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Grove Street Advisors: September 2009
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-810064-EFinanceThe investment committee of Grove Street Advisors, a pioneer in the provision of customized private equity funds-of-funds for pension fund clients, must decide how to respond to the market opportunities and challenges presented by the turmoil of 2008 and 2009. How can they shift their strategy to fill new market niches, or should they stay with their successful approach thus far, even though the market is getting crowded? The case also presents b...Starting at €8.20
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Bay Partners (B) (Abridged)
Lerner, Josh; Rhodes-Kropf, MatthewCase HBS-214042-EFinanceAbridged supplement for case 213102, for instructors to wish to have students review in class.Starting at €5.74
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Texas Teachers and the New Texas Way
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Viceira, Luis M.; Dionne, John D.; Burbank, NathanielCase HBS-214091-EFinanceIn 2011 Britt Harris, the Chief Investment Officer for the $107.4 billion Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS), was considering whether to pursue strategic partnerships with a group of large private equity firms. After spending four years aggressively moving the fifth largest pension fund in the United States into alternative asset classes, Harris felt that TRS shouldn't just participate in private equity funds as a typical limited partner. ...Starting at €8.20
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Brazos Partners and the Tri-Northern Exit, Teaching Note
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Burbank, NathanielTeaching Note HBS-814057-EFinanceTeaching Note for 813157.Starting at €0.00
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Hardina Smythe and the Healthcare Investment Conundrum
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Leamon, Ann; Strope, LisaCase HBS-811073-EFinanceHardina Smythe, a recent MBA graduate, has just joined a top-tier venture capital firm in the difficult environment of late 2010. Her first assignment is to evaluate three different deals and make recommendations to the partners. Each potential investment has strengths and drawbacks for both the firm and Hardina.Starting at €8.20
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Grove Street Advisors: September 2009, Teaching Note
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-812094-EFinanceTeaching Note for 810-064.Starting at €0.00
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board: October 2012
Lerner, Josh; Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Burbank, NathanielCase HBS-813103-EFinanceThe Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is one of the largest and fastest-growing pools of investment capital in the world and follows an unusually active program of investment management. In October of 2012, Mark Wiseman was just 12 weeks into his role as chief executive officer, and he must decide how to lead the organization to outperform the market as it grows larger and more geographically disperse. After seven years of eschewing th...Starting at €8.20
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Brazos Partners and the Tri-Northern Exit
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Burbank, NathanielCase HBS-813157-EFinanceRandall Fojtasek, a partner at Dallas-based Brazos Private Equity Partners, must decide whether now is the time to sell his firm's investment in Tri-Northern Distribution. Brazos, a middle-market leveraged buyout group, created the company two years earlier through the acquisition of two electronic security distribution companies: Tri-Ed Distribution and Northern Video Systems. Twenty-four months after successfully integrating the two companies, ...Starting at €8.20
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Hardina Smythe and the Healthcare Investment Conundrum, Teaching Note
Rhodes-Kropf, MatthewTeaching Note HBS-814076-EFinanceTeaching Note for 811073.Starting at €0.00
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board: October 2012, Teaching Note
Lerner, Josh; Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Burbank, NathanielTeaching Note HBS-814085-EFinanceTeaching Note for 814085.Starting at €0.00