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People in company pension schemes are missing out by neglecting to save in tax-efficient ways
Research from Unbiased.co.uk, has revealed that working people in company pension schemes are missing out on huge sums by neglecting to save in tax-efficient ways. The UK’s retirement savers are missing out on an extra £720 million tax relief by not making additional pension contributions. High-rate taxpayers that are members of their employers’ occupational pension scheme will miss out on an extra £720 million tax relief this year by failing... [more]
Confidence is driving an upswing in all market sectors
At GIL 2009, Frost & Sullivan’s Chairman David Frigstad said: “We’ve the economy bottom out in early May with indicators all around us that the recovery has started, confidence is driving an upswing in all market sectors”. With a positive outlook ahead, he inspired the 120 plus CEOs and their growth teams that gathered in London for the GIL Global event. Mr Frigstad’s view of the current economic climate seemed to be shared by many industry l... [more]
Is the recent bounce in equity markets the start of a new bull run or a bear market rally
In early March, we noticed a curiosity in the equity performance tables: for several months, the average fund had been out-performing a falling market. The only explanation for this was that funds had high cash levels and so were positioned for market weakness. With valuations at extreme lows and pessimism rife, this was the signal we had been looking for. Markets usually make a fool out of consensus positioning and the fact that most investors w... [more]
BUDGET 2010: Government to retain venture capital trusts (Daily Telegraph)
The Treasury gives an early Budget signal that venture capital trust tax breaks for private investors will remain
Memphis-based Innova will invest in Knoxville cargo tracking company (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Memphis-based Innova, a pre-seed, seed and early stage investor firm, has made its first venture-funding investment as part of the Tennessee Small Business Company Investment Credit Act (TNInvestco), company leaders said Wednesday.Innova, which funds high-growth startups in fields that include biosciences and technology, will invest in 2-year-old TrakLok Corp. of Knoxville.Key to the Innova ...
Battery Ventures Completes $750 Million Fund, Year’s Biggest (Bloomberg)
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Battery Ventures completed a $750 million venture-capital fund, the biggest so far this year, raising money to invest in computing startups and clean-energy deals.
AutekBio, Suma Ventures And Beijing E-Town To Invest In The Largest CMO Project In Asia (PharmaceuticalOnline)
AutekBio, Inc., SUMA Ventures and Beijing E-Town Harvest International Capital Management Corporation, a venture capital group from Beijing Municipal Government announced a joint investment of more than US$100m to develop a new contract manufacturing organization (CMO) for biopharmaceutical industry in China.
C2C Confirms Consolidation of its Share Capital and Change of its Name for Key Gold Holding Inc. (Marketwire)
QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 10, 2010) - C2C Gold Corporation Inc. (" C2C " or the " Company ")(TSX VENTURE:CCN) announces that it will implement the consolidation of its share capital on the basis of 10 common shares for one common share. As announced on February 19, 2010, this operation was previously approved by the Company's shareholders at the Special General Meeting held on ...
Awarepoint Real-Time Awareness Solutions Obtains Expansion Capital Investment From Leading Venture Firms (RFIDSolutions-RFIDSolutionsOnline)
Awarepoint Corporation, a key market leader of real-time location systems (RTLS) for U.S. hospitals, today announced it has raised $10M of expansion capital led by JAFCO Ventures, and joined by existing investors, Cardinal Partners and Venrock Associates.
Failure-tolerant venture capitalists spawn more innovative companies, U of M researcher finds (MinnPost)
Failure-tolerant venture capitalists spawn more innovative companies, U of M researcher finds By Brad Allen | Monday, March 8, 2010 Just like having a wise, old, rich uncle who can impart life lessons along with a loan, it’s important for entrepreneurs to choose their venture capital backers carefully. Research shows that their tolerance for failure makes a big difference in terms of a company's ...
Student-run venture fund joins Quaker BioVentures in Series A round (News-Medical-Net)
BR Ventures, an MBA student-run venture fund of the Johnson School at Cornell University, today announced that it has invested in Semprae Laboratories, joining Quaker Biosciences, which led the Series A round.
Indian Billionaire Anil Ambani’s Fund to Double Investments (Bloomberg)
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Indian billionaire Anil Ambani ’s venture fund plans to invest in areas including so-called clean technologies as it doubles investments over the next three years.
State seeing venture capital dry up (Arizona Daily Star)
Venture capital - the lifeblood of high-tech startup companies -fell by nearly half in Arizona last year as investors retrenchednationwide.
