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Public Fund Strategic Asset Allocation To Hedge Funds: A Time Series Analysis, Morgan Steadwell
Public Fund Strategic Asset Allocation To Hedge Funds: A Time Series Analysis, Morgan Steadwell
Honors College Theses
Public funds represent some of the U.S.’ largest institutional investors. These funds are a pool of money saved for retirement by those who are still working. Boards of Directors of these funds have strict standards for their investments, as the money they are investing is not their own; rather, it comes from the thousands of workers that pay into the funds. Alternative investments such as private equity, private debt, real assets, real estate, and hedge funds are historically more risky than traditional public equities or fixed income investments. Recently, public funds’ investments in hedge funds have been called into question …
Pension Plan Funding Effect On Shareholder Equity, Larisa Parchomovsky
Pension Plan Funding Effect On Shareholder Equity, Larisa Parchomovsky
Honors College Theses
A pension plan often tends to be one of the company’s biggest liabilities. Before 2008, pension plans were not directly included in the financial statements, but could only be found in the footnote disclosures. Such accounting convention essentially made pensions a type of off-balance sheet financing resulting in a misrepresentation of valuation ratios and earnings due to the exclusion of such a significant liability. The objective of this research is to determine whether the funded status of a pension plan will significantly affect a company’s shareholder equity. As part of this research, I analyzed 4 years (2001-2004) of financial statements …
The Rationale For Mergers & Acquisitions In The U.S. Wireless Industry, Eric Pereira
The Rationale For Mergers & Acquisitions In The U.S. Wireless Industry, Eric Pereira
Honors College Theses
The mergers between AT&T and Cingular, Sprint and Nextel, and Verizon and Alltel telecommunication companies have become the most fascinating transactions in the wireless industry. This paper provides a detailed summary of the two companies in each merger as separate entities before the merger, the actions they took while completing the merger, and the new look and strategies they put into place after the merger. The thesis provides a thorough view of how AT&T, Sprint Nextel, and Verizon successfully completed their merger plans and how they gained nationwide consumer satisfaction. The reader will examine the problems within the companies such …