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Whether you stockpile larger emergency funds, buy key-man insurance, or take other steps; you need to discuss what might happen with your family, your partners, and other advisors – and plan!
Women Grow Business » Temp’ing at 90 – Retirement, Disability, Resilience and You 2010
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Investors knew when they bought the stock that Gartmore was exposed to key-man risk.
Gartmore Hester Plumridge 2010
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His departure from Quadrangle triggered a "key-man" clause in agreements with investors in its $2 billion buyout fund, Quadrangle Capital Partners II, which was raised in 2005.
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Had more than half of the investors voted to exercise the key-man clause, they would have prevented Quadrangle from making investments in new companies.
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Their exits could trigger a "key-man clause," part of the contract that allows investors in a private-equity fund to suspend and potentially end it if certain people leave.
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During weeks of intense discussions Quadrangle investors did extract several concessions from the firm, ranging from reduced fees to implementing new key-man clauses for other top executives.
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Having spent years buying policies and filing claims gave him some working knowledge, but despite getting his broker's license Mr. Marshall still had a steep learning curve, especially when it came to esoteric products like weather polices for exotic locations or so-called key-man coverage, a life insurance policy on a particularly essential director, actor or producer.
Film Producer Turned 2008
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We also liked that this site flagged the importance of "key-man insurance" (life insurance against, say, a business owner's death).
103 Best Web Sites 2008
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Therefore, I added, we should be able to do it if it were just a quick in and out with a key-man and a guard in addition to the wireman.
Will Liddy, G. Gordon 1980
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Clients pulled $1.3 billion from two distressed-debt funds that invest in mortgage-backed securities when the so-called key-man provision was triggered by Gundlach's departure, TCW said this week.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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