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- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
guaranteed. These investors might want to hold bonds in their portfolios for their ability to hedge their spending needs. Similarly, empirical research by academics and practitioners alike suggest that the annualized volatility of stock... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
and reversible way to reduce significantly the passive risk to the firm from this mismatch. I believe that the benefits of using credit derivative swaps will dwarf the costs of mistakes. Q: There has been a lot of scary news recently about View Details
- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
more risk in projects by limiting their use of “cost-plus” agreements, which make it easier to overcharge government agencies, according to researchers. This renegotiation of contractual terms allows the agency to hedge its bet with a... View Details
- 05 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 5
LaneHarvard Business School Case 112-004 A Chinese company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange is accused of fraud by a hedge fund. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112004-PDF-ENG Sino-Forest (B) David F.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?
Source: Raw Pixel Stockbrokers are taking advantage of their privileged position to increase profits for favored investors and hedge funds, all at the expense of their other customers, new research suggests. A team of economists has found... View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
Alternative Asset Management's (BAAM) growth from 2007 to 2013, a time when the overall fund of hedge funds industry contracted substantially. Additionally, the case analyzes evolving business models and value propositions within the fund... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2008
- HBS Case
Economics of the Ethanol Business
10,000 bushels of corn annually. For the farmers, MME offers a potential hedge against the volatility of commodity prices and the hope of a more stable future for their children. "This is also a fascinating entrepreneurial... View Details
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
global search processes by multinationals in the pharmaceutical industry, licensing markets are localized. Global Currency Hedging Authors:John Y. Campbell, Karine Serfaty-de Medeiros, and Luis M. Viceira Publication:Journal of Finance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
one of the three most important issues facing managers and directors in 2006. He commented that, "Activist shareholders, led by hedge funds which today have aggregate assets of more than one trillion dollars and armed with the threat... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/709495-PDF-ENG Wal-Mart's Use of Interest Rate Swaps Harvard Business School Case 108-038 "Wal-Mart's Use of Interest Rate Swaps" recounts Wal-Mart's use of interest rate swaps to hedge the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
a shadow over the entire industry. The alleged problems include managers of fund families who allocate investments among individual funds in which they may have a management or ownership stake. This allows some investors (particularly View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
calculate the returns on capital of different product designs for a variable annuity based on specified assumptions including a range of hedging scenarios. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311041-PDF-ENG Note:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
therefore, to see how this law will be implemented in practice. In addition, there are likely to be some unintended negative consequences. Will the new derivatives rules pull in various industrial companies that will now have to use additional capital to View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk
and, second, a growing threat of politically motivated changes to regulatory regimes. There has been much talk recently about the extent to which the proliferation of derivative products has allowed banks to manage their balance sheets better. By enhancing the ability... View Details
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
Harvard Business School Case 210-002 In 2005, Jane Bauer-Martin, a hedge fund manager, is considering what she should do with the fund's large investment in the publicly traded bonds of Delphi Corp., a financially troubled auto parts... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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 Business School Case 211-025 AQR... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
direct-selling cosmetics company involved in emerging markets exhibits significant foreign exchange risk exposure and profitability swings in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Students must review the company's use of derivative instruments and other View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms
managers or executives at banks, insurance companies, asset management or private equity firms, or hedge funds. Groysberg and Healy will teach the program in England, in India, in China, and on the HBS Boston campus throughout 2012 and... View Details
- 22 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges in Leading Professional Services
Professional service firms—law firms, financial services firms, money management firms, private equity firms, hedge funds, management consultants, advertising agencies—are the most challenging and exciting organizations to lead, maintain... View Details