Sentence examples for for small funds from inspiring English sources
One hedge-fund executive thinks that some funds will move to operating a single trading book, rather than multiple books, in order to have more oversight over individual traders for whose actions they are liable.All of which makes an already difficult fund-raising environment for small funds even rougher.
This means they are going to be less attractive to sovereign-wealth funds and big institutions, which write large cheques, do not want to be too much of a fund's investor-base and are often expressly looking for exposure outside Asia.That makes foreign investors wanting some Asian growth an attractive prospect for small funds keen to grow.
"This is primarily due to disappointing returns that characterized Israel focused VC funds, in the year after a first wave of successes (primarily for small funds) in the mid 90's," said Barak Pridor, the manager of the new fund.
So I think it is sort of a natural evolution of the space for larger VC funds to pick and choose where they tend to place capital and at least particularly in the Internet space there is more innovation happening with smaller funds and at least the prospects for positive returns are much better I think for small funds than for large funds.
I asked for small funds from a variety of leading global women's health organizations (UNFPA, EngenderHealth, International Center for Research on Women, Women's Dignity Project, Global Health Council, and One by One.
For smaller funds, the economics are far different.
For smaller funds, the combination of uncertainty and an expected write-down can be lethal.
"You read that investors are starting to look for smaller funds, but it's still the case that the big funds are getting bigger".
They also argue (as industry lobbies are wont to do) that regulation would be too costly, especially for smaller funds.Their tactics are not all defensive.
That will be hardest for smaller funds, which have higher fixed costs relative to their assets, and which some clients already worry have poor risk controls.
