Article: Harvard Management pay tripled in '96 Compensation to 160 employees reported at $57m, up from $16m in 1995

The worst day of the year at Harvard Management Co. isn't the day that the market goes in the tank; it's the day it has to report what it pays its money managers.

In a federal tax filing yesterday, Harvard University's money management unit reported that total compensation to its 160 employees more than tripled in fiscal year 1996 to $57 million, from $16 million a year earlier.

Jack Meyer, president of Harvard Management, said the boost reflected the strong investment performance in 1996. "In fiscal year '95 we underperformed by 40 basis points; in fiscal year '96 we outperformed by 370 basis points," he said. (A basis point equals one-hundredth of a percentage point.) Even so, the ...

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