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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
it easier for researchers to settle throughout Europe while also improving job security and pension options. In the speech, Moedas also lauded the newly launched European Fund for Strategic Investments, an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
mandate that private sector employers auto-enroll their employees in a pension plan. In the span of six years, the number of people with pensions in the UK jumped by 10 million. But just opening the accounts... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?
control ensures that many consumers' and providers' needs go unmet and that industry inefficiency goes unchecked. In many ways, the current health insurance model resembles the way companies used to manage their employees' retirement savings. In traditional defined... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Annual Report Details Strong Financial Growth
million to reach a total of $62 million, reflecting gifts to The Campaign for Harvard Business School and another above-average year of investment returns for the School’s endowment. Campaign gifts and endowment funds enable HBS to make... View Details
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
Zvi Bodie. "Pension Benefit Guarantees in the United States: A Functional Analysis." In The Future of Pensions in the United States ,edited by Ray Schmitt. Philadelphia, Penn.: View Details
- 20 May 2016
- Op-Ed
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
making a commercial case for the new funding. The Commission estimates pandemics could cost $60 billion per year and argues that the extra funding recommended is a worthy, preventative investment. However, the WHO's track record hardly... View Details
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Phil Wong
operational foundation for running healthcare practices. Prior to pivoting into healthcare, Phil was a portfolio manager at a fund of hedge funds managing $1Bn+ on behalf of View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
Scharfstein: “Whenever you mix government guarantees with private, for-profit entities, those private entities put the government at risk.” Reforming the U.S. housing finance system remains perhaps the largest piece of unfinished business... View Details
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA - Alumni
Careers Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA Careers Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA Supporting recent HBS graduates making a difference working in Asia. Thanks to support from Belinda Tanoto (MBA 2014), the Tanoto Foundation Global Opportunity: Asia... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Jay Light Named New HBS Dean
a degree in engineering physics, Light earned a DBA from Harvard’s joint program in decision and control theory in 1970. Light’s research and teaching have focused on capital markets and institutional asset management, including the management of View Details
- 12 Nov 2014
- Op-Ed
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
stronger, more durable system, private capital would take the "first loss" in the event of a housing market downturn. After a multiyear transition period, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should wind down. Unlike the past, the government View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
people make ends meet? There’s no guarantee behind Social Security. Congress can do anything it wants to Social Security any day it wants. When you own assets, like treasury bills and mutual funds, the government can’t take that away from... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Loan Program Signals Breakthrough in MBA Financial Aid
Corporation, a subsidiary of Citibank, that allows MBA students to borrow funds through a customized version of Citibank's private CitiAssist program. Citibank will be granted preferred lender status with MBA students at HBS, although... View Details
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
short-term debt financing, an attractive source of funding in good times but an accelerant of financial crises when things go bad. And we're getting closer to adopting a "resolution regime" that could enable regulators to wind... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
employers will likely maintain their present funding for health insurance, consumer-driven pension plans have been primarily self-funded since 1999. Q: What steps are you taking to move your idea forward,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Show Me The Money — Or Not
course, winning the contest is no guarantee of success. Conversely, a number of plans that failed to make the semifinals found success in the marketplace. Contest judges panned Stig Leschly’s (MBA 1997/JD 1998) plan for Exchange.com, an... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
even more specific and linked to the performance of individual directors. Some large pension funds like CalPERS, as well as some smaller, socially based funds, are moving in this direction. These View Details
- 15 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk
best equipped to handle such a complex task. Especially when compared with bank regulators and boards, bodies overseeing insurance companies and pension funds have had limited exposure to the structured... View Details
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Becoming a VC Insider
clear look at how a firm’s percentage of profits, or carry, is calculated and distributed. Then comes the heart of the matter: a number of insider tips any entrepreneur seeking funds must learn. For example, Bussgang advises money-seekers... View Details