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Carlyle’s big returns for investment funds elude regular shareholders so far

“It’s not just Carlyle’s problem,” finance professor Timothy Loughran tells the Washington Post. “A number of private-equity firms are having difficulties." 

Thomas Heath, Washington Post

Hedge fund executive named as director of ND Institute for Global Investing

Kevin W. Burke, a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and member of Notre Dame’s Wall Street Leadership Committee, has been named the first managing director of the Notre Dame Institute of Global Investing at the University’s Mendoza College of Business.  Burke retired as President of Conatus Capital in December 2015.…

Carol Elliott

How to Cultivate Ethical Courage

According to Ann Tenbrunsel, professor of business administration at Notre Dame and research director of the Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide, “Our research shows that if you frame your decision to include values, you’re much more likely to act in accordance with them.”

Brooke Deterline, Huffington Post

The weird thing that happens when you put more women in the boardroom

Management professor Craig Crossland's research about women on corporate boards may mean they are "knocking some business sense into male colleagues," says WaPo's Wonkblog.    

Danielle Paquette, Washington Post Wonkblog

Female members on corporate boards can lower number of mergers and acquisitions, study suggests

Boards with higher female representation are more likely to identify challenges related to a merger or acquisition, according to research by management assistant professor Craig Crossland.    

William G. Gilroy

Active share ‘must be combined with turnover’

Finance Prof. Martijn Cremers studies the performance of fund managers and their ability to "beat" the index over time. In this Financial Times article, he explains the findings of his recent research.

Taha Lokhandwala, FT Adviser

2016 Best MBAs: Molly Burd, Notre Dame

Poets & Quants recognizes Molly Burd, a Navy veteran. 

Jeff Schmitt

New academic departments to be added to Notre Dame’s business school

For the first time in more than 60 years, the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame is adding a new academic department to its organization. In fact, the College functionally is adding two new departments as a result of restructuring its current management department, announced Roger Huang…

Carol Elliott

Does The Placebo Effect Influence Consumer Product Purchases?

Novices play better golf when they have expensive brand name equipment, according to research by marketing professor Frank Germann.

Shankar Vedantam, NPR

What’s driving the decade of outflows from actively managed mutual funds

Finance professor Martijn Cremers defines funds with at least 40% of the portfolio overlapping the benchmark as low on the active-management side.    

Jeff Benjamin, Investment News