Pension Protection Fund - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Aug 2021
News

Leading Maryland’s Only Black-Owned and -Managed Commercial Bank to Be a Pandemic Resource

The Baltimore Sun recently highlighted the work of John Lewis (MBA 2004), President and Chief Operating Officer of Harbor Bank of Maryland, which the newspaper notes became a vital pandemic-era resource for businesses looking to obtain federal Paycheck 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

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

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

the U.S., was responsible for protecting the pensions of its members. Because pensions were invested for decades, Ferlauto wanted the companies in which the union invested to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Mar 2017
News

As Head of Fidelity, Abigail Johnson Is Just Getting Started

After 29 years with the family business, 55-year-old Abigail Johnson (MBA 1988) has been making a series of bold moves since assuming the role of chairman of Fidelity Investments in December 2016, according to a report in the Boston Globe. The privately held mutual... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

24 Apr 2014
News

A passion for the sea doubles the percent of ocean set aside for conservation

Ernesto Bertarelli (MBA 1993), an America’s Cup–winning sailor and avid scuba diver, understands the importance of protecting marine ecosystems. The former owner and CEO of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Serono has provided... View Details

09 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020

Board Governance and Sustainability with a Q&A led by BEI faculty chair Mike Toffel, where the role of regulation, fiduciary duty, and managing for sustainability at one of the world’s largest pension View Details

27 Sep 2021
News

Sewn with Love

began raising funds to support small businesses within the fashion and garment industries that pivoted their manufacturing to create personal protective equipment and partnered with The RealReal, an... View Details

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

overcoming long odds. Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World? Can inclusivity, sustainability, and better governance boost economies? Rebecca Henderson and George Serafeim discuss the impact investing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

01 Dec 2010
News

Additional alumni books for your consideration.

initiative, whether a simple project or a grand gamble. Money Mavericks: Confessions of a Hedge Fund Manager by Lars Kroijer (MBA ’98) (FT Prentice Hall) Kroijer charts the founding, rise, and eventual closure of Holte Capital., a... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

industry, are very crude. At a minimum, we should make sure that every business school graduate understands where the legal lines are and why respect for the law is so critical to a successful capitalist system.—Constance Bagley Third, investors in mutual View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

26 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

end of the yield curve. Using data from 26 countries, the yield spread between 30-year and 10-year government bond yields is negatively related to the ratio of pension assets (in funded and private View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2017
News

Promoting a Deeper Understanding

“Once you understand the environment each of us is coming from, it makes it a lot easier to communicate, which is what business is all about. Communication is key to solving problems,” says Bullard, chairman of E.D. Bullard Co., a family-owned manufacturer of personal... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

The Big Business of Little Loans

Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Before launching Funding Societies, a crowdfunding platform for small businesses in Singapore and Indonesia, Kelvin Teo and Reynold Wijaya (both MBA 2016) visited major... View Details

Keywords: Nancy Miller

01 Oct 1998
News

A Zest to Invest

pension fund administration group he would get to know many different kinds of investment outfits. In 1975, he joined one of these companies, New YorkÐbased Century Capital Associates, where he remained for... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

01 Sep 2008
News

Faculty Research Online

protecting and monetizing their intellectual property. In a Q&A, Professor Josh Lerner discusses current trends in IP, including the rise of patent pools. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5925.html. Rethinking Retirement Planning Many of us... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

publishers like Random House respond to these trends? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710444-PDF-ENG AQR's Momentum Funds Daniel B. Bergstresser, Lauren H. Cohen, Randolph B. Cohen, and Christopher MalloyHarvard... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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... View Details