A drag reading group received this year’s Human and Civil Rights award from the city of Pocatello’s Human Relations Advisory Committee for its work providing educational spaces for children amid community backlash. The city’s Human Relations Advisory Committee consists of community members that address local civil rights issues and advise the mayor and City Council
Maarten Slendebroek has been appointed as chairman at Brooks Macdonald, subject to regulatory approval. The 62-year-old has most recently been chair director at art investment firm Mintus and before that was CEO at Jupiter, where he worked for seven years. He has also been chair of the supervisory board of Robeco since August 2020. He will
Harrison Keller, the Texas Commissioner of Higher Education, was “thrilled” when voters approved a state proposal earlier this month to establish a $3.9 billion endowment to support the state’s “emerging” research institutions. “The proposition was a strong endorsement of the vision that the board has laid out in our state’s strategic plan for higher education,” Keller
What do music, drawings, digital art and video games all have in common? All of them could be turned into “NFTs” or non-fungible tokens. The acronym “NFT” is a term that has gained traction and popularity over the past few years, especially across social media platforms like X — formerly Twitter — where you could
SINGAPORE, Nov. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — TZR Investment Holdings has unveiled plans to elevate its investment in fixed income Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in the first quarter of 2024. Stefan Bowen, the Head of Fixed Income Strategy at TZR Investment Holdings, highlighted prevailing market sentiment indicating that the Federal Reserve is approaching the conclusion of its rate
Vow Green Metals, a leading developer of production facilities for biocarbon and other carbon-neutral products, today signed agreements with Vardar AS, a regional renewable energy producer with operations and ownership within bioenergy, CCU, wind, solar and hydropower, to invest up to NOK 100 million in Vow Green Metals and its large-scale biocarbon production facility at
cServices, parent of Clove Dental, India’s largest tech-enabled-dental-platform, is delighted to announce a strategic equity investment of USD 50 MM from Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar. Combined with USD 66 MM raised in December 2022, in a round led by Invest corp, this investment underscores the group’s
“Government-funded investment accounts for children could be on the horizon,” writes CNBC, “and if tech investor Brad Gerstner has his way, corporate America will match the funds…” Gerstner been working with lawmakers to promote a legislative program known as Invest America that would create an investing account seeded with $1,000 for each child that’s born
Investing transcends the mere interpretation of mathematical equations in stock valuations. According to Francois Rochon, the renowned president and portfolio manager at Giverny Capital in Montreal, Canada, investing is an art. Rochon advocates for investors to adopt an artistic approach, emphasizing the importance of behaving like artists in the realm of stock investments. This perspective
In the run-up to Christmas, there are few places better suited to escaping the frenzy than galleries and museums. Most are quiet, accessible spaces, and serve to remind us that art, like the spirit, endures. At this time of year, we are also reminded that art is not the niche interest some might take it