India's Growth Is Set To Power Ahead
India's growth is looking like a "bright spot" as the country's outsourcing sector remains robust on top of an increasing trend of tech companies moving their manufacturing lines to the country.
Macro Trends Forcing Change On The Investment Management Industry
Power in the investment management industry is shifting to the money holders from money managers, driven by several major economic, social and political trends. Collectively, these are irresistible forces meeting a moveable object: the traditional asset management industry structure.
How VCs Can Power The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Far too many VC firms are still stuck with antiquated investment strategies that aren’t keeping pace with the increasingly dynamic and tech-driven global economy, primarily the dissemination of information.
Private Equity Could Face A Reckoning As Power Shifts In Congress
After years of operating with minimal government intervention, the U.S. private equity industry could face new regulatory scrutiny in 2021 and beyond.
CalPERS Seeking An Investment Chief With Staying Power
CalPERS, the nation’s largest public pension fund, is looking for an investment chief with staying power. The nation’s largest public pension fund has had six chief investment officers over the past two decades. Its most recent one stuck around for 19 months.
Present Value of Poli-tech | Emerging Markets Alternatives
Reconciling a sluggish global economy and all round uncertainty with rallying stock markets and tight spreads is preoccupying most minds today. While the market pundits seek to resolve the current di...
Singapore’s Equis Energy Seeks Binding Bids For $4B Power Assets
Equis Energy, the Singapore-based developer of power projects, has asked for binding bids for its $4 billion renewable energy business by late September, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Benchmark Capital Sues Travis Kalanick For Fraud
The battle between Benchmark Capital and Travis Kalanick just went nuclear, with the venture capital firm suing the former Uber CEO for fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty. The complaint was filed earlier today in Delaware Chancery Court. Key graph, per the suit: "Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber, to entrench himself on Uber's Board of Directors and increase his power over Uber for his own selfish ends.
GE, Invenergy Build Wind Farm In Oklahoma, Biggest In The U.S.
Power development company Invenergy LLC and General Electric Co on Wednesday announced plans to build the largest wind farm in the United States in Oklahoma, part of a $4.5 billion project to provide electricity to 1.1 million utility customers in the region. The 2-gigawatt Wind Catcher wind farm is under construction in the Oklahoma panhandle and will come online in 2020. The facility will be linked to a 350-mile dedicated power line that will send the wind farm's electricity to Tulsa.
Power Grid's Mega Plan To Monitor Electic Supply
Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) is working on what would be the largest project for monitoring and controlling of electricity supply across the country. Called 'Unified Real Time Dynamic State Measurement (URTDSM)', the central transmission utility would install 'Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs)' at all substations and generating stations. This would also form the backbone for efforts underway to integrate the large amount of renewable energy envisaged. The plan is to install PMUs at close to 1,300 locations on the national grid in phase-1; 1,000 have been installed. In the second phase, another 500 PMUs would be installed along with...