PENSION FUNDS A pension plan fund is established for the eventual payment of retirement benefits. A plan sponsor is the entity that establishes the pension plan. A plan sponsor can be: • A private business entity on behalf of its employees‚ called a corporate plan or private plan. • A federal‚ state‚ and local government on behalf of its employees‚ called a public plan. • A union on behalf of its called a Taft-Hartley plan. • An individual‚ called an individually sponsored plan. Two
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Chapter 17 1. Why are mutual funds popular with individual investors? Able to enjoy economies of scale by incurring lower transaction costs and commissions. Provide opportunities for small investors to invest in a liquid and diversified portfolio of financial securities. 2. What is the purpose of index funds? How does this differ from other equity mutual funds? Why are index funds growing in popularity? Index funds are funds in which managers buy securities in proportions similar to those
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2013 Hong Kong Financial and Banking system Table of content p. Hong Kong Bank System History of Bank in Hong Kong 1 Bank activities 2 Concentration of bank system 2 Bank main activities 2 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) 3 Crisis facing 3 Risk measurement 4 Influence from global financial crisis 4 Hong Kong Financial Markets Stock market 5 Trade organization 6 Blue Chip 7 Shares Percentages 7 The influence of global financial crisis 7 Reference
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TERNARY PHASE DIAGRAMS An Introduction Guna Selvaduray San Jose State University Credit for Phase Diagram Drawings: Richard Brindos Credit for scanning the phase diagrams: Brenden Croom G. Selvaduray - SJSU - Oct 2004 Utility of Ternary Phase Diagrams Glass compositions Refractories Aluminum alloys Stainless steels Solder metallurgy Several other applications G. Selvaduray - SJSU - Oct 2004 References on Ternary Phase Diagrams A. Prince‚ Alloy Phase Equilibria‚ Elsevier Publishing
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Chapter 5: Flow Rate and Capacity Analysis 5.1 Objective Chapter 3 introduced the three basic building blocks of process flow namely the (average) flow time‚ (average) flow rate and (average) inventory. It is followed by a sequence of three chapters‚ 4‚ 5 and 6‚ which examine each one of these measures individually. Chapter 5 is concerned with flow rate analysis and issues of capacity. The major managerial concept discussed in the in the chapter is that of the bottleneck. We use the notion
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7.7.4 Activity Diagram The progressions of an action chart are operations‚ particularly exercises from the state model. The motivation behind an action chart is to demonstrate the progressions inside an intricate procedure and the sequencing requirements among them. A few exercises run perpetually until an outside occasion interferes with them‚ yet most exercises inevitably finish their work and end themselves [7]. The finishing of a movement is a fruition occasion and normally demonstrates that
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experimental rig of AGMD system is shown in Figure (3-1) and the general layout of the system is shown schematically in Figure (3-2). The details of the AGMD system‚ equipment‚ measuring instruments are given in the following sections. Figure 3-1: Photograph of AGMD system. 1. Water Bath 6. Temperature sensor 2. Peristaltic pump 7. Glass Trap 3‚9. Valve 10. Chiller 4‚8. Pressure gauge 11. Data Acquiesce 5. Membrane module 12. Computer Figure 3-2: Schematic diagram of the experimental rig of
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Hedge Fund A Hedge Fund is a portfolio of investments hoping to reduce the risk of investment and expanding the maximum return an investment could bring. A firm instead of individuals usually manages it. Usually‚ hedge funds are only offered to a number of investors and requires a large amount of initial minimum investment‚ it’s usually 1 million dollars in the USA. Adding on‚ investors are usually required to keep their initial investment in the fund for at least a year. Hedging is usually
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Question 1 Given the following business rules‚ create the appropriate Crow’s Foot ERD. a. A company operates many departments. b. Each department employs one or more employees. c. Each of the employees may or may not have one or more dependents. d. Each employee may or may not have an employment history. Question 2 The Hudson Engineering Group (HEG) has contacted you to create a conceptual model whose application will meet the expected database requirements for the company’s
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role of financial system in supporting the growth of its economy and explore the directions of its future development. Almost every functioning financial system includes financial markets and intermediaries (e.g.‚ a banking sector)‚ but how these two sectors contribute to the entire financial system and economy differs significantly across different countries. Although there is no consensus regarding the prospects of China’s future economic growth‚ a prevailing view on China’s financial system speculates
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