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  • December 2003 (Revised December 2004)
  • Case

Building Hedge Funds at Prospero Capital

This case discusses the issues facing a relatively new and small equity hedge fund as it attempts to expand its investor base. View Details
Keywords: Expansion; Business Startups; Finance; Financial Services Industry
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Chacko, George C., Randolph B. Cohen, Andrew J. Blackburn, and Mei Hu. "Building Hedge Funds at Prospero Capital." Harvard Business School Case 204-007, December 2003. (Revised December 2004.)
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Private Equity Fund Valuation Management during Fundraising

By: Brian K. Baik
I investigate whether and how private equity fund managers (GPs) inflate their interim fund valuations (net asset values or NAVs) during fundraising periods. Specifically, I study the extent to which the GPs inflate NAVs by managing valuation assumptions (e.g.,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Institutional Investors; Valuation Multiples; Earnings Management; Private Firms; Valuation; Investment Funds
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Baik, Brian K. "Private Equity Fund Valuation Management during Fundraising." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-013, August 2022. (Revised May 2024.)
  • July 2005 (Revised December 2005)
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General Motors U.S. Pension Funds

By: Luis M. Viceira and Helen Tung
In June 2003, General Motors Corp. (GM) successfully marketed the largest corporate debt offering in U.S. history, worth $17.6 billion. The offering included $13.6 billion worth of debt denominated in dollars, euros, and pounds and $4 billion dollars denominated in... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Bonds; Investment Return; Policy; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Auto Industry; United States
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Viceira, Luis M., and Helen Tung. "General Motors U.S. Pension Funds." Harvard Business School Case 206-001, July 2005. (Revised December 2005.)
  • August 2021
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Andreessen Horowitz’s Cultural Leadership Fund (A)

By: Anita Elberse, Briana Richardson and Cydni Williams
In May 2020, Chris Lyons, a partner at leading venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz receives the news that his company has reached a verbal agreement with one of Silicon Valley’s hottest social-media startups to lead its ‘Series A’ funding round, in a deal that... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment; Talent Management; General Management; Inclusion; Talent and Talent Management; Diversity; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Networks; Nonprofit Organizations
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Elberse, Anita, Briana Richardson, and Cydni Williams. "Andreessen Horowitz’s Cultural Leadership Fund (A)." Harvard Business School Case 522-020, August 2021.
  • April 2015
  • Case

Domeyard: Starting a High-Frequency Trading (HFT) Hedge Fund

By: Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy and Matthew Foreman
The principals at Domeyard, a start-up high frequency trading (HFT) hedge fund based in Cambridge, faced a myriad of important decisions: which markets to trade on, how to raise capital, and from whom to raise capital. Many of these decisions were standard for... View Details
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Cohen, Lauren, Christopher Malloy, and Matthew Foreman. "Domeyard: Starting a High-Frequency Trading (HFT) Hedge Fund." Harvard Business School Case 215-036, April 2015.
  • July 2007 (Revised November 2009)
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World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell
Nearly all environmental organizations have a similar aim: to stop the degradation of the natural environment. However, the strategies which environmental organizations choose to employ are sometimes starkly different. Compares the models of two dissimilar... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Non-Governmental Organizations; Business Strategy
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Jordan Mitchell. "World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)." Harvard Business School Case 708-417, July 2007. (Revised November 2009.)
  • November 1999 (Revised December 2009)
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The IBET Pension Fund

By: Arthur I Segel
Marisa Caris oversees real estate investments for the IBET Pension Fund. She must value each of the existing eight properties and determine a strategy for going forward. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Valuation; Real Estate Industry
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Segel, Arthur I. "The IBET Pension Fund." Harvard Business School Case 800-133, November 1999. (Revised December 2009.)
  • September 2004 (Revised December 2004)
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Bank Leu's Prima Cat Bond Fund

In 2001, Bank Leu, a Swiss private bank, is considering creating the world's first public fund for catastrophe bonds. Cat bonds are securities whose payments depend on the probability of a catastrophe occurring, such as an earthquake or hurricane. Cat bonds are... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Bonds; Natural Disasters; Insurance; Capital Markets; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Insurance Industry; Switzerland
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Chacko, George C., Peter A. Hecht, Vincent Dessain, Anders Sjoman, and Adam J. Plotkin. "Bank Leu's Prima Cat Bond Fund." Harvard Business School Case 205-005, September 2004. (Revised December 2004.)
  • 2007
  • Working Paper

Hedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers

By: Robin Greenwood and Michael Schor
We examine long-horizon stock returns around hedge fund activism in a comprehensive sample of 13D filings by portfolio investors between 1993 and 2006. Abnormal returns surrounding investor activism are high for the subset of targets that are... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Portfolio; Corporate Governance
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Greenwood, Robin, and Michael Schor. "Hedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-004, July 2007.
  • October 2019 (Revised April 2020)
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Note on Funding Deep Tech Startups

