Chapter - 1 INSURANCE INDUSTRY AN OVERVIEW 1.1. BACKGROUND OF INSURANCE INDUSTRY It has been established that village co-operatives insured against loss of profit in an industry in the early days of the Aryan Civilization. There were contacts safeguarding risks of transport by sea or land. Further these well renowned joint-family system rendered services similar to those of present life assurances. However expecting the system of joint family all other gradually waned and insurance in the
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Russel 2000 Index or the S&P 500 Composite Index. 2. What might explain the fund’s performance? To what extent do you believe an investment strategy‚ such as Mill’s explains performance? Some observers attributed this success to the fund manager’s conscious strategy of staying fully invested at all times rather than attempting to time the extent of market investments. Another popular explanation for the fund’s performance was the unusual skill of Bill Miller‚ the fund’s portfolio manager
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*MGSC 1205* MIDTERM EXAM Winter 2013 Wednesday Feb. 27‚ 2013 TIME ALLOWED 75 min. Please read the questions carefully! Show your methodology‚ final answers carry near zero points. There are 6 pages including the cover page in this exam. Please make sure all pages are attached. TURN YOUR CELL PHONE OFF!! Student Name: ___________________________________________ Student number: ____________________________ Section: _____ Question | Maximum mark |
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deposit in an account to fund your children’s education? 2) My spouse and I are each 62 and hope to retire in three years. After retirement we will collectively receive $7‚500 per month after taxes from pension plans and $1500 after taxes from Social Security. Unfortunately our monthly living expenses are $15‚000. Our social obligations preclude further economics. We have $1‚000‚000 invested in high grade‚ tax free municipal bond mutual fund. The return of the fund is 3.5% per year. We
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The two should be considered before determining which one to use. It is possible to contribute to both plans‚ but not with the same dollars. How would you explain the difference between a stock‚ a bond‚ and a mutual fund? The difference between a stock‚ bond‚ and mutual fund is that a stock is ownership in a company. When you buy a stock‚ you buy a piece of the company. So if the company does well‚ you do well. Congruently‚ if the company tanks‚ your stock tanks. Just like bonds‚ there are
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TERM PAPER ON GUJARAT GAS COMPANY LTD HISTORY: GUJRAT GAS COMPANY IS ONE OF INDIA’S LEADING NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES. IT ESTABLISHED IN 1980 AND HEADQUARTERD IN AHMEDABAD.THE COMPANY OPERATES PRIMARILY IN GUJRAT.THE COMPANY WENT PUBLIC IN 1991. THE BG ACUIRED A MAJORITY STAKE IN THE COMPANY IN 1997. OPERATIONS: AS OF 2010 GUJARAT GAS LTD SUPPLIED PIPED GAS TO OVER 3‚00‚000 HOMES‚ COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS ACROSS GUJARAT
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Fundamental Economic Concepts: Introduction CHAPTER 1: 1. Risk is best thought of as a. the chance that the actual return will be zero or negative b. the chance that the actual return will differ from the expected return c. the chance that the expected return will be lower than what investors demand d. the chance that the expected return will be incorrectly estimated 2. Which of the following is INCORRECT about risk-averse investors? a. They always try to minimize their risk regardless
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world and employs nearly 283‚000 people. Nestlé S.A. has set up a new‚ wholly-owned subsidiary to manage the Group’s pension fund assets‚ which amounted to some CHF 25 billion at the end of 2005. From 1 January 2007‚ Nestlé Capital Advisers‚ the new Swiss-based company‚ will have a strategic advisory role and be a one-stop-shop for any services required by Nestlé pension funds around the world. Nestlé Capital Advisers’ CEO will be Jean-Pierre Steiner‚ who will also continue as Nestlé’s corporate pension
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ENVIRONMENT OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS Securities Exchange Board of India 1. History In 1988 the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was established by the Government of India through an executive resolution‚ and was subsequently upgraded as a fully autonomous body (a statutory Board) in the year 1992 with the passing of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act (SEBI Act) on 30th January 1992. In place of Government Control‚ a statutory and autonomous regulatory board with
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ECONOMETRICS 1 SUMMATIVE PROJECT Introduction. “There ’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.” Sophocles‚ Antigone Nowadays‚ a lot of people have invested in a mutual fund. Because it became more popular. They think that there are low risks and also it is sample type of investment. But probably‚ mutual funds are not so in a real. In a recent study‚ Craig MacKinley (1993: p4) argued that One of the important problems of modern financial economics is the quantification of the trade-off
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