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- 31 Oct 2023
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
shutdowns, unemployment, and vaccine distribution. But because Senegal is a developing country, with an emerging economy, Diagne needed his team to mitigate risk, protect the public’s health, and educate the population. That all needed to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today’s startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to Magnitt.... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
food. “We’re raising the profile of our food because we believe it is excellent, and the world needs to embrace and celebrate it,” says Nwuneli. Runa Alam, from DPI, says many pension funds, sovereign funds, endowments and other... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
investors when Kim left the following year with a handful of Carlyle colleagues to raise MBK Partners’ first fund. Temasek Holdings, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, was an early investor; so was the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
what assets to protect and which people to move? We all hope Al Gore and Greta Thunberg fix everything, but if they don’t, then homeowners, businesses, universities, and governments will have to do something.” If the pandemic laid bare... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Zone Defense
cohort on campus in the fall of 2015, he went to Silicon Valley to raise funds for Shield AI. The Tsengs and a third cofounder, Andrew Reiter, pitched to 30 investors. All 30 said no, with one suggesting that the trio pivot to producing... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
of technology, order, and modernity, not ancient disciplines involving hand-to-hand combat. At the time, Sityodtong was setting up the Asian office of Izara Capital Management, the $500 million hedge fund he founded in New York; Evolve... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
You Only Thought You Were Republican
benefits of these cuts would go “to people at the bottom end of the economic ladder,” he assured voters. And yet, of course, CEOs — let alone hedge fund managers — now routinely pay a lower proportion of their income in federal tax than... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
a textile mill, and issues of whether or not to keep or sell the mill, protect the employees and community, and maintain or forfeit personal integrity. In these, and in his thrillers, MacDonald clearly prefers small and family-owned... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
skills for our students. We’re fully convinced this is going to be fundamental mainstream investing in 20 years. Vikram Gandhi: One key driver is investor demand.If you look at the big pools of capital—family offices, pension plans,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
it easier for researchers to settle throughout Europe while also improving job security and pension options. In the speech, Moedas also lauded the newly launched European Fund for Strategic Investments, an... View Details
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
Courtesy Ruth Goodwin-Groen Today, 100 million unbanked adults worldwide receive government transfers, wages, or pensions in cash, a payment method that is highly vulnerable to fraud and theft. Furthermore, 1.7 billion adults lack a bank... 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
- 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.
- 12 Jan 2021
- News
Keeping the Coast Clear
Photo courtesy Save the Bay Photo courtesy Save the Bay As executive director of the non-profit Save the Bay, Jonathan Stone (MBA 1984) leads the organization’s efforts to protect the waters and habitats of Narragansett Bay, educate the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
mandate that private sector employers auto-enroll their employees in a pension plan. In the span of six years, the number of people with pensions in the UK jumped by 10 million. But just opening the accounts... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Decade of Change
Hospital for Special Surgery; Meredith Cantrell, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Matthew Schrimpf, Harlem Children’s Zone; Christopher Satti, City of Boston Mayor’s Office; (back row) Ana Mahony, Consumer Financial Protection... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Creation of parks connects people to nature and each other
are some of our most important clients," says Rogers. "The Trust for Public Land has a people-focused mission, to protect the places or create the parks where people can connect to nature and each other," he explains. While most land... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Faculty Books
long haul? The essays in this bilingual volume discuss this question in four interrelated themes: polities, social transformations, wealth and well-being, and culture, belief, and practice. The Fund Industry: How Your Money Is Managed by... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
in need. FGFH also began raising funds for the Gowns for Good Made in America initiative, which supports small businesses within the fashion and garment industries in the United States that have pivoted their manufacturing to create... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon