When it comes to funding female founders, 2020 was one of the worst years on record. At the global level, only 9% of all funding for technology start-ups went to the founding team, which included at least one woman. One female founder and a team of all women raised just 2% of all VC dollars.
Investors yanked money out of exchange-traded funds tracking emerging bonds last week as the spectacular unraveling of China Evergrande Group and a hawkish tilt from the Federal Reserve hit appetite for risky debt.
Buoyed by soaring stock markets, the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System’s investments gained $4.5 billion in value last fiscal year, the system’s investment consultant reported on Monday.