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Harvard students protest Goldman Sachs
We're seeing more Occupy-like protests crop up Ivy League schools, the traditional feeding firms for top Wall Street institutions.
Students at Columbia and Yale have previously attracted attention for their efforts. Harvard has become the latest. The Crimson reports that "Occupy Harvard we
Madoff working with Harvard after all
Bernard Madoff has been bragging from prison that he's been working with Harvard Business School to put together a course on entrepreneurship, a claim that some immediately took as another lie. When Harvard put out a seemingly definitive denial, most were willing to believe that old Ponzi Schemer
Bernard Madoff affair still making news
It's hard to believe that Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to running a massive Ponzi scheme way back in 2009. It seems like just yesterday, in part because even from his North Carolina prison where he is serving a 150 year term, the great Ponzi schemer is still making news, as is Irving Picard, the
What is the Harvard MBA Indicator forecasting?
Ray Soifer, former bank analyst and Harvard Business School alum, has long considered the employment choices of HBS grads a decent market indicator. His Harvard MBA Indicator is a media favorite, generating press every year.
According to Soifer, if more than 30 percent of HBS grads accept "mar
Vision Capital used Harvard ties to raise funds
One casualty of the Vision Capital fiasco is Harvard Business School. As the SEC steps up its probe of the once-hot hedge fund and as investors press lawsuits, Reuters details how one of its founders, Randolph "Randy" Cohen, played up his status as an associate professor at Harvard Business Sc
Toxic Harvard swaps
We've noted before that there is a fine line between hedging and speculating. Harvard University--Harvard!--has learned that in a painful way. Bloomberg offers an eye-opening look at the mess the university got into with its interest rate swaps ploy. It backfired miserably when rates plunged,
Indicator watch: HBS's jobs and Wall Street
Can the graduating class at Harvard Business School divine market movements? Or at least be able to offer some interesting guidance? Ray Soifer, Harvard Business School graduate and one-time bank analyst, has constructed a market indicator based on where graduates accept jobs.
According to the
Sell-side research tops buys-side
We noted recently that bulge-bracket firm research has lost some market share, as of late . But the news isn't all bad--at least when it comes to scoring sell-side research against buy-side research.
A recent study from Harvard Business School and the University of North Carolina has found
Where will the brightest now work?
Way back when, the brightest kids wanted to be doctors. The money was great and the prestige was even better. But the bloom fell off that rose (people still blame managed care) to a certain extent, and mind-blowing starting salaries made law school seem like the better investment. (Now, some
Banks to sell investments in PE funds?
Are we in for a flood of private equity holdings via the secondary markets? The likes of Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase apparently expect as much. The Financial Times reports that Goldman Sachs has closed on a $5.5 billion secondary fund, called Vintage V, that will invest in private equity
