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- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
a clear ability to underwrite that project by saying, "I know that if I capture this amount of CO2, I can sell it to the marketplace." So you have this pressure from both sides in that vexing challenge. And if either of those start to... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
instance—and "go back to the core" because they knew they could make their annual numbers that way. So, when Urquhart recognized an opportunity to grow from underwriting "big-ticket power projects"—the core... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
cash flow transparency lends to the underwriting and risk assessment process. The basic technology to create a connected dashboard exists today. Why, if it is what small businesses want, has it not been developed? Today, each data stream... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
than commonly believed. Using a battery of performance tests, we find that loans securitized before 2005 performed no worse than comparable unsecuritized loans originated by the same bank. Even loans originated by the bank that acts as the CLO View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
from the collusive price, thereby raising total production costs. Our results can thus rationalize the apparently contradictory empirical facts that the market for IPO underwriting exhibits seemingly collusive pricing despite its low... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
recommendations, and selling pressure following hold recommendations. This "discounting" is even more pronounced when the analyst has an underwriter affiliation. Small traders, instead, follow recommendations literally. They... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
IPO underwriting exhibits seemingly collusive pricing despite its low level of market concentration. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53003 Complex Disclosure By: Jin, Ginger Zhe, Michael Luca, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
been a tough ride for Thomas Wilson who had taken over as CEO on January 1, 2007, and vowed to "reinvent protection and retirement for the consumer." Soon after this statement, a combination of exogenous shocks and fierce competition had driven the whole... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
monetary loosening since August 2007 — the steep cuts in the federal funds and discount rates, the various auction and lending “facilities,” the underwriting of JPMorgan’s acquisition of Bear Stearns, and, most recently, the shift to... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
on Snap: two with buy recommendations, six with holds, and six with sells. When the “IPO quiet period” expired three weeks later, 16 more analysts—who worked at firms that were underwriters for the IPO—issued recommendations: 10 with buy... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
S&G to become the first publicly traded law firm in the world. The firm and its underwriters had just issued a prospectus and were now in the process of lining up investors for the offering. Gloria Rosen, a portfolio manager at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
a congested public streetcar. The inequity was further exacerbated by government-supported redlining that prevented Black Americans from subsidies and underwriting that effectively prohibited them from obtaining private financing for home... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
eight basis point increase in yields. Additional analysis suggests that at least some of this effect is not driven by the risk of the bonds, but instead reflects inefficiency in the underwriting process. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
consumers in seeking care providers, how consumers make decisions about health care, the system-wide effects of increased consumer choice in health care, and the important distinction between patients and consumers. The Risk Underwriters... View Details
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
investors' initial reactions to the IPO, analyst coverage and affiliations with experienced venture capitalists and prominent underwriters combine to enhance the IPO firm's visibility and reduce uncertainty, thereby influencing its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
some of the interest rate risk. In the 1990s a couple of things happened that set the stage for where we are today: There emerged automated underwriting and credit scoring. All of a sudden the world of the deposit-taking institution, your... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
demonstrating how and why violence was the most salient factor underwriting Britain’s empire and the nation’s imperial identity at home, Elkins upends long-held myths and sheds new light on empire’s role in shaping the world today. Time... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
variability than was the case historically. Under the new policy, dividends would be tied to the company's underwriting results, its performance relative to predetermined goals, and a target payout ratio. Progressive's new policy was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace