Chile went first, in 1981, with mandatory individual retirement accounts administered by competing fund-management companies.

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The typical competing fund these days turns over its portfolio in a little more than a year.

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With so much turmoil in the venture capital business, from the rise of competing super-angel investors to tepid fund returns for the past 10 years to some big IPO duds this year from the likes of Facebook, the future of this economic engine of innovation is pretty murky.

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Johnson sold his 4% stake in the Lakers in 2010 to billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, who was part of a competing group to buy the Dodgers that included hedge fund titan Steve Cohen.

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Unlike the mutual fund business, this one has plenty of competing outsourcers, and profits are slimmer.

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Much fine speechifying ensued as both sides tried to appeal to the American fund managers in the audience by whipping out competing sets of figures to demonstrate the shareholder value inherent in their proposals.

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Year-to-date the fund is up a hefty 12.9 percent, besting competing funds in the oil equipment and services segment.

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The Dow Jones portfolio fund managers would likely also liquidate those equities so as not to get caught in the cross-fire between competing Shariah authorities and to thereby mitigate claims for damages arising out an allegation that the fund manager knew or should have known that the Dow Jones Shariah advisory board did not properly adhere to authoritative Shariah principles.

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Sensibly, it is not competing hard in the fashionable area of infectious disease, which is occupied not only by the Global Fund, PEPFAR and GAVI, but also by the (American) President's Malaria Initiative, the Gates Foundation and numerous bilateral deals between governments.

ECONOMIST: The World Bank and global health