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Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Mohamed El-Erian, who was chief executive of Harvard's endowment and PIMCO, published The Only Game in Town in 2016, presenting central banks as the key driver of the economic agenda. But now it's governments in the driver's seat, NSW Treasury Corporation ...

TPG co-founder David Bonderman dies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... decision'." Bonderman graduated from the University of Washington in 1963 with a major in Russian studies and went on to Harvard Law School where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1966. While at Harvard, he won a fellowship that took him to Egypt and the ...

Harvard endowment delivers 9.6% return, hits $53.2bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
Harvard University's endowment has delivered a 9.6% return for the fiscal year ending September 30, bringing its total value to $53.2 billion. The endowment, which targets an 8% annual return, has achieved an annual return of 9.3% over the seven years ...

Billionaire quant investing legend Jim Simons dies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... from MIT in 1958 and a PhD from UC Berkeley in 1961 at the age of 23. After his doctorate, he briefly taught at MIT and Harvard before joining the Institute for Defense Analyses, where he worked as a code breaker for the National Security Agency. He ...

Apostle links with venture capital firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... Cypris, Cogito, Finwave and Verve Motion. The startups are primarily conceived at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and the University of Rochester. Many of Safar's board members, trustees, and partners come from these ...

Search funds beat VC, private equity returns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... grabbing the attention of investors drawn to the new business model and returns in excess of 30%. Developed by universities Harvard and Stanford in 1984, the search fund model supports entrepreneurs in purchasing a single small business by kicking off ...

Future-proofing the super system: Rees

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... to attack, and that's the task in front of us in the near term." Recent research by George Washington University, Harvard and Australian National University found the early access scheme introduced during the COVID pandemic was predominately taken ...

AIST names Rising Star

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... will benefit from her talent and leadership." The award is sponsored by Federated Hermes. Stuart will now undertake the Harvard Business School Real Estate Management Program which aims to strengthen strategic decision-making through the examination ...

Superhero board signs former ASIC boss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... 2021) two years early, citing the regulator's best interests. Before joining ASIC, Shipton was the executive director of Harvard Law School's Program on International Financial Systems. He has also previously led the Hong Kong regulator, the Securities ...

Rainmaker executive awarded prestigious scholarship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... empowerment and the role that the media industry plays in financial literacy." Rabah will use her scholarship to study at Harvard Business School in Boston, undertaking the Authentic Leader Development Program. Rabah said it is both a privilege and an ...
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