A gatekeeper at Thrivent Asset Management has left the firm to join XA Investments, a Chicago-based firm that specializes in interval funds and CEF research and consulting. Jared Hagen worked at Thrivent for about a year, where he served as a senior investment product specialist. He will be joining XA as a vice president. At Thrivent,
A new funding stream to support public transit operators in Canada was officially launched on July 17, according to the office of the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau. The Canada Public Transit Fund will invest C$30 billion (US$21.9 billion) during the next 10 years to expand public transit and make it more accessible across
Back-to-school shopping tips for parents Conquer back-to-school shopping with these tech tips. Problem Solved, USA TODAY Back-to-school shopping is just around the corner, which means so is Iowa’s sales tax-free weekend. The weekend will offer Iowans a chance to shop without the state’s 6% sales tax and the 1% local option sales tax in many
Australian energy transition platform Symphony Infrastructure Partners announced today that it has raised A$488 million (USD$329 million) in a Series A financing round including A$300 million (USD$202 million) from lead investor Blackstone, with proceeds aimed at accelerating the company’s growth and completing a series of five pending acquisitions. Founded in 2022, Symphony develops, owns, and
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Global healthcare AI platform Ubie and the American Kidney Fund (AKF) will collaborate to fine-tune Ubie’s AI-enabled symptom checker for kidney disease detection with the aim of accelerating a patient’s time to treatment. Ubie’s AI is trained on clinical research papers, and then its physician review panel analyzes the prediction pathways and symptoms associated with
Technology is playing a critical role in scaling up climate action and transforming capital markets. It is helping to overcome challenges in data gaps and risk modelling and ensure market and investor confidence in sustainable products and projects. Nevertheless, more investment is needed to support technological advancement, and with new technologies comes uncertainty. This edition
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has joined the list of billionaires with expensive property headaches, after the infinity pool of his San Francisco home flooded the lower levels of the property. In a lawsuit filed to the Superior Court of San Francisco, lawyers allege 950 Lombard Street has “been plagued by shoddy construction, corner cutting, and
Published by Jessica Casey, Editor Energy Global, Thursday, 18 Jul 24 Avangrid, Inc., a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, has begun to produce power from the True North solar project in Falls County, Texas,
Madison Investments Reflects Increasing Investor Demand for Equity Income Funds CHICAGO, July 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XA Investments (XAI), an alternative investment management and consulting firm, announced the pending transaction, by which XAI will become investment adviser to the Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund (NYSE: MCN), a $146 million listed closed-end fund.