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12 Nov 2020
News

Don’t Blame Hedge Funds for This Year’s Treasury Market Turmoil

25 Feb 2019
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Impact investing: a new way to fund cures for cancer

02 May 2013
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Revamped Harvard Business School Startup Funding Program Announces Second–Round Winners

17 Mar 2014
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In Private Equity, the Popularity of Investing Alongside Managers - Not in Their Funds - Soars

February 2022 (Revised April 2022)
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Pushing Past the Boundaries of ESG Investing: AQR Capital Management

By: Lauren H. Cohen, Richard B. Evans, Umit G. Gurun and Quoc H. Nguyen

Cliff Asness was facing a dilemma into how he would plunge his hedge fund into the hottest investment area worldwide—ESG Investing. Founder and managing principal of AQR—one the most storied quantitative hedge funds in the world—Asness knew anything less than a big... View Details

Keywords: ESG; Hedge Fund; Investment; Equity; Green Technology

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Risk of Unfunded Public Pension Fund and Health Care Benefits in the US

Detroit is the canary in the coal mine on the issue of unfunded pension and health care liabilities. Had the city not declared bankruptcy, it was projected that 67% of every incremental revenue dollar would have been allocated to these legacy benefits by 2017. Yet even... View Details

February 25, 2019
Article

Impact Investing: A New Way to Fund Cures for Cancer

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathy Giusti

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September 2015 (Revised February 2016)
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Novell (B): Board of Directors Aftermath of Hedge Fund Attack

By: Richard L. Nolan

No corporation and its board of directors is immune to a disruptive shareholder activist attack. The Novell (A) and (B) cases take students through a shareholder activist attack and its aftermath—a saga that spanned 5 years. The cases outline the activist playbook in... View Details

Keywords: Investment Activism; Governing and Advisory Boards; Decision Making

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December 20, 2012
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Make 2013 the Year to Resolve the Money Fund Debate

By: Robert C. Pozen

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13 Jul 2022
Podcast

How World Wildlife Fund Partners with Companies on Climate Change

Carter Roberts, President/CEO of World Wildlife Fund-US, shares what successful climate collaborations between companies and environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) look like in practice, and how ENGOs can help by sharing their expertise and even pushing... View Details

23 Nov 2014
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Norway’s largest pension fund vows to drop coal mine holdings

21 Feb 2013
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Revamped Harvard Business School Startup Funding Program Announces Second–Round Winners

10 Mar 2010
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Buyout Firms Can't Spend $503 Billion as Fund Deadlines Loom

17 Jan 2020
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Health Care Costs Are Rising. Fund Returns Are Less Reliable.

07 Mar 2018
News

Women Entrepreneurs Are More Likely to Get Funding If They Emphasize Their Social Mission

01 Mar 2016
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HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences

support of her research from the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation, she feels a bit less like an economist and a bit more like an entrepreneur. (photo by Russ Campbell) “I want to have an impact on the real world, not just... View Details