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The CEO alpha: The advantages of exceptional leadership

Mckinsey and Company

When private equity portfolio company CEOs perform well, the companies they lead do too, creating a “CEO alpha.” This episode of Deal Volume discusses how to cultivate great leaders for greater gains.

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Mutual Fund Performance at Long Horizons

Harvard Corporate Governance

Cooper is Huntsman Chair in Finance at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business; Hendrik Bessembinder is Labriola Chair in Finance at Arizona State University W.P. Carey School of Business; and Feng Zhang is Corrigan Research Professor in Finance at Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business.

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Decentralized Finance, Crypto Funds, and Value Creation in Tokenized Firms

Reynolds Holding

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) employs blockchain technology and smart contracts with the goal of enabling perfectly disintermediated financial markets. percent per month, as measured by the traditional CAPM-alpha. Cumming, DeSantis Distinguished Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at Florida Atlantic University.

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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Brian DeChesare

If you want to work in the most cyclical role in the finance industry, it’s hard to beat commodity hedge funds. But this specialized skill set is a double-edged sword because if you spend enough time in commodity trading, you won’t have a great shot at “generalist” trading, investing, or corporate finance roles.

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Alpha Modus and Insight Acquisition Corp Close Business Combination and Alpha Modus will Begin Trading Under "AMOD" Ticker

Benzinga

13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alpha Modus Holdings, Inc. ("Alpha Modus" or the "Company"), a technology company with a core focus on artificial intelligence in retail, is pleased to announce that the business combination between Insight Acquisition Corp. and Alpha Modus Corp. CORNELIUS, N.C. and NEW YORK, Dec.

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ESG Valuation Considerations – Top Down or Bottom Up?

Value Scope

This work can be used to reconcile and support an adjustment to the CAPM, then the WACC, via Alpha and Beta. The second inflection point was triggered by the “Fundamental Reshaping of Finance” open letter to CEOs on January 14, 2020, by Blackrock Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink. “In million to $271.5

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Kirkland, Weil-Guided Apax To Buy HR Payroll Co. For €36M

Law 360 M&A

Investment group Apax Global Alpha Ltd. million), financed via one of its funds. said Thursday that it has agreed to buy Zellis UK Ltd., a prominent provider of payroll and HR software in the U.K. for approximately €36 million ($38.4

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