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  2. Public Investment Fund - Wikipedia

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    AUM. US$ 925 billion ( £ 726.3 billion) [1] Website. pif .gov .sa. The Public Investment Fund ( PIF; Arabic: صندوق الاستثمارات العامة) is the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. It is among the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world with total estimated assets of US$ 925 billion ( £ 726.3 billion). [2]

  3. Government spending - Wikipedia

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    In 2010 national governments spent an average of $2,376 per person, while the average for the world's 20 largest economies (in terms of GDP) was $16,110 per person. Norway and Sweden expended the most at $40,908 and $26,760 per capita respectively. The federal government of the United States spent $11,041 per person.

  4. Initial public offering of Facebook - Wikipedia

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    Ultimately underwriters settled on a price of $38 per share, at the top of its target range. This price valued the company at $104 billion, the largest valuation to date for a newly public company. On May 16, two days before the IPO, Facebook announced that it would sell 25% more shares than originally planned due to high demand.

  5. Investment fund - Wikipedia

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    An open-end fund is equitably divided into shares which vary in price in direct proportion to the variation in value of the fund's net asset value. Each time money is invested, new shares or units are created to match the prevailing share price; each time shares are redeemed, the assets sold match the prevailing share price.

  6. Private investment in public equity - Wikipedia

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    A private investment in public equity, often called a PIPE deal, involves the selling of publicly traded common shares or some form of preferred stock or convertible security to private investors. It is an allocation of shares in a public company not through a public offering in a stock exchange. PIPE deals are part of the primary market.

  7. Altimeter Capital - Wikipedia

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    The public equity fund is noted for its strong performance, averaging annual returns of 29.52% since 2011. For private markets, Altimeter Capital manages private growth equity funds that invest in both early and later stage technology companies. Its first private fund was closed in 2013. Public market investments

  8. Campaign finance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The financing of electoral campaigns in the United States happens at the federal, state, and local levels by contributions from individuals, corporations, political action committees, and sometimes the government. Campaign spending has risen steadily at least since 1990. For example, a candidate who won an election to the House of ...

  9. Public–private partnership - Wikipedia

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    A public–private partnership ( PPP, 3P, or P3) is a long-term arrangement between a government and private sector institutions. [1] [2] Typically, it involves private capital financing government projects and services up-front, and then drawing revenues from taxpayers and/or users for profit over the course of the PPP contract. [3]