Investments are often made indirectly through intermediaries, such as banks, credit unions, brokers, lenders, and insurance companies.

Following a decision made on 26 April 2011 by the Federal Government for private companies being granted concessions to explore some Infraero airports, on 6 February 2012, the administration of the airport was conceded, for 30 years, to the Consortium Aeroportos Brasil composed by the Brazilian Triunfo, an Investments and Funds Society ( 45 %) and Engenharia e Participações, an Engineering and Investments Society ( 45 %), and the French Aeroports Egis Avia ( 10 %).

Investments made in their own indigenous air defence system, Iron Dome, has provided competition to Centurion.

In October 2005, developer Jean Francois Roy, of Ocean Land Investments, made an offer to buy the entire town for $ 500 million.

Australian venture capital investors such as the CHAMP group ( via their fund Australian Mezzanine Investments ) made very strong gains on their pre-IPO investment.

The Limited ( separation from Limited Brands by sale of 75 % to Sun Capital Investments, made official as of August 3, 2007 ),

Investments made in industry did not yield the results expected.

Before Miller left, the position of CEO was taken over by Peter Harris, who was placed there by Prudential Investments ( Prudential had made a USD $ 10 million investment in the company ).

It is operated by Tramlink Nottingham, a consortium made up of Meridiam Infrastructure, OFI InfraVia, Alstom Transport, Keolis, VINCI Investments and Wellglade Group.

Investments were also made to made expand renewable energy use with the development of the North Cape Wind Farm in West Prince, strengthening Prince Edward Island's credentials as a national leader in environmental sustainability.

Following a decision made on April 26, 2011 by the Federal Government for private companies being granted concessions to explore some Infraero airports, on February 6, 2012, the administration of the airport was conceded, for 20 years, to the Consortium Invepar-ACSA composed by the Brazilian Invepar, an Investments and Funds Society ( 90 %) and the South African ACSA – Airports Company South Africa ( 10 %).

He then moved up to Formula Super Vee, driving the then choice car a Royale RP9, for Team Rumsey Investments, and soon made his Formula Three debut for the same manufacturer at Brands Hatch.

Broadcast Investments made an offer of £ 348, 000 to purchase the station.

Broadcast Investments withdrew their offer when Golden Rose Communications made a higher offer of £ 500, 000 for the station.

In November 1988, Harbourside's lease was transferred to Luna Park Investments Pty Ltd. A year later, after no efforts had been made to repair and reopen Luna Park, and several submissions to replace most or all of the amusement park with high-rise apartment blocks and hotels, the New South Wales State Government issued an ultimatum to the company-open Luna Park by 1 June 1990, or lose the lease.

Investments were made in research, vineyards were expanded by acquisition and replanting, the chai was extended and Latour became the first of the first growths to modernise their whole production, replacing the old oak fermenting vats with stainless steel temperature-controlled vats.

On August 30, 2010, Cuellar's essay “ Education Investments: A Sure Thing in Shaky Times ” appeared in the Huffington Post, in which he argued that " Education is the gateway to opportunity .” Cuellar lamented that “ only 75 percent of American students graduate from high school, compared to 93 percent in South Korea ” and that “ 41 percent of Hispanic adults in the U. S. do not have a high school diploma, compared with 14 percent of white adults .” Many readers posted comments to the effect that the astronomical cost of higher education in a time when there was no guarantee of a job after graduation made its value considerably more suspect than Cuellar suggested.

At the time, only a verbal agreement, on broad outlines, had been made and when it became time to put things to paper they realized that their € 4 billion was only going to buy them a 50 % share in a company they were only mildly interested in ( Fortis Bank Nederland, later sold for € 5 billion total ; instead of all Dutch Fortis holdings including ABN-AMRO and the Dutch insurance company ) and that the Belgians for their € 4. 7 billion were getting a 50 % share in the overall banking holding ( including not only Fortis Bank Nederland and Luxembourg, but also Fortis Investments and ABN-AMRO ).

On November 6, 2006, Bill Gates, through his holding company Cascade Investments LLC, and Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal made an offer to take Four Seasons Hotels private for US $ 3. 4 billion ( excluding debt ).

Investments made in industry did not yield the results expected, and consumption of energy and raw materials was excessive.

In April 2003, following a long-running investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ( ASIC ), he was found guilty of insider trading, having purchased 50, 000 Qantas shares after being made aware of information in relation to an impending merger of Qantas and Impulse Airlines.

Investments were made in the Dowa Automobile Company ( for the manufacture of cars and trucks ), Manshukoku Hikoki Seizo KK ( for making engines and aircraft ) in Harbin, Jintan Candy & Foods Company, Mukden Arsenal, Anshan Iron & Steel Works ( founded in 1913 ) and renamed Showa Steel Works ( in 1933 ) in Anshan, Manshukoku Koku KK ( Manchurian National Airways ), Central Bank of Manchou ( national central bank ), South Manchurian Railway Company, Yamato Hotel, Tuitsuike Hotel in Tangkantzu lake, Kirin Bīru Kabushiki Kaisha ( Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd.

