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Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users.
A donor-advised fund is an account at a sponsoring organization, generally a public charity, where an individual can make a charitable gift to enjoy an immediate tax benefit and retain advisory privileges to disburse charitable gifts over time. The contribution a donor makes to their donor-advised fund is 100% irrevocable and destined for a ...
Public finance. A sovereign wealth fund ( SWF ), sovereign investment fund, or social wealth fund is a state-owned investment fund that invests in real and financial assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate, precious metals, or in alternative investments such as private equity fund or hedge funds. Sovereign wealth funds invest globally.
The proposals include: altering the definition of what constitutes a donor-advised fund so that it applies to a broader swath of accounts; expanding the definition of donor advisers to include ...
In alternative investments, operational due diligence (ODD), is an investigation ( due diligence) into operational factors of alternative investment entities such as a hedge fund, private equity fund, or infrastructure fund. ODD has gained prominence over the past years due to the failure of hedge funds such as Amaranth Advisors and the Bayou ...
Contrarian investing. Contrarian investing is an investment strategy that is characterized by purchasing and selling in contrast to the prevailing sentiment of the time. [1] A contrarian believes that certain crowd behavior among investors can lead to exploitable mispricings in securities markets. For example, widespread pessimism about a stock ...
Harvard University's endowment was valued at $53.2 billion as of 2021. [1] A financial endowment is a legal structure for managing, and in many cases indefinitely perpetuating, a pool of financial, real estate, or other investments for a specific purpose according to the will of its founders and donors. [2] Endowments are often structured so ...
Alternative data (in finance) refers to data used to obtain insight into the investment process. [1] [2] These data sets are often used by hedge fund managers and other institutional investment professionals within an investment company. [3] [4] [5] Alternative data sets are information about a particular company that is published by sources ...