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- June 2015
- Article
The Capital Purchase Program and Subsequent Bank SEOs
By: Mozaffar N. Khan and Dushyantkumar Vyas
We find that in the aftermath of the recent financial crisis banks replenished only 12% of crisis-related losses through SEOs in 2009 and 2010. However, SEOs are disproportionately conducted by Capital Purchase Program (CPP) recipients, and this is not explained by CPP... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Capital; Equity; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; United States
Khan, Mozaffar N., and Dushyantkumar Vyas. "The Capital Purchase Program and Subsequent Bank SEOs." Journal of Financial Stability 18 (June 2015): 91–105.
- March 2017 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
ABRY Partners and NSM Insurance Group
Scharfstein, David. "ABRY Partners and NSM Insurance Group." Harvard Business School Case 217-066, March 2017. (Revised January 2021.)
- August 2013 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
Aon Hewitt's Private Health Insurance Exchange
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Aiden Y. Feng and Meghan D. Oliver
Aon Hewitt, a leading health insurance broker and consultant, is one of the first movers in forming exchanges to sell health insurance. What kinds of products should it offer on this exchange? View Details
- October 1999
- Case
CIBC Corporate and Investment Banking (C): 1997-1999
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Raynor
By 1997 the turnaround of CIBC's troubled investment bank, Wood Gundy, and its integration with corporate banking activities was complete. Marketplace results were encouraging, but scuttled mergers and tumultuous succession issues made the future uncertain. View Details
Keywords: Integration; Investment Banking; Success; Risk and Uncertainty; Management Succession; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Services Industry
Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Raynor. "CIBC Corporate and Investment Banking (C): 1997-1999." Harvard Business School Case 300-043, October 1999.
- 24 Jun 2016
- News
Health insurance mergers put consumers last
- 2010
- Working Paper
Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System, 1997-2007
By: Stephen Haber and Aldo Musacchio
What is the impact of foreign bank entry on the pricing and availability of credit in developing economies? The Mexican banking system provides a quasi-experiment to address this question because in 1997 the Mexican government radically changed the laws governing the... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Credit; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Foreign Direct Investment; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Mexico
Haber, Stephen, and Aldo Musacchio. "Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System, 1997-2007." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-114, June 2010.
Bank Capital and the Low Risk Anomaly
Minimum capital requirements are a central tool of banking regulation. Setting them balances a number of factors, including any effects on the cost of capital and in turn the rates available to borrowers. Standard theory predicts that, in perfect and efficient... View Details
- Forthcoming
- Article
Measurement and Effects of Bank Exit Policies
By: Daniel Green and Boris Vallée
We study whether exit policies by financial institutions have financial and real consequences on the firms they target, using bank coal exit policies as a laboratory. In contrast to theories assuming high capital substitutability, we find large effects of these... View Details
- September 1999
- Case
CIBC Corporate and Investment Banking (B): 1992-1997 (Condensed)
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Raynor
From 1992 to 1997, CIBC CEO Al Flood and head of investment banking John Hunkin integrate the struggling investment bank Wood Gundy with CIBC's corporate bank. The impact and interaction of organization design, compensation schemes, and communication initiatives are... View Details
Keywords: Investment Banking; Banks and Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Design; Business Plan; Communication; Banking Industry
Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Raynor. "CIBC Corporate and Investment Banking (B): 1992-1997 (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 300-003, September 1999.
- 2018
- Working Paper
The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves
By: Robin Greenwood and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen
We document a strong effect of pension and insurance company (P&I) assets on the long end of the yield curve. Using data from 26 countries, the yield spread between 30-year and 10-year government bond yields is negatively related to the ratio of pension assets (in... View Details
Greenwood, Robin, and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen. "The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-109, June 2018. (Revised December 2018.)
- December 1994 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Patriot National Insurance Company: Case and Simulation
Designed to be used in conjunction with Byrnes, Byrnes & Townsend. Discusses a suit brought by a woman client who was badly injured in an automobile accident and alleges that a proximate cause of the accident was faulty repairs on her car by a Patriot-insured auto... View Details
Hammond, John S., and Marjorie Corman Aaron. "Patriot National Insurance Company: Case and Simulation." Harvard Business School Case 395-134, December 1994. (Revised October 1996.)
- July 2014
- Supplement
Barclays Bank and Contingent Capital Notes, 2012 (CW)
By: Lucy White and Trent Kim
In 2012, regulatory changes following the financial crisis mean that Barclays Bank is faced with the need to raise large amounts of capital in order to comply with increased capital requirements, tightening rules as to the "quality of capital," and increased risk... View Details
- January 1982
- Case
Metro Bank and Trust Co.
By: Dwight B. Crane
Crane, Dwight B. "Metro Bank and Trust Co." Harvard Business School Case 282-022, January 1982.
- February 1993
- Article
Bank Mergers: Integration and Profitability
By: Dwight B. Crane and J. C. Linder
Crane, Dwight B., and J. C. Linder. "Bank Mergers: Integration and Profitability." Journal of Financial Services Research 7, no. 1 (February 1993): 35–55.
- June 2006 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Nephila: Innovation in Catastrophe Risk Insurance
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Michael Heinrich
At the cross-section of capital markets and the catastrophe insurance space stands the hedge fund Nephila. Nephila must decide how best to take advantage of the newly presented market opportunities post hurricanes Katrina, Wilma, and Rita. Nephila has a plethora of... View Details
Keywords: Hedge Fund; Investment Management; Uncertainty; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Disasters; Insurance; Capital Markets; Investment Funds; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Bermuda
Froot, Kenneth A., and Michael Heinrich. "Nephila: Innovation in Catastrophe Risk Insurance." Harvard Business School Case 206-130, June 2006. (Revised April 2007.)
- Article
Behavioral Hazard in Health Insurance
By: Katherine Baicker, Sendhil Mullainathan and Joshua Schwartzstein
A fundamental implication of standard moral hazard models is overuse of low-value medical care because copays are lower than costs. In these models, the demand curve alone can be used to make welfare statements, a fact relied on by much empirical work. There is ample... View Details
Baicker, Katherine, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Joshua Schwartzstein. "Behavioral Hazard in Health Insurance." Quarterly Journal of Economics 130, no. 4 (November 2015): 1623–1667. (Online Appendix.)
- August 2020
- Case
Mary Guerrero and the Advancement of Latinx Talent: Developing an Employee Resource Group at a Top Tier Bank (A)
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Amy Hernandez Turcios
Mary Guerrero was a first-generation Latina and an investment banking analyst at a top tier bank on Wall Street—Bulge Bracket Bank (BBB). She was committed to increasing representation of Latinx talent at her firm. She was already doing a lot of individual work to make... View Details
Keywords: Latin America; Bank; Representation; Scale; Inclusion; Coalition; Resources; Latinx; Talent and Talent Management; Diversity; Ethnicity; Banks and Banking; Leadership
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Amy Hernandez Turcios. "Mary Guerrero and the Advancement of Latinx Talent: Developing an Employee Resource Group at a Top Tier Bank (A)." Harvard Business School Case 321-017, August 2020.
- 24 Mar 2013
- News
There’s a Reason for Deposit Insurance
- February 1991 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
Tom Paine Mutual Life Insurance Company
A junior portfolio manager at a major life insurance company must choose among various public and private debt alternatives in connection with the funding of a new Guaranteed Investment Contract. The case serves as an introduction to life insurance companies as... View Details
Moore, Ronald W. "Tom Paine Mutual Life Insurance Company." Harvard Business School Case 291-030, February 1991. (Revised July 1994.)