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☆ The NFL's annual meeting is happening now. Here are 6 firms that stand to win if the league opens its doors to new investors.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Tiara White | Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This year's meeting is being closely watched by Wall Street because of a planned discussion about whether to start letting team owners sell stakes to private-equity firms and other institutional investors. So who stands to benefit if the NFL owners agree to a rule change? AdvertisementThe sports investing experts who spoke to BI pointed to private-equity firms with established histories in sports investing, like Dyal HomeCourt, Arctos Partners, and RedBird Capital. Lutsky also thinks a rule change could prompt more financial industry newcomers to try to break into the world of sports investing. See BI's list of private-equity firms that could benefit from an NFL rule change, according to 6 finance experts and industry insiders, from bankers to investment advisors:

Persons: —, Arun Muralidhar, Muralidhar, Tim Schlittner, Jonathan Lutsky, Lutsky Organizations: Service, NFL, Tennessee Titans, Forbes, Business, NBA, NHL, MLB, Mcube Investment Technologies, Drake Star Partners, BI, Arctos Partners, RedBird, Partners, Sports Locations: Orlando , Florida

☆ Investing in sports teams is trendy now — but is it headed toward bubble territory? New research provides a playbook.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Tiara White | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The simmering topic has been up for debate, in part because prices for NFL teams have risen so high that they threaten to restrict who can be a lead owner. This raises the question: Are investments in sports teams actually a good investment, especially for risk-averse investors like pensions and endowments? According to new research published in Investments & Wealth Publications in November, the answer is a resounding yes. For the article, he teamed up with his father, Arun Muralidhar, the chairman and founder of Mcube Investment Technologies, which develops decision-support products for institutional investment managers. "They themselves are investing globally to make sure that their brand is increasing, and they found great success with that."

Persons: —, Sid Muralidhar, Muralidhar, Risktyle, Arun Muralidhar, Sachin Muralidhar, Sachin, Arun, Sid Muralidhar Sid Muralidhar, homed, it's Organizations: Service, NFL, Dallas Cowboys, Forbes, Business, Investments, Wealth, NHL, Citigroup, Mcube Investment Technologies, The University of Virginia, National Hockey League, NBA, MLB, BI

☆ V.A. Recruits Millionth Veteran for Its Genetic Research Database
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Gina Kolata | More About Gina Kolata | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

says its database offers a more diverse population: 175,000 people with African ancestry and 80,000 Hispanics joined the Million Veteran Program. For example, said Dr. Sumitra Muralidhar, director of the Million Veteran Program, researchers found genes linked to having flashbacks of traumatic events, a feature of post-traumatic stress. Although researchers can examine genetic and other data and links to medical records, fewer than 10 people at the V.A. Those records, Dr. Muralidhar said, are held at a facility in Boston that is “heavily secured.”What It Looks Like: Veterans hope the database will help. hospital told Octavia Harris, 60, of San Antonio, about the Million Veteran Program.

Persons: ”, Shereef Elnahal, “, Amit V, Sumitra Muralidhar, Muralidhar, Octavia Harris, Harris Organizations: Employees, Department sVeterans Affairs, Million, Massachusetts General Hospital, Million Veteran, Navy Locations: Europe, Massachusetts, Boston, San Antonio

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