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Green, Rick
The Chubb Corporation: An Analysis of 2004-2012 Return on Equity
C-2356 | Published February 04, 2015 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 2012, a buy-side analyst with a midsize (more than $5 billion in managed assets) investment management firm was asked by one of its portfolio managers to help him evaluate the Chubb Corporati... Read More
The AES Corporation
C-2347 | Published November 06, 2013 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The power generation and distribution company AES operated throughout the world. Its business was capital intensive and required a commitment to long-term investments under difficult-to-navigate regul... Read More
Embraer S.A.
C-2345 | Published October 02, 2013 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Maria Rodriguez has secured an interview for a senior-management position with Embraer S.A. (Embraer), based in S?o Paulo. In preparation, she investigates Embraer's business model and reviews the com... Read More
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Sihler, William W. Green, Rick
F-1678 | Published August 24, 2012 | 51 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The senior managers of the Hartford have been challenged by an activist investor (John Paulson) to alter the company's strategy as a way to enhance shareholder value - the company's market price not b... Read More
Catalyst Health Solutions: A Script for Success?
F-1666 | Published April 20, 2012 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In February 2011, David Blair, CEO of Catalyst Health Solutions, was considering another acquisition. Catalyst was already the fastest-growing pharmacy benefit management company in the United States,... Read More
Research Affiliates
F-1662 | Published January 20, 2012 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Towers Watson (TW) has always conducted its own research into alternative approaches to market cap investing. A senior investment consultant with TW, impressed by a recent presentation by the CIO of R... Read More
Genzyme and Relational Investors: Science and Business Collide?
Eades, Kenneth M. Matos, Pedro Green, Rick
F-1660 | Published February 12, 2011 | 25 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The chairman and CEO of the Genzyme Corporation, one of the country's top five biotechnology firms, has received a phone call requesting a meeting with the cofounder and principal of a large activist ... Read More
The Financial Regulatory Environment
GEM-0103 | Published October 27, 2010 | 9 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The financial regulatory environment in the United States covers the insurance, banking, and securities industries. This note summarizes the regulation of all three as of July 31, 2010. This compact ... Read More
SEC versus Goldman Sachs (A)
GEM-0101 | Published October 27, 2010 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In April 2010, the SEC brought fraud charges against Goldman Sachs for its structuring and marketing of Abacus 2007-AC1, a complex mortgage-related security. Less than two years after the onset of the... Read More
SEC versus Goldman Sachs (B): The Settlement—Everybody Wins, Except Fabrice Tourre
GEM-0102 | Published October 27, 2010 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
On July 15, 2010, the U.S. Senate obtained the 60 votes needed to pass the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. On the same day, the SEC reached a $550 million settlement with Go... Read More
J&L Railroad: The Board Meeting
Eades, Kenneth M. Lehman, Jeannine Green, Rick
F-1605 | Published October 09, 2009 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This short case could be handed out at the end of class discussion on “J&L Railroad” [UVA-F-1053] in preparation for the following class, or if students are more experienced with hedging and option pr... Read More
Monsanto Company
F-1597 | Published August 20, 2009 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Monsanto is facing an uncertain near-term financial outlook, and this case challenges students to generate an operating forecast (income statement and balance sheet operating accounts). The case natur... Read More
J&L Railroad
Eades, Kenneth M. Lehman, Jeannine Green, Rick
F-1053 | Published June 23, 1994 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Because of the regulatory environment in the railroad industry, J&L Railroad's profitability is dependent upon the price of diesel fuel. In this case, the student must decide how much of next year's e... Read More