Word: portfolios
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Long-run costs would arise because Harvard would be unable to invest in the large portion of United States firms that operate in or trade with South Africa, making it harder for the managers of the portfolio to beat the falling stock market to make a profit...
Stanford has $125 million of a total portfolio of about $335 million invested in 59 firms operating in South Africa...
...prestigious job in government. It is normally held by the leader of the majority party, who also performs the largely ceremonial duties of Prime Minister. But after his Progressive Citizens Party lost last February's election, outgoing Premier Walter Kieber decided that he would like to retain his portfolio as Liechtenstein's chief officer of foreign affairs. The offer was declined by his successor, Hans Brunhart, head of the Fatherland Union Party, but Kieber nonetheless refused to step down. The impasse virtually paralyzed Liechtenstein's government for two months. Last week the head of state, Prince Franz...
...addition, as suggested in a letter, dated November 7, 1977 from Hugh Calkins, a member of the Harvard Corporation, to 57 portfolio companies, the ACSR believes that companies operating in South Africa should...
Each year the ACSR considers dozens of shareholder resolutions in most of the companies in the Harvard portfolio, but there are usually only a few major issues on the proxy agenda--this year the issues are South Africa, bottle feeding, and political contributions, last year they were the Arab boycott of Israel; and South Africa. On the purely financial resolutions the ACSR may defer to the Corporation subcommittee, but on almost all important shareholder issues the ACSR considers the matter and makes a recommendation to the Corporation. Unless the ACSR's vote is too close for the Corporation to draw...