The compromise between capital preservation and growth has ever been central to the Harvard endowment's functionality. For efficiently regulating this compromise establishing an institutional structure became especially important when the Harvard Management Company began operating in July of 1974. HMCs investments which started within a decade, created tensions around risk -return tradeoffs.
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HMC grappled with problems encompassing short term versus long term investment payoffs, the proportion of the portfolio that must be allocated to venture capital and also the most suitable investment form - direct investing in entrepreneurial startups, later stage businesses, or outsourcing this function and purchasing funds. Such conclusions would matter from the view of generations of students and faculty who depended on HMC obtaining the Harvard portfolio's balance right and maximizing returns.
Venture Capital at the Harvard Management Company in Historical Perspective
PUBLICATION DATE: July 28, 2014 PRODUCT #: 815047-PDF-ENG
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