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Final
Group III
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2 Test Papers — Final Group III
PAPER 11
CAPITAL MARKET ANALYSIS & CORPORATE LAWS
TEST PAPER — III/11/CMC/2008/T-1
GROUP – A
Time Allowed : 3 hours Full Marks : 100
(Answer Question No. 1 and any two Questions from the rest)
1. (a) What are the needs for a stock market in the country like India?
(b) Mr. Saxena has invested ` 50,000, 30% of which is invested in Company X, which has an expected return of 15%, and 70% of which is invested in Company
Y, with an expected return of 12%. What is the return Mr. Saxena will get on his portfolio? What is the expected percentage rate of return? (10+10)
2. (a) RIL Ltd. has an excess cash of ` 16,00,000 which it wants to invest in short-term marketable securities. Expenses relating to investment will be ` 40,000. The securities invested will have an annual yield of 8%. The co. seeks your advice as to the period of investment so as to earn a pre-tax income of 4%. Also find the minimum period for the company to break-even its investment expenditure.
Ignore time value of money.
(b) What do you mean by Listing of securities. Explain! (8+7)
3. Write short note on :
(a) Demutualization of stock exchanges
(b) Inter-bank participation certificate
(c) Money laundering
(d) Hedging
(e) Qualified Institutional Buyer (3×5)
4. (a) Derivatives are complex and exotic instruments that Indian investors will have difficulty in understanding, Explain.
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(b) Mr. Raman can earn a return of 16% per cent by investing in equity shares on his own. Now he is considering a recently announced equity based mutual fund scheme in which initial expenses are 5.5 per cent and annual recurring expenses are 1.5 per cent. How