Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund raised its 2010 global growth forecast to 4.6%, from 4.1%, saying the economic recovery is moving at a faster clip than it expected.
In recent months, hedge fund critics have raised the issues of aggressive short-selling, hedge fund collusion with research analysts to manipulate a stock to their benefit, and short-sellers who skirt rules on stock settlement and clearing to make profits.
The Island Games Association of Mann (IGAM) fund-raising raised some of the cost, but members would have been forced to pay surcharges if the government had not stepped in.
The firm's MSREF Fund VII, raised in 2008 and 2009, has purchased the two Russian malls, a Manhattan office building near Madison Square Park with a partner, and a portfolio of distressed Australian property loans.
The firm, founded in 1998 with headquarters in London, focuses strictly on technology companies and will invest two-thirds of the fund in Europe and Israel and the rest in the U.S. Including this fund, Index has raised EUR1 billion over the last 12 months, including a EUR500 million growth fund and a EUR150 million life sciences fund.
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The following year Paramount raised another fund to finance the immensely successful Mission: Impossible 2, starring Tom Cruise.
If a firm has not raised a fund in five or six years, it probably cannot do any new deals.
From there, we called firms to find out whether they had raised a fund that had not been announced yet.
Others, like Steven Rattner, got into legal trouble when federal regulators and state prosecutors asked questions about how they raised pension fund money.
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Kaplan hedged a bit about buyout fund returns for funds raised in 2009 and 2010, pointing to the huge funds raised in 2008 that have performed poorly and still have so much cash committed.
The brothers plan to use the money raised to fund an ambitious expansion back home: The group, already the second-largest power producer in India, is increasing its power capacity from 1, 220 megawatts to 6, 100 megawatts by 2012 and 11, 470 megawatts by 2014.
The fund is also having its profile raised by Publicis, an advertising firm that has taken on the fund as a pro bono client.
Those with a good track record and investment returns raised new funds, such as GGV Capital, which raised a fourth fund.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently raised its 2011 projection for global GDP growth to 4.4%, from the prior estimate of 4.2%.
Almost since Kleiner raised its inaugural fund for China investing in 2007 to great fanfare, the firm has seen an unusual level of team transitions.
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More importantly, when we raised a new fund (we only work with knowledgeable, sophisticated investors, almost exclusively institutions) we were oversubscribed during a tough time for the venture industry.
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From Los Angeles to Miami and New York to Boston, Democratic fund-raisers who have raised money from Jewish Americans for years said they have been stunned by the number of new Democratic contributors Lieberman has brought out.
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The council has not given a total figure for the amount raised by the fund, but said household items including furniture had also been donated by the public and would be made available to those who needed them.
Diann Shipione, a trustee of the San Diego fund who for years has raised concerns about possible conflicts of interest involving Callan, said recently that the firm tried to obscure its role in an ongoing SEC review of the pension-consulting business.
The company needs to fund its operations from the money raised in the share offering because of its rapid cash burn.
Mr. GLEN LAVY (Senior Counsel, Alliance Defense Fund): When children are raised without a mom or a dad, they are missing something.
The money raised was used to fund RIFW, which operates at arm's length from the Welsh government and is also backed by EU money.
The pair raised enough money to fund their own rapid successes, nearly matching the Gamera's flights inside an indoor soccer field near Toronto, Mr. Robertson says.
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The donations were raised by controversial Democratic fund-raiser John Huang.
Other subpoenas issued by the Senate committee including those for bank records to track DNC donations raised at a controversial fund-raiser at a Buddhist temple in California last spring.
"The audio recordings of Mr. Zimmerman's phone conversation while in jail make it clear that Mr. Zimmerman knew a significant sum had been raised by his original fund-raising website, " defense attorneys said Monday.
Kotak said his bank will use the money raised from the sale to fund expansion and acquisitions.
Anita Sarkeesian is the feminist media critic who inspired a storm of internet hate when she raised money on kickstarter to fund this series.
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Graff would use the money raised in the IPO to fund a greater expansion into Asia, by far the largest growth market for luxury diamond jewelry, according to reports.
Mr. Lopez has joined Ms. Longoria and other influential political and business figures to form the Futuro Fund, a Hispanic organization that initially raised money for the president's campaign, and now advocates for Latino issues.
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