By: Karim Lakhani, Peter Barrett and Noubar Afeyan
This Background Note provides essential information on funding deep technologies—those technologies that were inherently capital intensive, time consuming, risky, and potentially disruptive. Both dilutive and non-dilutive sources of investment are highlighted, along... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Energy; Venture Capital; Corporate Finance; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Health Testing and Trials; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Product Design; Product Development; Information Technology; Research and Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States; North America; Europe; Asia
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Lakhani, Karim, Peter Barrett, and Noubar Afeyan. "Note on Funding Deep Tech Startups." Harvard Business School Background Note 620-029, October 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
  • November 1992 (Revised December 1994)
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BEA Associates: Enhanced Equity Index Funds

By: Andre F. Perold
BEA's enhanced index fund product uses derivatives and cash market securities to find the most efficient way to "track an index." The considerations involve transaction costs, custodial fees, withholding taxes on dividends, and fees from securities lending. In this... View Details
Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Investment Portfolio; Management; Investment Banking; Competitive Advantage; Cost Management
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Perold, Andre F. "BEA Associates: Enhanced Equity Index Funds." Harvard Business School Case 293-024, November 1992. (Revised December 1994.)
  • January 1982
  • Case

Fairhaven Corp. Pension Fund

By: Jay O. Light
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Investment Funds
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Light, Jay O. "Fairhaven Corp. Pension Fund." Harvard Business School Case 282-108, January 1982.
  • December 2004 (Revised February 2005)
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Cheetah Conservation Fund Bush Project, The

Laurie Marker, head of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, is trying to form a for-profit institution, the Bush Project, to control the bush encroachment problem in Namibia. Bush encroachment not only destroys the general ecosystem, but it also has a harmful impact on the... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; For-Profit Firms; Emerging Markets; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Strategy; Africa
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Hecht, Peter A., and Judith Walls. "Cheetah Conservation Fund Bush Project, The." Harvard Business School Case 205-046, December 2004. (Revised February 2005.)
  • April 1984
  • Case

Prudential Overseas Funding Corp.

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Law, Warren A. "Prudential Overseas Funding Corp." Harvard Business School Case 284-093, April 1984.
  • October 2000
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New Schools Venture Fund

By: Jeffrey L. Bradach and Nicole Tempest
A new approach to philanthropy, led by venture capitalists and the "new wealth" has emerged in the last two years. They are applying the same accountability criteria from results as they would with their investment portfolio. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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Bradach, Jeffrey L., and Nicole Tempest. "New Schools Venture Fund." Harvard Business School Case 301-038, October 2000.
  • December 1995 (Revised April 1996)
  • Teaching Note

JKJ Pension Fund TN

By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Teaching Note for (9-395-133). View Details
Keywords: Real Estate Industry; Financial Services Industry
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Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "JKJ Pension Fund TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 396-147, December 1995. (Revised April 1996.)
  • January 2025
  • Technical Note

Technical Note on Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

By: Marco Sammon, Luis M. Viceira and Jonathan Kanagasabai
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Sammon, Marco, Luis M. Viceira, and Jonathan Kanagasabai. "Technical Note on Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)." Harvard Business School Technical Note 225-057, January 2025.
  • August 1993 (Revised October 1993)
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Dimensional Fund Advisors: 1993

By: Jay O. Light
A small California-based money manager is now offering specialty products for institutional investors based upon recent financial research findings. View Details
Keywords: Financial Instruments; Investment; Financial Services Industry; California
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Light, Jay O. "Dimensional Fund Advisors: 1993." Harvard Business School Case 294-025, August 1993. (Revised October 1993.)
  • September 1988 (Revised January 1992)
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JMB Growth Fund XXV

By: William J. Poorvu
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
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Poorvu, William J. "JMB Growth Fund XXV." Harvard Business School Case 389-026, September 1988. (Revised January 1992.)
  • 2008
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Do Hedge Funds Profit from Mutual-Fund Distress?

By: Joseph Chen, Samuel G. Hanson, Harrison Hong and Jeremy C. Stein
This paper explores the question of whether hedge funds engage in frontrunning strategies that exploit the predictable trades of others. One potential opportunity for front-running arises when distressed mutual funds—those suffering large outflows of assets under... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Profit; Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Return; Opportunities; Asset Management; Sales
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Chen, Joseph, Samuel G. Hanson, Harrison Hong, and Jeremy C. Stein. "Do Hedge Funds Profit from Mutual-Fund Distress?" 2008. Mimeo.
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