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BOSTON (Reuters) - Some of the biggest public pensions funds in the ... One fund to pull out is the $2.7 billion Artisan Developing World Fund, which had a $66 million position in Hikvision at the end of March but reported holding no shares three months later, fund disclosures show....

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U.S. pension funds took positions in blacklisted Chinese surveillance company

Canada Dot Com 15 Oct 2019

BOSTON — Some of the biggest public pensions funds in the ... One fund to pull out is the $2.7 billion Artisan Developing World Fund, which had a $66 million position in Hikvision at the end of March but reported holding no shares three months later, fund disclosures show....

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Neil Woodford sacked as flagship Equity Income Fund to be shut

Yahoo Daily News 15 Oct 2019

LONDON (Reuters) - Neil Woodford has been ousted as manager of his flagship LF Woodford Equity Income Fund, which will now be wound up to pay back investors trapped in the fund since June ... Neil Woodford, in a separate statement, firmly rejected the move to shut the fund and oust him as manager....

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What is 'Dark Grey' List of FATF? Know About Essential Stage Where Pakistan Faces Risk of Being Blacklisted

Yahoo Daily News 15 Oct 2019

The meetings in Paris are being attended by representatives from 205 countries as well as jurisdictions around the world, including the International Monetary Fund, UN, World Bank and other organisations ... money laundering and terrorist funding, and recommended a downgrade....

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State Brief

The Oklahoman 15 Oct 2019

The annual noncompetitive three- to five-mile walk unites communities, honors those touched by the disease and raises awareness and funds for a world ......

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Comer talks of interstates, older Americans and Syria during district meeting

Kentucky New Era 15 Oct 2019

troops are in Syria to keep that country away from Israel, he said, adding that when there are problems with other countries starting to go into Israel, “then that’s when you’re going to have World War III,” Comer said ... “We’re going to go in and try to have parity,” Comer noted of legislators’ desire to provide equal funding in both regions....

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Eureka plans ceremony for Wiyot Tribe land transfer

Times Standard 15 Oct 2019

Separately, the tribe is raising funds to host a 2020 World Renewal Ceremony to be held in three locations ... Wiyot Tribe raising funds for 2020 World Renewal Ceremony 200 acres of Indian Island could be transferred back to Wiyot tribe early in 2019 Karuk and Wiyot tribe granted ......

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One in Three Young Children Either Undernourished or Overweight: UNICEF Report

News18 15 Oct 2019

... UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, unveiling the Fund's first State of the World's Children report since 1999....

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1-in-3 young children undernourished or overweight: UNICEF

Modern Ghana 15 Oct 2019

A third of the world's nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face ... If children eat poorly, they live poorly, said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, unveiling the Fund's first State of the World's Children report since 1999....

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MPIC Raises Php 35.3bn from KKR’s Investment in Hospital Unit

The Marshall News Messenger 15 Oct 2019

KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns for its fund investors by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and driving growth and value creation with KKR portfolio companies ... In private equity, GIC invests through funds as ......

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UPDATE 1-Blackstone plans to launch tender offer for Japan's Unizo

Yahoo Daily News 15 Oct 2019

The possible bid from one of the world's largest buyout funds marks another twist in the fight for the once-obscure hotelier, now seen as a test case for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push for greater transparency and corporate disclosure ... renowned" fund that it didn't identify....

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700 million children under five undernourished or overweight, reveals Unicef report

Dawn 15 Oct 2019

“If children eat poorly, they live poorly,” said United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) Executive Director Henrietta Fore, unveiling the fund's first State of the World's Children report since 1999 ... Over the last three decades, however, another form of child malnutrition has surged across the developing world....

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Blackstone plans to launch tender offer for Japan's Unizo

Canada Dot Com 15 Oct 2019

The possible bid from one of the world’s largest buyout funds marks another twist in the fight for the once-obscure hotelier, now seen as a test case for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push for greater transparency and corporate disclosure....