The investment bankers who help corporations raise capital form the "front end of the house, " Blankfein says.
Entrepreneurs considering venture capital should realize that venture capital is the most expensive form of capital, more costly than public equity, later-stage private equity, bonds, or loans.
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Issuers of debt will have to pay more for capital in the form of higher interest rates.
By overextending the balance sheet, companies are replacing what should be risk capital in the form of equity with debt.
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But he notes that whereas Singapore's success rests on high productivity, Panama's growth has come from accumulating capital in the form of infrastructure.
Foursquare users might be all about hoarding ethereal social capital in the form of points and badges, but from brands they seem to expect nothing less than the cold, hard coupons.
The important question, however, may be how it is that Lloyds and the other big banks are allowed to lend such large multiples of their protective capital in the form of mortgages?
It is not the intention of European policy makers that capital controls would form part of resolving banks, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands are all in the process of resolving banks with no capital controls.
Also Mr de Guindos is planning to provide this capital in the form of five-year debt convertible into shares rather than as pure shares - and would charge the banks interest at twice what the government has to pay to borrow for five years.
If there is going to be a preferential rate for capital gains, people are going to try to structure as much of their income to take the form of capital gain as possible.
The main alternative to allowing the free flow of capital is to re-introduce some form of exchange controls on capital movements.
What form this capital will take, whether it paid up or authorized, is unclear.
The news that Mitt Romney earns most of his income in the form of capital gains is really no surprise.
Wells Fargo, for instance, has more money in second liens than it has tangible common equity, or the most solid form of capital.
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To shield themselves temporarily from the volatility in financial markets, those with weaker financial structures may need some form of capital controls, preferably market-based.
TRUs and "power of adjustment" trusts share another advantage: The income beneficiary can get more of his payout in the form of capital gains, taxed at a maximum 20% rate.
As long as prices keep rising landlords can hope for profits in the form of capital gains, and those who run into cash-flow problems can usually sell their way out of trouble.
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But because the rights to these assets are not legally defined, they cannot be used as collateral for bank loans or as any form of capital useful in establishing and expanding a formal business.
Because they distribute most of their income and capital gains in the form of dividends during the good times, they are unable to pay down debt or build up cash reserves prior to the inevitable downturns.
Another way in which regulators have tried to keep banks' heads above water is to force them to match a proportion of their risky assets (ie, loans) with capital, in the form of equity or retained earnings.
Concerted actions by governments since then, first in the form of capital injections and liability guarantees, and more recently via schemes to buy or guarantee loans, have signalled their determination to stabilise and clean up their big banks.
Capital Controls do not form part of the envisaged resolution regime which is the only distinguishing factor of the Cyprus bailout which Dijsselbloem failed to express but he certainly does not envisage capital controls as being the model for Europe.
Most of these fleet-footed companies were financed by venture capital, a financial art form that Silicon Valley has perfected.
Another partner in the core team at Kleiner China, Forrest Zhong, left the firm early this year to form South River Capital.
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As a result of this superabundance of capital, numerous bubbles will form around asset prices from global real estate to metals and agriculture.
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The Collins amendment will make banks replace a commonly accepted form of hybrid capital called trust preferred securities with common stock or other securities.
Cipriani arrived in the Scottish capital in arguably the worst form of his fledgling career, having been dropped by England after error-strewn displays in the opening two November Tests.
That has required us to make up the difference between our national investment and national saving by borrowing abroad in the form of the capital inflow that finances our trade deficit.
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In 2012, many companies globally shied away from deal making, opting instead to focus on strengthening their balance sheets and returning capital to shareholders in the form of special dividends and stock buybacks.
He then used his own capital with no outside funding to form Thunderhead in 2001.
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