hedge funds - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 30

Massachusetts Financial Services (MFS) Investment Management was contemplating an introduction of hedge funds at the firm, but many believed that typical hedge View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) - Course Catalog

equity, venture capital, or hedge fund investors seeking to gain a better understanding of what creates value and why. Educational Objectives SVC is a capstone course that integrates and further develops... View Details

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

state-owned sovereign funds, led by Abu Dhabi and fueled mostly by oil revenues and trade surpluses, now total more than the value of the world's hedge funds and will grow by six times over just in the next... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog

students who want to work as part of senior leadership teams, particularly finance executives; as strategy consultants or investment bankers who advise organizations; or as private equity, public equity, venture capital, or hedge View Details

31 Jul 2014
News

Making Private Equity Public Knowledge

particulars, Sheyner is leaving it behind. In July, he started his first post-HBS job at Atika Capital Management, a new hedge fund in New York. As private equity has matured, he says, it's become a bit more... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2018
News

What I Do: Lindsey Mead (MBA 2000), Vedica Qalbani and Jessica Wu (both MBA 2007)

its competitors in the hunt for talent in the high-stakes, trilliondollar finance industry. Ratio’s focus is on search for private equity and hedge fund firms, and its founders’ strategy for winning in that... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey

01 Mar 2015
News

3-Minute Briefing: Angela Ruggiero (MBA 2014)

to evolve and grow. Right now I think I’m in an ideal place—applying management lessons from work to my duties for the IOC and Women’s Sports Foundation and using my experience in sports at the largest hedge View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Olympics; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

28 Jun 2024
News

Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories

“They did a great job shining a light on the remarkable accomplishments of each of our honorees. The Entrepreneurship Award honoree, Ilana Weinstein, is founder and CEO of The IDW Group LLC, a New York-based executive search firm focused on placing senior View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2014
News

Cutting Edge

an executive at several food companies, Silk had revived other century-old brands such as Jell-O, Lea & Perrins, Hebrew National, and Armour. Based on those successes, New York–based hedge fund York Capital... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

29 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

pricing. Hedge fund firms often hired the duo for speaking engagements, which led to informal post-speech chats with various fund managers, many of whom also sported PhDs.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

Profile

Mi Zhou

hedge fund to help with its business expansion in Asia. In 2014, she married her HBS classmate Thongchai Rattanaruengyot (MBA 2011), and they recently had a baby boy. View Details

Profile

Kayode Ogunro

How has your HBS experience shaped your career path? My HBS experience played a very important role in shaping my career path. More than anything my MBA experience gave me a platform on which to explore my passions and career interests and define my path. I found... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

01 Sep 2016
News

How I Got to Google

Laboratory. I do think technical skills have helped over the years in some of my roles, but that doesn’t mean you need to be a coding ninja. Two students from PM 101 who went on to be very successful had backgrounds as a video journalist and a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

22 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club

Hedge funds are no different. Despite recent evidence showing hedge funds led by females or minorities performed better than their non-minority... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Professors Introduce Valuation Software

likely users of the product? Could you provide a scenario or two of how it would be used? A: The model is valuable for professional investors (money managers, financial analysts, hedge fund managers), for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1998
News

Going Against the Flow

up a global hedge fund called JGP. "Our focus is on global trading, with a special emphasis on Brazil," Jakurski says. "Today's telecommunications allow those of us in faraway markets to compete with Wall... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

06 Aug 2020
Blog Post

WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB