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- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
industries in different ways. Venture capital, for example, was once mostly reserved for institutional investors backed by endowments and pension funds. Today, it increasingly includes individual investors who are using technological... View Details
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
countries. Construction, finance, and household credit, which is more prominent in wealthier countries. Firms that offer lending but aren’t subject to the same stringent rules as banks, including leasing or finance companies, insurers, and View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
asset managers (e.g., Morgan Stanley, Bain Capital, TPG, Blackrock, State Street) are establishing sustainability investment practices, and developing products to meet the demands of capital owners, including pension funds, endowments,... View Details
- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
removal of a poison pill (a device that makes it difficult for a firm to be acquired), ask for a share repurchase or dividend increase, or, in extreme cases, ask for the removal of the CEO. While a few pension funds, like CalPERS, have... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
stamp of approval in the marketplace." U.S. venture funds didn't put on much muscle, however, until 1978, when pension funds got the green light to pour greenbacks into the coffers of venture capital and private equity firms. Some... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
driven by hard-charging entrepreneurs wielding private capital, the new one is driven by professional investors working for or on behalf of deep-pocketed institutions, like pension funds and endowments. Even individual investors can buy a... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
focus from advising to investing in start-ups just as the UK and Europe embarked on major economic reforms. In addition, the U.S. venture capital industry got a huge boost when a 1978 clarification in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) gave the green... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
Case 317-044 Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund Vicki Fuller traveled from a four-room tenement bordering Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects to speaking at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Frank Spencer
trajectory, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) will vote to confirm Spencer as President/CEO of the church's Board of Pensions in June. With roots dating back to 1717, 40,000 members, and approximately $9.1 billion of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
expectations market; reining in monopoly pension and hedge funds; and enlarging private companies' role in the economy. Seeing Patients: Unconscious Biasin Health Care by Augustus A. White III (AMP 94, 1984) with David Chanoff (Harvard... View Details
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
behavioral biases or informational limitations. These explanations imply that absent behavioral or informational effects, larger menus would be objectively better. However, in an important economic context—401(k) pension plans—we find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
chairman of MFS Investment Management, a Boston firm that oversees more than $170 billion in pension and mutual funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial... View Details
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
the four days focused on a separate strategy: public market opportunities and risks, large scale investments through pension funds, measuring and integrating physical risks into investments, and scaling early stage technology solutions.... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
provided a good return for a pension fund holder at some point, but that investor and society pay more in the end through increased health care costs. Hayes said that Domini's picture of a system run amok, with perhaps the need for a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
system, which is what President Bush is talking about. So, to shift from defined benefit to defined contribution pensions is not a repudiation of the idea of protecting old people. It is actually modernizing it and making it real. Is... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
Pensions Committee, which has a reputation for bipartisan cooperation. Harder’s suggestions to revitalize the system, on the other hand, include “revising arcane procedural rules that give obstructionists too much power to shelve... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
will help the world transition to net zero. Alsey's role prior to HBS was a Renewable Project Manager at NextEra Energy. Caelin Tran (MBA 2022, Section B), Summer Internship: Summer Associate at OMERS OMERS Infrastructure is the infrastructure investment and management... View Details
- Web
Working at Harvard Business School | Employment
Account program and a variety of generous, competitive pension plans. Learning & Development Harvard Business School (HBS) is committed to the professional development and growth of its staff. In service to the School’s mission of... View Details
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
$2,000 worth of holdings, shareholders who submitted contested proposals had median shareholdings of $39,000, the data showed. The mean amount, meanwhile, was $10.7 million in shares, owing to proposals from pension funds, hedge funds,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
Allen partner to create Microsoft 1976 Cray Research, Inc. introduces the Cray-1 supercomputer 1978 Mandatory retirement is prohibited except for high-powered decision-making positions that also provide large pensions 1978 Bankruptcy... View Details