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...association has not yet released an average for 1992. But according to HMC President Jack R. Meyer, the 11.8 percent return might lag several points behind that of other universities, largely because Harvard's portfolio is heavily weighted toward foreign equities, which demonstrated lackluster performance...
Hartford-based Travelers, which took up to $225 million in charges against third-quarter earnings for damages related to Hurricane Andrew, has been struggling under the weight of a huge portfolio of troubled real estate loans. The 129-year-old company, which last week announced 3,500 layoffs, 10% of its work force, has been desperately searching for a major cash infusion. Weill, who earned a reputation for shrewdness after creating what is now Shearson Lehman Brothers and selling it to American Express in 1981, appears to be bottom fishing. Primerica's stake -- at $19 a share -- is valued...
...only the latest in a series of mishaps that have sent Bush tumbling in the polls and fueled speculation that Secretary of State James Baker, the engineer of Bush's 1988 election victory, would have to put aside his diplomatic portfolio and bail out his old friend once again. During a fishing trip at the Secretary's Wyoming ranch last week, Bush seemed to leave the door open to such a move, saying he hadn't "yet" discussed Baker's return. But it is a foregone conclusion inside the Administration -- especially in the wake of Ross Perot's exit...
...also encourage another corporation, the Harvard Management Corporation, to open up its investment practices to wider scrutiny. The Crimson found last month that the Aeneas Group, the company charged with managing HMC's private placement portfolio, still owns large amounts of stock in firms of questionable ethics and solvency...
...Sperling and Eisenson know all too well, managing high-risk investment can be a risky business. During the last fiscal year, their portfolio was devalued by $200 million, nearly 20 percent of its total worth. Severalmulti-million dollar assets were marked down tozero...