http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/ en-us Copyright 2009 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:58:23 -0500 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:31:39 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dunkin' Donuts franchise owners today called for new oversight over the Canton coffee chain following the federal indictment last week of a former company executive allegedly involved in a kickback scheme. According to the indictment filed in US District Court... http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2008/09/dunkin_franchis.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2008/09/dunkin_franchis.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:58:23 -0500 Banks didn't create the subprime mortgage disaster but the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston thinks they can play a significant role solving the problem. Eric Rosengren said Boston Fed research about real estate lending activity... http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/10/boston_fed_chie.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/10/boston_fed_chie.html Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:15:01 -0500 The president of Harvard Management Co., which manages the world's largest university endowment, plans to leave the job at the end of the year, the university said today. Mohamed El-Erian, who came to Harvard Management in 2006, plans to... http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/09/harvard_endowme_1.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/09/harvard_endowme_1.html Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:06:50 -0500 Activist hedge funds buy up chunks of underperforming companies and start rattling the cages demanding change. But do they really create value by getting companies and their managers to perform better? Research by Harvard Business School professor Robin Greenwood... http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/what_do_activis.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/what_do_activis.html Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:13:30 -0500 Famously bearish investor Jeremy Grantham of Boston's Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo has been writing a lot about the future of private equity lately. Anyone familiar with Grantham's point of view can guess what he predicts: Big trouble. Grantham thinks... http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/grantham_on_pri.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/grantham_on_pri.html Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:56:43 -0500 CGM Trust, the entity that reports mutual fund holdings managed by Ken Heebner, filed its semiannual update today disclosing his portfolios as of June 30. Heebner tends to trade a lot, so his holdings today may be somewhat different.... http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/portfolio_updat_3.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/portfolio_updat_3.html Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:03:42 -0500 Harvard University's $34.9 billion endowment earned returns of 23 percent in its fiscal year ended June 30, its best investment performance in seven years, the university said today. The world's largest university endowment grew from $29.2 billion the previous... http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/harvard_endowme.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/harvard_endowme.html Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:23:28 -0500 A brief look at the top institutional stockholders of the largest public companies in Massachusetts, ranked by market value, as of June 30 with the help of data from Bloomberg News. http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/who_owns_massac_1.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/who_owns_massac_1.html Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:01:53 -0500 Another in a series of portfolio updates from Boston's biggest investment management firms, based on reports filed this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission: http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/portfolio_updat_2.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/portfolio_updat_2.html Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:44:41 -0500 Another in a series of updates on Boston hedge fund holdings based on quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. The filings report on stock holdings and some equity-based derivative positions, but not other kinds of investments. http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/hedge_fund_upda_6.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/hedge_fund_upda_6.html Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:33:46 -0500 A brief look at the top institutional stockholders of the largest public companies in Massachusetts, ranked by market value, as of June 30 with help on the data from Bloomberg News: http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/who_owns_massac.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/who_owns_massac.html Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:26:33 -0500 The Bloomberg Massachusetts stock index has sunk 11.1 percent since the stock market hit its summer top on July 17, slightly less than the 11.3 percent decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 over the same period. http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/look_out_below.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/look_out_below.html Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:34:34 -0500 Another in a series of portfolio updates from Boston's biggest investment management firms, based on reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week: http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/portfolio_updat_1.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/portfolio_updat_1.html Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:02:06 -0500 One in a series of portfolio updates from Boston's largest money management firms based on reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/portfolio_updat.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/portfolio_updat.html Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:55:19 -0500 Another in a series of updates on Boston hedge fund holdings based on quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week: http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/hedge_fund_upda_5.html http://www.boston.com/business/blog/bostoncap/2007/08/hedge_fund_upda_5.html Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:19:22 -0500