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Minority-Owned Private-Equity Firms Drive Higher Rates of Return

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: A study by the National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) found that the funds managed by its member firms (79% of which are owned by minorities and 69% of which have women or minorities in at least half of the investment roles) had a median net internal rate of return of 15% from 1998-2011.

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Most Industries Are Nowhere Close to Realizing the Potential of Analytics

Harvard Business Review

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete. Insight Center.

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Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?

Frank Sonnenberg Online

In 2011, Congressman Connie Mack IV and Senator Mike Enzi introduced the Penny Plan. This assumes an 8% rate of return.) Therefore, rather than going for “all or nothing,” your key to success is striving for continuous improvement. Before you know it, little victories produce big wins. Financial freedom. Healthy lifestyle.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

In 2011 it was $2 billion , good for third place. r>g: Economist Thomas Piketty’s formula for spiraling wealth inequality, in which the rate of return on capital is higher than economic growth, has its critics. He reportedly took home compensation of $1.7 In 2012 it was $1.9 billion , putting him in second place.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Flooding in 2011 in Thailand, harmed 160 companies in the textile industry and halted nearly a quarter of the country’s garment production, increasing global prices by 28%. One study estimated that companies experience an average internal rate of return of 27% to 80% on their low carbon investments.

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Will Wall Street Be Able to Earn the Trust of Younger Investors?

Harvard Business Review

One next-generation example already available today is YieldStreet, which offers a wide variety of debt investments—including real estate, marine finance, and litigation finance–that have generated an internal rate of return in excess of 12.5% on half a billion dollars invested on the platform to date.