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...hope we can find a forum for talking anddiscussion, in addition to the pages of TheCrimson," Knowles said. "Because if it's just thepages of The Crimson, we are in danger ofourselves taking positions rather than listeningand hearing the concerns of others...
...President Jack R. Meyer has told theCrimson that is "pleased" with Aeneas' performanceand with that of its managing partners. And whileestimated that Aeneas has averaged a rate ofreturn of approximately 12.5 percent on itsinvestment over the last decade as opposed toHMC's overall average of approximately 13.5percent, he attributed the lower profits to "toughtimes" for private placements. Sperling andEisenson estimated Aeneas' average returns asabout 14 to 15 percent...
...internal HMC documents obtained by TheCrimson suggest that during the five year periodbetween 1986 and 1991, Aeneas' compound annualreturn averaged only 5.4 percent. That would putthe high risk division's returns not only belowHMC's internal benchmark of 11.1 percent for thatperiod, but below the 6.9 percent for that period,but below the 6.9 percent a very safe and highlyconservative investment in 10-year U.S. TreasuryNotes would have brought...
...Avenue deal was not as fortunate. Overthe next three years, sources have told TheCrimson, Avenue lost significant amounts of moneyby acquiring the distribution rights to a seriesof low quality, ill-fated films, including one,Cold Feet that sources said grossed a totalof $250,000 nationwide less than the cost ofproducing the film's preview...
Sperling also denied that Avenue is a failedinvestment, even though source have told TheCrimson that Aeneas has marked the movie company'svaluation down to zero...