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  • 22 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

The idea of supporting social change has propelled impact investing assets to more than $1 trillion. But what if those funds aren’t as impactful as investors expect? Recent Harvard Business School research... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • January 2016 (Revised April 2017)
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The Galaxy Dividend Income Growth Fund's Option Investment Strategies

By: W. Carl Kester
This case is designed to provide an elementary introduction to options and option pricing for beginning finance students. Analysis of the case requires students to compare the prices of put and call options with various exercise prices and maturity dates on two... View Details
Keywords: Options; Option Contract; Option Pricing; Derivatives; Mutual Funds; Call Options; Put Options; Stock Options; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Kester, W. Carl. "The Galaxy Dividend Income Growth Fund's Option Investment Strategies." Harvard Business School Case 216-041, January 2016. (Revised April 2017.)

    ‘Passive’ Index Fund Leaders Push for Shareholder Reforms

    The evolving power relationship between index fund managers and investors focused on management change. Index funds are the major shareholders in many large- and medium-sized public companies, but their passive investment nature offers few checks on... View Details
    • June 1983 (Revised July 1986)
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    Hamilton Closed-End Income Fund

    By: Jay O. Light
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Capital Markets
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    Light, Jay O. "Hamilton Closed-End Income Fund." Harvard Business School Case 283-071, June 1983. (Revised July 1986.)
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    Investment Management Workshop

    with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Download Brochure Who Should Attend Executives in investment management organizations—including hedge View Details
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    Donor-Advised Fund - Alumni

    income and principal. You can add to your donor-advised fund at any time. Expert Financial Management Harvard Management Company (HMC) manages the investment of Harvard donor-advised funds. HMC has... View Details
    • July 2003 (Revised January 2004)
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    Carol Brewer's Investments

    By: Richard S. Ruback and Julia Stevens
    Following her husband's death in 1994, Carol Brewer took over the management of her family's investments. This case describes the decisions Brewer made during this process, including her choice to seek active account management, her selection of an investment firm, and... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Retirement; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Management; Personal Finance; Investment Banking; Investment Return
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    Ruback, Richard S., and Julia Stevens. "Carol Brewer's Investments." Harvard Business School Case 204-017, July 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
    • February 1997 (Revised March 1998)
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    Smith Breeden Associates: The Equity Plus Fund (A)

    By: Robert C. Merton and Alberto Moel
    In early 1997, Smith Breeden Associates, a money management and consulting firm, was pondering the future of the Equity Plus Fund. The Equity Plus Fund was an S&P enhanced-index fund that tried to outperform the S&P Index by replicating the index using low-cost... View Details
    Keywords: Assets; Cash; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Mortgages; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Marketing; Performance; Consulting Industry
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    Merton, Robert C., and Alberto Moel. "Smith Breeden Associates: The Equity Plus Fund (A)." Harvard Business School Case 297-089, February 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
    • 01 Sep 2010
    • News

    Finnegan Heads HBS Fund

    Finnegan Paul Finnegan (MBA ’82) recently assumed the role of HBS Fund Chair, the School’s chief fundraising volunteer. “When you look at the major problems society faces — financial reform, global health, education in-equity, the... View Details
    • 16 Jun 2015
    • News

    Huge growth in China’s money funds poses risk

    • January 1982
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    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.
    • July 2003 (Revised December 2003)
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    Investment Policy at New England Healthcare

    By: Jay O. Light, Luis M. Viceira and Akiko M. Mitsui
    The Investment Committee of New England Healthcare must decide how to invest three long-term investment pools: a long-term, endowment-type fund and two pension plans. In particular, the committee is evaluating whether the two pension funds--one is a "final salary"... View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Asset Management; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Policy; Taxation; Health Industry; England
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    Light, Jay O., Luis M. Viceira, and Akiko M. Mitsui. "Investment Policy at New England Healthcare." Harvard Business School Case 204-018, July 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
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    Working on third edition of textbook on the fund industry

    The book explains how mutual funds and other collective investment vehicles are organized, how they manage your money,  and how they are marketed to investors.  It also addresses the internationalization of funds in terms of global investing and global... View Details

    • August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
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    Kmart and ESL Investments (A)

    By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah Abbott
    A major bankrupt retailer is poised to emerge from Chapter 11. Two activist hedge funds ("vulture investors") will own over 50% of reorganized Kmart's common stock, based on prior investments in Kmart's debt claims, and an infusion of new equity financing. The Chapter... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment; Investment Activism; Valuation; Financial Services Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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    Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah Abbott. "Kmart and ESL Investments (A)." Harvard Business School Case 209-044, August 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
    • June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
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    Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund

    By: Robert C. Pozen and Xiaoyu Gu
    The China Investment Corporation (CIC) was China's sovereign wealth fund (SWF), established with $200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in... View Details
    Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Growth and Maturation; Decisions; Capital; Investment Banking; Investment Funds; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Wealth; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; China; United States
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    Pozen, Robert C., and Xiaoyu Gu. "Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund." Harvard Business School Case 311-137, June 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
    • July 2008 (Revised August 2008)
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    Fidelity Investments' Charitable Gift Fund (B)

    By: Robert C. Pozen
    The (B) case informs students of Fidelity's decision about pursuing a business process patent for its charitable gift fund and describes subsequent litigation and lawsuits filed by other companies over business process patent issues. View Details
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Patents; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business Processes
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    Pozen, Robert C. "Fidelity Investments' Charitable Gift Fund (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 309-003, July 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
    • 15 Apr 2015
    • News

    New Enterprise Raises Record-Breaking $2.8 Billion Venture Fund

    • 21 Nov 2014
    • News

    Pension Funds Lambaste Private-Equity Fees

    • 19 Mar 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Unlocking Your Investment Capital

    Many companies can double or even triple their capacity to invest in strategic assets and competencies by properly managing their "risk balance sheet," argues Harvard Business School professor Robert C. Merton. In a provocative... View Details
    Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
    • 07 Nov 2011
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    Investment Cycles and Startup Innovation

    Keywords: by Ramana Nanda & Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
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