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...This vital new endowment fund??and the tremendous generosity that it represents—demonstrates the long-term significance of Sidney Verba’s tenure in the University Library,” Fergusson wrote...
...human theories against discrimination, especially racist discrimination, were brought from the U.S., especially from groups like Afro-American groups.” Since its beginning in 1979, the NIF has distributed over $200 million to 800 organizations in Israel and provided training in related areas, according to the fund??s Web site. “In the 27 years that we’ve been promoting liberal ideas in social change in Israel, the center has moved to us, because people recognized the importance of advocating for human and civil rights,” said Monica R. Brettler...
...struggle in changing markets. Meyer, who headed HMC from 1990 until September 2005, is credited with growing Harvard’s $4.7 billion endowment to $25.9 billion before his departure. His success at Harvard led the University to initially invest $500 million with Meyer’s new fund??Convexity Capital Management. But so far, Meyer’s new fund has failed to live up to the hype surrounding his record-breaking start. All of its various investment strategy options fell short of their benchmark indices by about 4.5 percent in 2006, the Boston Globe reported last...
...Harvard’s holdings in Barclays’ iSHARES FTSE/Xinhua China 25 fund??which also invests in the two Chinese companies—increased over the last quarter by 10 percent, resulting in another $5.2 million in PetroChina stock and $2.3 million in Sinopec for the University...
Harvard has no control over the iShares fund??s investments. The fund allocates assets according to a formula developed by a joint venture of the Financial Times, the London Stock Exchange, and the Chinese news agency Xinhua...