They planned to spurn large buyout funds, in particular, and instead look to invest with GPs that target a specific sector, geography, deal stage or fund type.
For example, an investor typically decides to buy a U.S. stock fund before they decide the type of U.S. stock fund.
If the fund is doing poorly relative to similar type funds, the fund manager could just be having a bad year.
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The type of fund or style you desire might not be found within the fund family.
The first step in employing that mindset is making a few choices about what type of fund to invest with.
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Around 68% of Carlyle's private-equity funds have exceeded the median fund return for their type, according to Preqin, a research firm.
This type of fund works well for smaller charities, since they may not be set up to accept certain types of donations.
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The moral: Don't put all your eggs in one basket, whether it be a particular stock, a country or a type of fund.
So why is Google so invested in this type of venture fund?
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Some smart corporations have realized that there is no reason that they cannot fund promising ventures of the type that will benefit their company and industry.
Money market funds, which are a type of mutual fund, have the reputation of being a conservative port where money will earn some interest and remain secure.
And any former office holder should have to furnish their own security and as far as that goes with term limits there would be no need for any type of retirement fund for former politicians.
The bank levy was actually first proposed to all countries by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a type of insurance scheme.
Mr Braben said he had turned to Kickstarter to fund Elite because it was the type of game that would be hard to persuade a publisher to back.
The fund could just be invested in a type of investment that happens to be in a down cycle.
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Finally, the asset class should be investible with low-cost index funds and ETFs, or a least a near-index type, broadly diversified actively managed fund.
Regardless of whether you believe law firms should be treated differently, I would submit to you that if your fund retains a law firm (or any other type of firm) that has a criminal history questions are going to be asked.
Once your friend or associate receives the email, they'll type in the debit card account number of their choosing and Square will fund the associated checking account within 48 hours.
Some NY Times-type columnists all seem to believe the real question facing us is how to fund government so it can provide the services the columnists seem to think we need.
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One of his friends, Winifred Jiau, wanted that type of information as well so that she could share it with eager hedge fund managers looking for an edge on their trades.
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Position-traded money market funds are a different type of lock-up: Investors must place a trade to get into or out of the fund, which can take a day to complete.
That type of track record made the understated, low-key Neff a favorite manager of many other professional fund managers--an "investor's investor, " if you will.
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