World Cup

The former World No ... One is that we don’t have that many players ranked, but the whole world is going through the same thing ... You can't just randomly have tournaments and think that you're gonna have world-class players if you are not preparing them in a right way ... I guarantee you that Kenya doesn't have the best marathon funds in the world, I am sure they don't. Brazil doesn't have the best soccer funding in the world....

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Dragonfly Capital Partners Raised $100 Million To Invest In Crypto Startups

Use The Bitcoin 19 Oct 2018

protocols and applications that want to be the foundation of the decentralized economy, native crypto funds that want to become asset management dynasties for cryptocurrency asset class and pick and shovel tech startups that are building the bridges between centralized and decentralized worlds ... We take an ecosystem approach, investing in fund ......

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President Urges Hayastan Fund to ‘Become a 21st Century’ Organization

Asbarez 19 Oct 2018

Therefore, the Fund needs to adopt new approaches, introduce new programs and work in a new way,” said Sarkssian who added that with the accelerated pace at which change is moving in Armenia, the fund must also adapt to the 21st century world ... “I shouldn’t be the one to tell you about [the fund’s] achievements, programs and respect among Armenians all over the world....

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Saudi crisis means Masa Son's first mega tech fund could be his last

CNN 19 Oct 2018

Hong Kong (CNN Business)Masayoshi Son shook up the tech industry with his mega fund and $45 billion of Saudi cash ... The SoftBank CEO launched the $93 billion Vision Fund in May 2017, with nearly half the money coming from the Saudi government ... But the failure to make a new fund happen would be a huge setback to Son's quest to build a family of companies that will change the world by using artificial intelligence and connected devices....

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Women-to-Women Business Fund Comes to Britain

Voa News 19 Oct 2018

“SheEO wants to fund female innovators with great ideas to create stronger communities and a better world.” Support for female entrepreneurs It is the latest venture to support female entrepreneurs around the world, who often face more obstacles than men, including a lack of access to finance, business networks, international markets and role models....

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Women-to-women business fund SheEO coming to UK

Taipei Times 19 Oct 2018

A women-to-women investment fund is coming to Britain next month to boost financing for female-owned businesses, its founder said on Thursday, as efforts grow to close the gender investing gap ... “SheEO wants to fund female innovators with great ideas to create stronger communities and a better world,” she added ... A Goldman Sachs-World Bank Group ......

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SoftBank’s Son stays calm amid Saudi turmoil

The Times of India 19 Oct 2018

His company oversees the Soft-Bank Vision Fund, a technology investment fund that sought $100 billion in investments and received the promise of $45 billion from the Saudi sovereign wealth fund. In the two years since then, the Vision Fund has become the largest PE fund in the world, with beneficiaries that include Uber, WeWork and Slack — some of the world’s most successful startups....

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Links to Saudi Arabia Leave SoftBank Chief in a Tight Spot

Asahi News 19 Oct 2018

His company oversees the SoftBank Vision Fund, a technology investment fund that sought $100 billion in investments and received the promise of $45 billion from the Saudi sovereign wealth fund. In the two years since then, the Vision Fund has become the largest private equity fund in the world, with beneficiaries that include Uber, WeWork and Slack--some of the world’s most successful startups....

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Dear Wentworth Voters: Here’s 123 Things Our Leaders Did To ‘Confront’ Climate Change

New Matilda 19 Oct 2018

Abolishes key ministerial positions of climate change and science – 16 September 2013 Abolishes the Climate Commission – 19 September 2013 Denies there is a link between climate change and more severe bush fires and accuses a senior UN official of “talking through their hat” – 23 October 2013 Abolishes the Antarctic Animal Ethics Committee which ......

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Investment sought to break land speed world record

Process and Control Today 19 Oct 2018

Bloodhound Programme Ltd, the company behind Project Bloodhound, the initiative to break the land speed world record, entered into administration on 15thOctober 2018 with the appointment of Andrew Sheridan and Geoff Rowley, partners at specialist business advisory firm FRP Advisory LLP, as joint administrators ... The team is now seeking around £25m in investment to provide guaranteed funding and see the project to completion....

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EQIBank on Track to Secure €50bn in Custody Assets by Mid-2019

The Record 19 Oct 2018

EQIBank, the world's first licenced and regulated bank for national currencies, crypto and digital assets, has announced that it expects to secure €50bn in custody assets by July 2019 and hold €10bn under deposit by the end of 2019 ... The global bank of choice for hedge funds. EQIBank launched offshore where 85% of the world's hedge funds are domiciled meaning that it is perfectly positioned to be the first choice for the fund industry....

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Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund – Is it Crypto’s Holy Grail?

Zerocrypted 19 Oct 2018

Americans have been waiting on it’s much awaited Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) which many expect to be the next big thing for cryptocurrency ... ETF will help simplify the whole process for institutional investors to dive into cryptocurrencies, but the cryptocurrency community needs to understand that the funds hold Bitcoin and thus the use of Bitcoin for real-world scenarios will reduce....

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No classic, but an enjoyable read

Moneyweek 19 Oct 2018

With his hedge fund collapsing, Barry Cohen decides to ... Shteyngart has clearly done extensive research about the world of finance and it is easy to see which stories and people Cohen and his fund are based on. The author has managed to capture the absurdity of financiers and their big-money world....

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