Hobby Investments, Adelaide, South Australia.

Even now also it's the headquarters of major banks like South Indian Bank, Catholic Syrian Bank, Dhanalakshmi Bank, Lord Krishna Bank and non-banking institutions like Manappuram General Finance and Leasing Ltd, Kerala State Financial Enterprise and ESAF Microfinance and Investments.

The transaction, which had an implied value of approximately R1. 9-billion, meant that empowerment group Tsogo Investments acquired control of Southern Sun Hotels, then the largest hotel group in southern Africa as well as Tsogo Sun, a leading casino operator in South Africa.

Motsepe runs as the chairmen of Ubuntu-Botho Investments, Non-Executive chairman of Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd and deputy Chairman of Sanlam Ltd. Motsepe is currently South Africa's president of Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

After he lost the race to become President of South Africa to Thabo Mbeki, he resigned from his political positions in January 1997 and moved to the private sector, where he became a director of New Africa Investments Limited.

In 1999 he joined forces with two of his friends to form Greene and Partners Investments a venture capital firm which has funded a diversity of projects within South Africa and around Africa.

On an auction that took place on February 6, 2012, the same Consortium Inframérica won the concession of Brasília – Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport, which will be explored for a period of 25 years ; the Consortium Invepar-ACSA composed by the Brazilian Invepar, an Investments and Funds Society ( 90 %) and the South African ACSA – Airports Company South Africa ( 10 %) won the concession for São Paulo / Guarulhos – Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport and is authorized to explore the facility for 20 years.

ACSA operates airports in South Africa ; the Consortium Aeroportos Brasil composed by the Brazilian Triunfo, an Investments and Funds Society ( 45 %) and UTC Engenharia e Participações, an Engineering and Investments Society ( 45 %), and the French Egis Avia ( 10 %) won the concession for Campinas – Viracopos International Airport, to be explored for 30 years.

Before that it belonged to Dr. Nthato Motlana ( 1925-Nov. 30, 2008 ), a prominent South African businessman, physician and anti-apartheid activist, who took a leading role in the formation of the New African Investments Limited, or NAIL, which purchased The Sowetan following apartheid.

The Oracle was developed by South Sky Investments subsidiary of Niecon with architecture by Design By Innovation ( DBI ) and constructed by Melbourne based company Grocon.

In December 2010 the South Sky Investments, developer of the Oracle complex, has been placed into receivership as the company was unable to achieve settlements of up to 400 pre-sold apartments.

* L & T T & D SA Pty Ltd .- A joint venture ( JV ) with Befula Investments Pty Ltd, ( trading as Rossi Engineering with office in Durban ) in South Africa, to capitalise on the power transmission and distribution opportunities in South Africa.

Yehud serves as the base of the large Africa Israel Investments company majority owned by Lev Leviev.

Participation in Neconde gives Kulczyk Investments access to very attractive production assets in Africa.

* Australian Company Number, number issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to registered companies

Several years later, Purcell would give the Herald a suburban presence it never had by purchasing the money-losing Community Newspaper Company from Fidelity Investments.

BAA is owned by FGP TopCo Limited, an international consortium led by Ferrovial, which also includes Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and GIC Special Investments.

New performance measures have been introduced that attempt to address some of theoretical concerns with traditional indicators, including: modified Sharpe ratios ; the Omega ratio introduced by Keating and Shadwick in 2002 ; Alternative Investments Risk Adjusted Performance ( AIRAP ) published by Sharma in 2004 ; and Kappa developed by Kaplan and Knowles in 2004.

Investments by companies in the United States, Europe, and Japan comprised, according to some estimates, roughly a quarter of new investment.

The airport is owned and operated by BAA, which also owns and operates five other UK airports, and is itself owned by FGP TopCo Limited, an international consortium, which includes Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and GIC Special Investments, that is led by the Spanish Ferrovial Group.

The equities held by private individuals are often held as mutual funds or as other forms of collective investment scheme, many of which have quoted prices that are listed in financial newspapers or magazines ; the mutual funds are typically managed by prominent fund management firms, such as Schroders, Fidelity Investments or The Vanguard Group.

The store was later leased by Brogan Equity and Investments in late 2009.

A Premium Bond is a lottery bond issued by the United Kingdom government's National Savings and Investments agency.

* Investments backed by the U. S. government, such as US Treasury securities

J Sainsbury plc, Asda, KKR ( the company which sold Safeway to Argyll in 1986 ), Trackdean Investments Limited ( controlled by Philip Green, owner of BHS and Arcadia ), and Tesco all said they were considering making offers.

This was mainly achieved by hiring the services of Horton Investments, an Iranian consultancy firm owned by Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani, son of former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Horton Investments was paid US $ 15. 2 million by Statoil to influence important political figures in Iran to grant oil contracts to Statoil.