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Sustainability in VCPE & Investing

This is a part of Baker Library's Sustainability Research Guide. Background Readings Private Equity and Venture Capital’s Role in Catalyzing Sustainable Investment A paper from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a... View Details
  • 07 Dec 2016
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Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

Traditional financial advisors cater to baby boomers with substantial savings, requiring minimum amounts for investment upwards of $100,000 to access their services. By contrast, industry-leading Wealthfront and similar firms such as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

    Long-run Returns to Impact Investing in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

    There is growing interest in impact investing, the idea of deploying capital to obtain both financial and social or environmental returns. Examination of every equity investment made by the International Finance Corporation, one of the largest and... View Details
    • 2022
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    Regulatory Treatment of Changes in Fair Value and the Composition of Banks' Investment Portfolios

    By: Michael Iselin, Jung Koo Kang and Joshua Madsen
    In their implementation of Basel III, U.S. bank regulators are again including changes in the fair value of available-for-sale (AFS) debt securities in Tier 1 capital, but only for the largest U.S. banks. This paper investigates a potential impact of expanding this... View Details
    Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; SFAS 115; Basel III; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Banks and Banking; Debt Securities; Credit; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment Portfolio; Decision Making; Banking Industry; United States
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    • December 1993
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    How Has the Basle Accord Affected Bank Portfolios?

    By: Brian J. Hall
    Keywords: Banks and Banking; Investment
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    • December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
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    Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (A)

    By: Lena G. Goldberg and Tiffany Lynne Obenchain
    Facing the worldwide financial crisis, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein considered his options including whether his company could avoid a forced marriage and what steps Goldman Sachs should take to try to restore confidence in financial services companies. View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Commercial Banking; Investment Banking; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Crisis Management; Business Strategy; Banking Industry
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    Wall Street Research

    By: Paul M. Healy

    Wall Street research helps to support a well-functioning capital market by providing investors with information about investment opportunities, and corporate issuers with liquidity for their stocks. Yet surprisingly little is known about how Wall Street research... View Details

    Keywords: Sell-side Analysts; Brokerage; Investment Banking; Buy-side Analysts; Compensation; Financial Services Industry
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    Finance & Investing - Business & Environment

    Confronting Climate Change Finance & Investing Understanding risk, identifying opportunity, and managing investments in the context of climate change The global financial landscape is increasingly being... View Details
    • December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
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    Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (B)

    By: Lena G. Goldberg and Tiffany Lynne Obenchain
    Having taken steps to shore up investor confidence, during the turbulent fourth quarter of 2008, Goldman Sachs confronts the challenge of whether its business model will continue to be viable under radically altered market conditions and a new regulatory regime. View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business Strategy; Banking Industry
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    Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis

    firms Key members of the management team Investment bank league tables   Bloomberg
    Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income... View Details
    • December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
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    Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (C)

    By: Lena G. Goldberg and Tiffany Lynne Obenchain
    After posting its first-ever quarterly loss in 2008, Goldman Sachs surpassed market expectations for the first quarter of 2009 but came under intensive fire for, among other things, announcing its intention to repay TARP thereby avoiding its compensation limitations. View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Corporate Disclosure; Policy; Executive Compensation; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry
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    • 22 Apr 2002
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    Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment

    "Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment," at the Harvard Business School Möbius Leadership Forum on April 12. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking at Harvard... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Sep 2023
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    In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor

    In the half-century since his graduation, Theodore Roosevelt IV (MBA 1972) has earned widespread respect as both a forward-thinking investment banker and an influential activist through his efforts to address climate change and preserve... View Details
    Keywords: Deborah Blagg; climate change; investment banking; leadership; carbon tax
    • July 2017 (Revised November 2017)
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    Media Markets Down South: Goldman Sachs' Investment in Grupo Clarín

    By: Rafael Di Tella, Jose Liberti and Sarah McAra
    Founded in 1945, Grupo Clarín expanded over several decades to become Argentina’s largest media conglomerate. With leading positions in newspapers, broadcast television, broadcast radio, cable television, and Internet services, Grupo Clarín caught the attention of... View Details
    Keywords: Media; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Argentina
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    • August 2017 (Revised September 2023)
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    Altoona State Investment Board & Bain Capital Fund XI

    By: Josh Lerner and Ted Berk
    Considers the decision faced by state pension fund manager Rod Calhoun as he decides whether to invest $200 million in Bain Capital's eleventh global buyout fund: Bain Capital Fund XI. For the fund, Bain was offering its limited partners a choice among three different... View Details
    Keywords: Equity Method; Leveraged Buyout; Management Buyout; Capital; Design; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Leveraged Buyouts; Management; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Banking Industry; Massachusetts
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    • 21 Sep 2021
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    Why JPMorgan Chase Is Committed to Improving Racial Equity in Banking

    Keywords: Re: Joseph L. Bower; Banking; Banking
    • 01 Jun 2009
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    The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation

    Education program called Managing Breakthroughs—From Science to Enterprise. "Wall Street has conventional and not always accurate measures of a company's value." Take Bank of America, which just renewed a $25 million, five-year... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Banking; Banking
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    Can Gambling Increase Savings? Empirical Evidence on Prize-linked Savings Accounts

    This paper studies whether prize-linked savings (PLS) accounts, which offer random, lottery-like payouts to account holders in lieu of risk-free interest, can aid individuals in increasing savings levels by adding the chance to “win big.”  Using micro-level data from... View Details
    Keywords: Lottery; Banking; Saving; Commercial Banking; Africa
    • 15 Apr 2011
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    A Winding Path to Metals-and-Mining Investment

    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining
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    Overview

    By: Mark L. Egan
    When considering how households make investment decisions, Professor Egan became intrigued by the question, “What makes a bank ‘special’ when compared to other lending institutions?” Focusing on empirical industrial organization with applications to finance and... View Details