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Investor confidence hits 14 year low

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... institutional investor confidence is at the lowest level it has been since the inception of the ICI in 1998," said Harvard University professor Kenneth Froot, who co-developed the index. "This month's reading is 1.5 points below the previous low set ...

Investor confidence index down: State Street

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... investor confidence is the result of diminished risk appetite among both North American and Asian investors," said Harvard University professor Kenneth Froot, who co-developed the index with State Street Associate's Paul O'Connell. Given the United States ...

Harvard defies critics with 21% return

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... traditional investment models. This extra income has been crucial to the fund's sponsor because one-third of Harvard University's operating budget is paid for by fund distributions. Fund distributions also contribute to the university's research and ...

S.O.S

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... by consumers and the government, according to five of the nine members of the panel that dates recessions. Harvard University economics professor Martin Feldstein, one of the members of committee at the National Bureau of Economic Research, said he sees ...

Big Benny and little Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... the thumbtack that's holding the Eurozone together at the moment (the final nail in the coffin perhaps?) As Harvard University Professor Marin Feldstein writes in the Financial Times, "If Greece were the only insolvent European country, it would be best ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... Virgin Blue chief executive John Borghetti is set to speak at a Financial Services Council luncheon in Sydney. Harvard University Business School Professor Robert Kaplan is scheduled to address a Committee for Economic Development of Australia function ...

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... seem to be that same concern in China. China's Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.9 per cent yesterday despite Harvard University professor and former IMF chief economist Kenneth Rogoff's warning that China's property market is starting to collapse. No ...

Harvard puts property on sale

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
The $29 billion Harvard University endowment fund is looking to sell a slice of its $5 billion-plus real estate portfolio to lessen its exposure to embattled property markets. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the fund is looking to deploy ...

Ascalon adds hedge fund boutique

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... at Citadel Investment Group and Delaware Investments and all three have advanced academic qualifications at Harvard University. Webb said the Helix quantitative investment model has been under development for many years. "Having access to Ascalon's experience ...

Bassanese opens ETF consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... first class honours degree in economics from the University of Adelaide and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University.