Wharton alumni are taking the lead in making alternative investments essential to modern finance.…Read More
When Risky Business Is Good Business
Finance
Successful M&A evaluation includes PE and emerging global markets
Thinking of growing your company via a merger or an acquisition? It’s important for strategic buyers to understand what’s shaping the market and the competitive environment when making such decisions. And it’s just as critical, says Wharton finance professor Robert Holthausen, to consider two external forces at work in today’s M&A market: cross-border activity, and the role of private equity.…Read More
How Sovereign Wealth Funds Can Make the Most of Private Equity
Sovereign wealth fund managers must be increasingly adept when adjusting their investments.…Read More
Startup Challenge Semifinalist: RevoLOOtion
Nidhi Shah, WG' 17 Team Member: Swathi Sadagopan elevator pitch: RevoLOOtion provides rapid-drying, composting toilets to lower middle class urban families in high density informal settlements that currently rely on unhygienic and poorly lit shared latrines. Where did the idea for your venture come from? Both the founders have had bad…Read More Successful M&A Results Start with a Solid Process
For companies looking for growth through a merger or acquisition, Wharton finance professor Robert Holthausen says don’t pay too much attention to the headlines. That press includes the 13 deals over $25 billion that were closed in 2017. “Those deals make the front page of the Wall Street Journal,” he…Read More At the Whiteboard with Chris Geczy
Is diversification dead? Not entirely, but with the democratization of Modern Portfolio Theory it’s not your father’s 60/40 world anymore. The key insight of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT): Don’t weigh an asset’s risk independently, but by how it contributes to the portfolio’s overall risk. MPT, the brainchild of economists Harry Markowitz…Read More