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Apostle links with venture capital firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... 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 institutions. Safar's ...

Fintech professor nabs unique award

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... 12 months. Prior to the latest list released this week, SSRN consistently ranked Professor Cass Sunstein of Harvard University first. However, Buckley's paper titled The Evolution of FinTech has proved immensely popular. "My most downloaded paper is ...

Industry fund names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... addition to this new role, Kaspar is chair of Cystic Fibrosis Community Care and is studying an executive MBA at Harvard University. "Katherine has considerable passion for the role of small, specific-industry funds, and will make an important contribution ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... is the association's designated accreditation. 9.40am - Dear Future Self: The AFA invites an academic from Harvard University, Dr. Jason Mitchell, to speak about the psychology of finance. His message? Humans are hard-wired to prioritise present wants ...

Advisers must be aware of cognitive nuances

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... brain and the way human tendencies can impact how knowledge is shared, according to professor of psychology at Harvard University Dr Jason Mitchell. Developed over millions of years of evolution, Mitchell described the human brain not as a piece of clean ...

A former PM, a Harvard professor and an adventurer to headline AFA conference

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... vision for the global economic future and the roles China, India and the Pacific Rim will play in such a future. Harvard University professor Jason Mitchell will address the conference in partnership with Kaplan to discuss academic leadership. A professor ...

Capital Group chairman passes away

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... involved in a range of educational, civic and community activities throughout his career, including treasurer of Harvard University from 2004-14. He also served on the boards of the California Institute of Technology, the RAND Corporation and Huntington ...

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... prediction by the end of the decade. The Economist cited a working paper by Lant Pritchett and Larry Summers of Harvard University, titled "Asiaphoria meets regression to the mean" which contends just that... that China's growth rate would regress "toward ...

No scale effect in US endowment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... funds. The 10 biggest endowment funds represent 35% of the market. The biggest endowment funds were found to be Harvard University with US$30.4 billion in assets, followed by Yale University with US$19.3 billion, University of Texas System with US$18.3 ...

Confident Instos return to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... quantitatively by analyzing the actual buying and selling patterns of institutional investors. It was developed by Harvard University professor Kenneth Froot and Paul O'Connell of State Street Associates. The index tracks changes in investor risk appetite ...
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