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Harvard Management Company and Inflation-Protected Bonds, The

By: Luis M. Viceira
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Abstract

In March 2000, the board of The Harvard Management Co. (HMC) approved significant changes in the policy portfolio determining the long-run allocation policy of the Harvard University endowment. These changes included a sharp reduction of the allocation to U.S. equities and U.S. nominal bonds and a significant investment in the new U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). This case focuses on the analysis that led HMC management to recommend such changes to the board.

Keywords

Bonds; Investment Portfolio; Investment Funds; Asset Management; Corporate Governance; Capital Markets; Financial Services Industry; United States

Citation

Viceira, Luis M. "Harvard Management Company and Inflation-Protected Bonds, The." Harvard Business School Case 201-053, October 2000. (Revised February 2007.)

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Luis M. Viceira

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