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Focus Financial Partners and the U.S. RIA Industry in 2014
Viceira, Luis M.; Chien, Emily A.Case HBS-214103-EFinanceIn the Spring of 2014, Rudy Adolf, CEO and founder of Focus Financial, and the two other co-founders of the firm are considering alternative growth strategies to solidify Focus Financial position as a leading aggregator of independent wealth management firms in the U.S. Focus has grown from $3.5B in client assets at its inception in 2006 to over $70B in and it has acquired more than 30 RIA (Registered Investment Advisor) firms, capitalizing on a ...Starting at €8.20
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Harvard Business School's Sandra J. Sucher on the value of a book club for excutives (Spanish version)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Peebles, M. EllenArticle HBS-F0801FLeadership and People ManagementWhen executives meet together to grapple with moral and ethical questions in literature, they end up applying their insights in practice. This Harvard Business School professor endorses book clubs as part of leadership development. To view a list of recommended texts for an executive book club, visit sucher.readings.hbr.orgStarting at €8.20
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Harvard Business School's Sandra J. Sucher on the value of a book club for excutives
Sucher, Sandra J.; Peebles, M. EllenArticle HBS-F0801F-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen executives meet together to grapple with moral and ethical questions in literature, they end up applying their insights in practice. This Harvard Business School professor endorses book clubs as part of leadership development. To view a list of recommended texts for an executive book club, visit sucher.readings.hbr.orgStarting at €8.20
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Prudential Financial - General Motors Pension Risk Transfer: Back to the Future
Viceira, Luis M.; Chien, Emily A.Case HBS-213126-EFinanceIn November 2012, Prudential Financial and General Motors closed on a $25.1B pension risk transfer (PRT) transaction, the largest of its kind to date by an order of magnitude both in the U.S. market and globally. In exchange for an in-kind transfer of $25.1B in assets, Prudential Financial agreed to irrevocably guarantee the full payment of pension benefits to approximately 110,000 participants of General Motors Retirement Program for Salaried Em...Starting at €8.20
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Prudential Financial and Asset-Liability Management
Seasholes, Mark; Sunderam, Adi; Viceira, Luis M.; Chien, Emily A.Case HBS-216076-EFinanceHow should a retirement fund that must make fixed payments to retirees invest its portfolio? This case introduces students to a variety of concepts in fixed income investing, focusing how on the need to make fixed payments changes portfolio management strategy. Students consider the advantages and disadvantages of asset-liability matching as an investment strategy and learn how to implement such a strategy in practice.Starting at €8.20
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And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor (HBR Case Study and Commentary) (Spanish version)
Gamgort, Bob; Nelson, Michelle R.; Thompson, Mozelle W.; Sheehan, Mike; Peebles, M. EllenArticle HBS-R0310AMarketingBryant Pharmaceutical's flagship product, a popular arthritis medicine called Seflex, is selling well--but not well enough. With generic versions due on the shelves in a couple of years, the drug company is looking for a dramatic sales increase. VP Laura Goldenberg knows she has to reach more consumers, but in an environment where people bombarded with advertising are using devices such as TiVo to skip ads, her job has suddenly taken on a new int...Starting at €8.20
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And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Gamgort, Bob; Nelson, Michelle R.; Thompson, Mozelle W.; Sheehan, Mike; Peebles, M. EllenArticle HBS-R0310A-EMarketingBryant Pharmaceutical's flagship product, a popular arthritis medicine called Seflex, is selling well--but not well enough. With generic versions due on the shelves in a couple of years, the drug company is looking for a dramatic sales increase. VP Laura Goldenberg knows she has to reach more consumers, but in an environment where people bombarded with advertising are using devices such as TiVo to skip ads, her job has suddenly taken on a new int...Starting at €8.20
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Into the Fray (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Peebles, M. Ellen; Widmann, Nancy Clifford; Kopelan, Amy Dorn; Hassan, Fred; Cohen, Allan; Rhodes, Gary B.Article HBS-R0501A-ELeadership and People ManagementTalk of cost cutting and layoffs was already in the air in the New York offices of international beverage company Legrand SA. But now everyone is imagining the worst after the sudden and mysterious resignation of Lucien Beaumont, the company's president of U.S. operations. The rumors are flying fast and furious about what prompted his departure and, just as important, who will get Lucien's job. Michael Feldstein is confident that he's a top conte...Starting at €8.20