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Harvard's El-Erian Will Return to PIMCO
By James J. GreenMohammed El-Erian, who left Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO) to join Harvard University's endowment fund--Harvard Management Company--in October 2005, rebuilt the endowment's investing team in...
September 04, 2007
August Shows Value of Prudent DiversificationAugust was a study in contrasts. Domestic equity and high-grade fixed income weathered the storm of global volatility to close mostly higher, but the loan market fell apart. Finding a bid on high-risk corporate bonds or subprime mortgages was even more difficult.
September 01, 2007
Getting In"We think that due to the fee structure of alter-native investments, with the incentive fee and alignment of interest and so forth, some of the...
September 01, 2007
Judgment DayIn the Journal of Investment Consulting (Winter 2005-06) and in a series of articles in Investment Advisor (September 2005, February 2006, and March 2006), we...
August 31, 2007
Another Fixed Income VehicleIn the current climate of high volatility in the equity markets and possible credit loosening by the Federal Reserve, consider ETFs that focus on municipal bonds.
August 29, 2007
Standing Up for ShareholdersA new Web site intended to help organize thousands of individual shareholders in opposition to controversial SEC proposals has been launched as part of a joint effort by The Social Investment Forum (SIF) and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). The groups charge that the SEC proposals to change...
August 27, 2007
Advisor Gloom Matches Clients' PessimismThe market volatility of August 2007 prompted by the subprime mortgage crisis predictably led to major decreases in optimism among investors and their advisors, two...
August 23, 2007
Hedge Funds Cashing in On Subprime MessSome hedge funds are actually profiting off of the subprime mortgage debacle and the market volatility that it has helped cause.