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01 Jun 2002
News

Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity

solvent and that a credible monetary policy will emerge, he said. The country also needs international support, but such aid may be hard to come by now. Asked if converting the Argentine money supply into long-term bonds that people don't... View Details

29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

Competing platforms are affected negatively because more information intensifies price competition. Publisher's link: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2360263 Working Papers Monetary Policy Drivers of Bond and Equity Risks By: Campbell, John... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 2007
Teaching Note

Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: "Vulture" Tactics or Market Backbone (TN)

By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel

Teaching Note to 706057. View Details

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Financing and Loans; Bonds; Contracts; Investment Activism

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17 Jan 2020
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Going the Distance for Investment Excellence

Run As a research analyst at MFS Investment Management, Cameron focuses on quantitative, strategic, and thematic approaches to bond management. MFS specializes in managing investment portfolios for both retail and institutional investors... View Details

21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21

duration function as large-scale shocks to the quantity of interest rate risk that must be borne by professional bond investors. I develop a simple model in which the risk tolerance of bond investors is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2019
News

Investing for Good

arrangement to deliver social value and financial value. “The social impact bond allows government to transfer the risk of performance of particular social programs to the investors. So in the event of a project's success, the government... View Details

Keywords: Finance

20 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Risky Business with Structured Finance

at Princeton University, the paper analyzes the difficulties of rating structured finance assets and the perils of relying on ratings to determine prices. "We began studying the corporate bond CDO market roughly three years ago and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

external funds. Conditional on issuance of new debt, we interpret firms' switching from loans to bonds as a contraction in bank credit supply. We find strong evidence of substitution from loans to bonds at... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2008
Teaching Note

Credit Risk: Valuing Risky Debt & CDOs (TN)

By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford

Teaching Note for [208111] and [208113]. View Details

Keywords: Price; Credit; Risk Management; Investment; Bonds; Borrowing and Debt; Decisions

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05 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 5

(A): U.S. Treasuries in November 2008 Ryan D. Taliaferro and Stephen BlythHarvard Business School Case 211-049 Investment manager James Franey confronts an apparent arbitrage opportunity during the global financial crisis of 2008 when he notices a wide yield spread... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Gopesh Mittal

“had no idea” how a class of nine hundred people would be effectively structured. “But you develop close bonds with each of your colleagues, you recognize each of them for their uniqueness. Everyone has an interesting story about how they... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Expanding Horizons

School’s field-based learning efforts, benefiting both India and HBS. “Today, the School is more international in orientation,” he says, “and the curriculum reflects the reality of global business.” Nishant intends to remain engaged with the School, and he hopes to... View Details

30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

perturbation enables efficient exploration in the midst of intense exploitation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-011.pdf Understanding Inflation-Indexed Bond Markets Authors:John Y. Campbell, Robert J. Shiller, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2010
News

Iron Lady

second largest in sub-Saharan Africa but far smaller than South Africa’s) and then declared that she would bring charges against some 200 other individuals and organizations allegedly involved in capital-markets abuses, the BBC reported (July 1, 2010). Oteh also... View Details

Keywords: Finance

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

or an equity mutual fund that holds low-dividend stocks and passes through little in the way of realized capital gains. A high-tax asset might be a standard corporate bond, since the interest payments on a bond held in a taxable account... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

for a broad array of service domains where operations are hidden and levels of consumer trust and engagement are faltering. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45842 Macroeconomic Drivers of Bond and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Sep 2024
Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Sebastian Forero (MBA 2025)

school—but it is ultimately rooted in the profound love our community holds for each of its members. In Latino communities, family is everything. But family isn’t just defined by blood; it’s shaped by the bonds we form with those around... View Details

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

more donors than the entire Democratic or Republican party nationwide. Almost half of Obama's unprecedented $639 million in funds raised from individuals came from small donors giving $300 or less. Like any great brand, Obama has built up a View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

09 Oct 2015
Blog Post

3 Myths About HBS

support you in everything. I know that if I ever need something, I can pick up the phone to any one of them, and they will be there for me. The bond that is created through the shared experience is so special, and unlike anything I could... View Details

January 2011 (Revised December 2017)
Case

Tombstones

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and David Lane

This case consists primarily of excerpts from term sheets and prospectuses for six securities offerings made by US companies during 2009-2010, just after the financial crisis and recession of 2008-09. There are three issues of senior unsecured notes, one floating rate... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Equity; Debt Securities; Bonds; Motivation and Incentives; United States

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