Yale University Investment Fund

Grove Street Advisors (“GSA”) is a leading fund-of-funds, focused on investing in “low risk” top-tier private equity funds that are not excessively large nor highly levered. GSA is faced with a number of strategic alternatives to help catalyze the firm’s next stage of growth. We propose that GSA expand globally and continue to build expertise in relatively underserved global PE markets such as China and India to help meet its objectives of satisfying customer needs, enhancing its international reputation, staying responsive to trends in private equity, and ultimately maximizing profitability.

firms had established international offices from which to deploy money. “Major U.S. LBO operations like “Carlyle, Blackstone, TPG, KKR, and Bain Capital – all had several overseas offices by 2005.” Empire felt the pressure to compete; “by 2005, the question was not whether a large private equity firm had an international operation but what international deals it was doing.

Along with the presence that Wall Street as a whole has on universities, the investment bankers themselves influence undergraduates as well. To Ho, being “consumption-oriented” means that to be the best, you have to look and act the best. Wall Streeters are in fact labeled as “‘the best,’ ‘the greatest,’ and ‘the brightest’” (Ho 167). With all their wealth as individuals and as a company, Alice Easton and Ian Shapira claim that “the ‘vigorous college recruiting

B) How well has Berkshire Hathaway performed? In the aggregate? In its investment in Scott & Fetzer? In its investments in earlier purchases of GEICO stock? In its investments in convertible preferred securities?

1. Evaluate the terms of the proposed $900 million financing from the perspective of both parties. How would you calculate the return to investors in this transaction? If you need more information, what information do you need?

In 2014, a study from PricewaterhouseCoopers pointed that American investors are looking over-seas’ capital market for investment opportunities, and foreign investors are also looking for investing opportunities in America. According to the research from PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2014, an estimates shows that there are around seven trillion US dollars are invested in foreign stock markets, and American markets are open to non-US firms too. Many of the foreign companies use IFRS rule without any reconciliation to GAAP.

An investment firm with the name of J.D.Williams, Inc. helps many of its clients invest over $120 million for the last 40 years. We have many personal investors helping many individuals with their investments. We create personalized plans for our clients depending on their needs. Our company has multiple methods to help its clients with investments. We use many different approaches when it comes to assessing and making an appropriate plan for the investment.

More recently, the overall weight of private equity in the Investment Office portfolio has been decreasing (from a target of 25% against the most recent number of 17%) as a consequence of Yale perceiving lack of specialization of several equity funds ("positioning themselves as asset managers") and because of the indiscipline and inexperience of several new market players. Albeit, Yale has not dismissed this asset class due to the historical success, the strong relationships developed with key managers, its know-how and experience on the private equity process and not to be perceived as a market-timer type of investor.

The Yale Endowment is known in the financial industry as a pioneer in using a combination of innovative asset allocation and active management to produce impressive long-term performance. In fact, the Endowment produced a 17.8% average annual return, net of fees, in the ten-year period ending June 30, 2007.1 This performance is particularly impressive given that, in recent years, the Endowment portfolio has carried less than a 40% weighting in equities. Instead, under the leadership of Chief Investment Officer Dave Swensen, the Yale Investments Office

The goal of this case is to help Sandra Meyer develop a presentation to address Henry Bosse’s concerns about international investments. The general idea is to demonstrate to Henry the benefits of international diversification, if any. To achieve this goal, you need to have a view on 1) the impact of foreign exchange (FX) rates on the return and risk of international investments, and 2) the impact of having more assets on the return and risk of the investment portfolio To form views on these two points, answer the following questions: I. The impact of FX rates on the risk and return of foreign investments 1a) Using data in Appendix A, calculate the

4) Is the ? Principals and Believes? Policy Successful? 5) Evaluate Outback?s Financial Performance and present conditions. 6)

Furthermore, HMC employed a compensation system that not only helped to attract and retain some of the most adept portfolio managers in the market, but also permitted to align the economic objectives of portfolio managers with those of the university. In other words, the structure and compensation system of HMC was designed specifically to achieve its objectives and to maintain the real long-term value of Harvard’s endowment

With which of the international competitors listed in the case is it most interesting to compare Inditex’s financial results? What do comparisons indicate about Inditex’s relative operating economics? Its relative capital efficiency?

The International Growth Fund annual report that ended in August 31, 2009 showed that 94% of the Funds portfolio was invested in 177 non U.S. stocks and 6% was in temporary cash investments. All values are presented in the tables.

3. What strategies could Adesemi have applied to overcome its operational problems once they occurred? What strategies might the company have applied prior to its investment?