment appear to have been placed on the back burner of political debates.
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Indeed, when it comes to taxes, the issues business owners often care most about are capital gains and dividends.
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