Q&A with Jane Mendillo

Friday, May 18, 2012 - 13:20 in Mathematics & Economics

The Harvard Gazette sat down with Jane Mendillo, the president and CEO of the Harvard Management Company (HMC), to discuss the opportunities and importance of being a global investor. GAZETTE:  What’s new at HMC [Harvard Management Company]? MENDILLO:  It’s been an active year in the markets and for HMC.  We are seeing a lot of opportunity around the globe.  As one example, our natural resources team has been busy in South America, Southeast Asia, the United States and Europe, where we are looking at specific assets in individual markets as well as logistics and commodity flows between continents. We’re also currently working on new real estate investments, which are more often structured these days through direct deals and joint ventures rather than more traditional limited partnerships. Parts of the U.S. real estate market appear to have hit bottom, and as a result there are some really interesting opportunities and good situations for long-term...

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