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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. Public Interest Research Group - Wikipedia

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    uspirg .org. Public Interest Research Groups ( PIRGs) are a federation of U.S. and Canadian [4] non-profit organizations that employ grassroots organizing and direct advocacy on issues such as consumer protection, public health and transportation. The PIRGs are closely affiliated with the Fund for the Public Interest, which conducts fundraising ...

  4. Government spending - Wikipedia

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    Life science crowding in contrasts with crowding out in public funding of research more widely: "10% increase in government R&D funding reduced private R&D expenditure by 3%...In Australia, the average cost of public funds is estimated to be $1.20 and $1.30 for each dollar raised (Robson, 2005). The marginal cost is probably higher, but ...

  5. Public finance - Wikipedia

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    Portal. v. t. e. Public finance is the study of the role of the government in the economy. [1] It is the branch of economics that assesses the government revenue and government expenditure of the public authorities and the adjustment of one or the other to achieve desirable effects and avoid undesirable ones. [2]

  6. Initial public offering - Wikipedia

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    An initial public offering ( IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors [1] and usually also to retail (individual) investors. [2] An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment banks, who also arrange for the shares to be listed on one or more stock exchanges.

  7. Franklin Templeton Investments - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Resources, Inc. [1] Franklin Resources, Inc. is an American multinational holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton; it is a global investment firm founded in New York City in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BEN, in ...

  8. Publicly traded private equity - Wikipedia

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    Initially, a handful of other private equity firms and hedge funds had planned to follow KKR's lead but shelved those plans when KPE's performance continued to falter after its IPO. KPE's stock declined from an IPO price of €25 per share to €18.16 (a 27% decline) at the end of 2007 and a low of €11.45 (a 54.2% decline) per share in Q1 2008.

  9. 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