ACUMEN FUND The Acumen Fund was founded raise capital through individuals‚ grants‚ foundations‚ and corporations to invest in ventures that were scalable and created financial returns and social impact. For social impact‚ Acumen looked at serving the base of the pyramid (BoP) market‚ the underserved or the poorest customers. Traditionally‚ products or services for this population would not be developed‚ because they were seen as "high risk" with a potential for low returns. By investing in ventures
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A STUDY ON “VARIOUS SCHEMES IN MUTUAL FUND FOR INVESTORS” AT “KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK” Synopsis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OF BANGALORE UNIVERSITY By PRAKASH RANJAN Reg. NO: 11KUCMA044 Under the guidance of Mrs. SOHINI GUPTA Lecturer M.S. RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF ARTS‚ SCIENCE AND COMMERCE MSRIT POST‚ MSR NAGAR Bangalore University Bangalore- 2011-2013
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World Bank and the IMF are twin pillars supporting the world’s economic and financial structure. The World Bank is an investment bank owned by its member nations. The IMF functions more like a credit union whose members can draw from a common pool of funds to assist in emergencies. As of Aug. 31‚ 2010‚ its biggest borrowers were Romania‚ Ukraine and Hungary. 1944--1969 * From July 1 to 22‚ 1944‚ the IMF and World Bank Articles of Agreement were formulated at the International Monetary and Financial
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Thaddeaus Mounkurai ECO2013 -Principles of MacroEconomics 8/5/15 Federal Funds Rate Increase According to our textbook in Chapter 12‚ the federal funds rate is "The interest rate financial institutions charge each other for overnight loans used as reserves. A change in the federal funds rate reflects changes in the market demand and supply of excess reserves." I found the best explanation of the federal funds rate at http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/federalfundsrate.asp. Investopedia
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QUESTIONNAIRE Name: - Age: - Contact no: - Occupation: - 1) What kind of investments you have made so far? ← Saving account ← Fixed deposit ← Mutual fund ← Gold ← Stock/equity market ← Real estate ← PPF ← Insurance 2) How much is your total investment annually? ← Less than 15000 ← 15000 – 40000 ← 40000 – 60000 ← More than 60000 3) What is the purpose
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Introduction – Funds Accounting (#1) MULTIPLE CHOICES 1. Which of the following is a distinguishing characteristic of a nonbusiness organization? a. Its revenues do not exceed its expenses b. There is an absence of ownership interests that can be sold‚ transferred‚ or redeemed c. It does not depreciate its capital assets d. It does not charge fees for any of its services Answer: b 2. Which of the following activities
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One Acre Fund (OAF) is one of the leading organizations in the fight against food insecurity. The non-profit entity seeks to provide solutions to the food insecurity measures that affect more than 800 million people across the globe. Currently‚ the establishment is based in the six countries including Kenya‚ Rwanda‚ Tanzania‚ Burundi‚ Malawi‚ and Uganda. Despite the firm’s concerted efforts to serve farmers with the aim of ending poverty and hunger‚ its operations face numerous challenges. One Acre
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dedicated to helping our environment and health‚ so why would the government not fund them. The NIEHS wants to be funded by the federal government to help them on their journey in helping our environment. They are asking for $680‚000‚000 to help progress their work on our planet. We all know the one thing that should be most important to us all‚ is living a happy and healthy life. So the federal government should fund the NIEHS to get the movement going and lead us to a much better environment. They
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The question is should NASA fund asteroid studies? I think they should fund the asteroid studies because it could help us move to other places‚ it could save lives by building inventions that capture the asteroids‚ along with us trying to see if they have valuable resources. I believe it could help with protection‚ lifestyles and resources. The reasoning for these things is to help us out incase we try to move to a different places in our solar systems such as Mars. We could also try to build stuff
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Lottery Research Paper Lotteries do provide funds for education. Lotteries have been have been helping out with education for a long time now. Not only does it help with education‚ but it could help any person that participates in the lottery. Schools get a larger budget thanks to the lottery. Even though Gambling can be addictive‚ Lotteries are good for benefiting education. Lotteries can change people’s lives. “Gambling stimulates‚ offers hope‚ and allows decision-making.” (Cambell). While People
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