Placing oversight responsibility for a
fund's proper operation with the board is not always simple.
The mutual fund trading scandals: implications for CPAs and their clients
In order to use the
funds most effectively from an institutional perspective, donated
funds would ideally be awarded to students who would have otherwise been eligible for unfunded student aid.
Organizing for effective stewardship: collaboration and teamwork are key ingredients for managing donated funds
The costs of freestanding and proprietary
funds are also different.
Brand-name or in-house?
What some may find surprising is that only a minority of investments held in these "green"
funds are in explicitly eco-focused businesses.
Mutual funds that matter
Tim Forde, vice president, Strategic Analysis with the Investment Company Institute, an organization that represents mutual
funds, says individual mutual
fund investors haven't lost large dollar amounts like what has happened in the recent accounting scandals.
How do the mutual fund scandals affect you? What was once thought a safe investment is now under scrutiny. Here's what matters and why
The SEC certainly found out something was wrong by last spring, when a regional office was contacted by a whistleblower about questionable practices at a major
fund. The office seems not to have investigated.
Mutual fund cleanup: Washington's surprisingly slow-motion efforts at reform
2420) on November 4 designed to improve the transparency of fees and costs that mutual
fund investors incur, as well as improve mutual
funds' corporate governance.
Mutual funds--the next big thing
John Cogswell of Goodland, Kansas, have established the Marjorie Means Cogswell Endowment
Fund for financing Teacher Enrichment Grants.
All about endowment funds
It provides $1.345 billion to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, more than $1 billion to meet the needs of refugees and internally displaced peoples, $200 million in emergency food assistance to support dire famine needs, and $100 million for an emerging crises
fund to allow swift responses to complex foreign crises.
The President's International Affairs Budget for 2004. (Legislation and Policy)
In fact, hedge
fund returns appear to be in a long-term downward trend.
A constant balancing act. (Special Advertising Feature: Wealth Management)
This approach quickly drew tire from conservatives, who responded by creating the National Council on Abstinence Education (NCAE) to capitalize on the new funding stream and pressure states to
fund classroom abstinence instruction, rather than extracurricular activities.
Pork for prudes: how conservatives score, while teaching kids not to
* understanding that
fund development is an institutional, not just an individual or departmental, commitment, and making sure fund-raising is not concentrated in one methodology, whether it is direct mail, special events, or a foundation;
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Simply put, enough resources must be set aside over a lifetime of work to
fund retirement consumption.
Statement by Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, before the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, March 3, 1999
But the case quickly became the pet project of a little-known legal outfit of the Christian right, the Alliance Defense
Fund. It says it is out "to reclaim legal ground in this country for the body of Christ." Its leaders hope the decision against the University of Wisconsin will set a precedent for public schools around the country.
Suing for Jesus: a new legal team wants to cleanse the campuses for Christ
These
funds are managed by nine pension
fund managers who have extensive experience in managing pooled investments.
SECP releases performance report of private pension funds