http://meic.cfainstitute.org Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:30:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://meic.cfainstitute.org/2013/04/02/theo-vermaelen-beating-the-market-through-share-buybacks/ http://meic.cfainstitute.org/2013/04/02/theo-vermaelen-beating-the-market-through-share-buybacks/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:40:41 +0000 Raghu Mandagolathur, CFA http://blogs.cfainstitute.org/meic/?p=1861 Theo Vermaelen, professor of finance at INSEAD, provided his analysis and insight on how, when and which companies can maximize their returns using buybacks. 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