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- 11 Feb 2020
- News
UBS Scrambles to Stanch Outflows at Flagship Property Fund
- Research Summary
Fixed NAVs and Costly Puts: US Money Market Mutual Funds (with Peter Tufano)
US money market mutual fund investors have been granted an implicit put option that allows them to sell or redeem their shares at a fixed price of $1.00, regardless of the market value of the portfolio. We describe the institutional features that give rise... View Details
- 2005
- Working Paper
Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements
By: Malcolm Baker, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter and Jeffrey Wurgler
We consider measures of stock-picking skill of mutual fund managers based on the earnings announcement returns of the stocks that they hold and trade. Relative to standard approaches, this approach focuses on an especially informative subset of the returns data,... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Asset Management; Business Earnings; Forecasting and Prediction; Competency and Skills
Baker, Malcolm, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements." NBER Working Paper Series, No. w10685, February 2005. (First Draft in 2004.)
- July 2010 (Revised June 2012)
- Background Note
Note: Regulation of Hedge Fund Managers in the U.K. Before and After the Global Financial Crisis
By: Robert C. Pozen and Melissa Anne Hammerle
This note will examine the regulatory framework for hedge funds in the United Kingdom (UK) before and after the financial crisis of 2008. First, it will discuss European Union (EU)-level regulation that applies to the UK as an EU member state. Second, it will discuss... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Investment Funds; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; European Union; United Kingdom
Pozen, Robert C., and Melissa Anne Hammerle. "Note: Regulation of Hedge Fund Managers in the U.K. Before and After the Global Financial Crisis." Harvard Business School Background Note 311-014, July 2010. (Revised June 2012.)
- February 2022
- Teaching Note
Altoona State Investment Board & Bain Capital Fund XI
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 218-022. View Details
- 15 Feb 2020
- News
Hedge fund fuels ‘concerns for our friends at Evergy’
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
Lessons From Hollywood: A New Approach To Funding R&D
- 10 Jan 2019
- News
Jeff Vinik to Relaunch Vinik Asset Management Hedge Fund
- Article
Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements
By: Malcolm Baker, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter and Jeffrey Wurgler
We consider measures of stock-picking skill of mutual fund managers based on the earnings announcement returns of the stocks that they hold and trade. Relative to standard approaches, this approach focuses on an especially informative subset of the returns data,... View Details
Baker, Malcolm, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 45, no. 5 (October 2010): 1111 –1131.
- 09 Mar 2012
- News
Rome Looks to Italian Families to Fund Its Debt
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
HBS Fund Chairs Reflect on the Past Five Years
have responded so swiftly and effectively without the HBS Fund. JONES: Some alumni wonder why the School needs their HBS Fund gifts each year. We spend a lot of our volunteer time educating alumni about the... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- News
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
- 2021
- Working Paper
Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation
By: Carolyn J. Fu, Lars Frolund and Fiona Murray
Fu, Carolyn J., Lars Frolund, and Fiona Murray. "Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation." MIT Innovation Policy Working Paper, February 2021.
- July 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Teaching Note
Fidelity Investments' Charitable Gift Fund (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Robert C. Pozen
Teaching Note for [309002] and [309003]. View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- 07 Sep 2022
- Podcast
How Environmental Defense Fund Engages Companies on Climate Policy
Victoria Mills, Managing Director of Environmental Defense Fund’s EDF+Biz program discusses how some companies are starting to advocate for more stringent climate policies as they see climate change affecting their operations, supply chains, and communities. She also... View Details
- 22 Mar 2023
- News
Indian Data Reveals Adani Empire’s Reliance on Offshore Funding
How Donor-Advised Funds Can Amp Up Their Giving Power
Vikram Gandhi, a former Wall Street investment banker who now teaches a course at Harvard Business School that focuses on return, risk and impact investing, also sees investment opportunities for DAFs that go well beyond the usual ESG funds. View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Think Twice Before You Invest in a Private-Equity Fund
- 21 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management
Fund Management, HBS students are motivated to propel the success of those businesses. Meet Bridges Fund Management Founded in 2002, Bridges, the UK-based impact investing... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity