Read the case "Tactus Tackles Fund-Raising" at the end of Chapter 8 and answer the questions that follow: 1. Craig Ciesla and Micah Yairi eventually turned to friends and family for funding. Should they have done that first? What are the risks with raising money from such individuals? Many us have heard don’t borrow money from family or go into business with friends. In the case of Tactus fund-raising‚ they faced many financial obstacles in raising their capital. Craig and Micah did the right
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Issuing Debt and Bond Valuation 1. Internally generated funds and stock issuances are available for for-profit and internally generated funds‚ philanthropy‚ government grants‚ and sale of real estate are available to not-for-profit health care providers to increase their equity position. 2. The advantages of a taxpaying entity in issuing debt are fixed debt service payments‚ fixed interest rate‚ no risk ha investor sells bond back‚ and no leer of credit needed‚ while disadvantages are higher
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CHAPTER IV INVESTMENT PATTERN OF INDIAN MUTUAL FUNDS This chapter analyses the investment patterns of the Ind~anmutual fund industry as a whole in general‚ the pnvate mutual funds and UTI in particular An attempt is also made in this chapter to compare across the d~fferent mutual funds on the pattern of their deployment of funds. The most Important activity In a mutual fund and operation is management of funds Fund managers acquire sk~lls expertise over a period of time. They need to have knowledge
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Islamic Equity Mutual Fund Performance in Malaysia: Risk and Return Analysis Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad Universiti Teknologi MARA‚ Kelantan nmaheran@kltn.uitm.edu.my Masliza Mokhtar Universiti Teknologi MARA‚ Kelantan masliza@yahoo.com Abstract Mutual funds in Malaysia have experienced a considerable growth over the last decade in terms of the number of funds offered and the volume of capital managed by unit trust management companies. A higher growth can be expected due to a strong participation
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Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics International Economics DERIVATIVE MARKETS FUTURES‚ FORWARDS‚ OPTIONS‚ SWAPS‚ CAPS AND FLOOR MARKETS Prepared by: Zagorskaya Ksenia 1. OVERVIEW OF DERIVATIVE MARKET Derivatives are financial instruments whose value is derived from the value of something else. They generally take the form of contracts under which the parties agree to payments between them based upon the value of an underlying asset or other data at a particular point in time.
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Chapter 2: The Use of Funds in Governmental Accounting Multiple Choice 1. To what does basis of accounting refer? a. whether an entity is trying to measure the excess of inflows over outflows b. how much cash an entity received in a particular reporting period c. the timing of recognition of assets‚ liabilities‚ revenues‚ and expenditures/expenses in financial statements d. the ownership of the assets‚ liabilities‚ and equities reported in a balance sheet Answer: c
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Which leads me to the profession of personal financial advisor (or financial planner)‚ preferably advising professional athletes in order to keep sports involved. As a financial advisor‚ I would get to work with people‚ develop my communication skills further‚ build personal relationships with my clients‚ as well as utilize my economics background and possibly my understanding for sports management. To be successful as a financial advisor‚ experience is key‚ and therefore my first move once I get
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The Synergies of Hedge Funds and Reinsurance May 13th‚ 2013 Department of Economics University of California‚ Berkeley i Abstract Bermuda-based alternative asset focused reinsurance has grown in popularity over the last decade as a joint venture for hedge funds and insurers to pursue superior returns coupled with insignificant increases in systematic risk. Seeking to provide permanent capital to hedge funds and superlative investment returns to insurers‚ alternative asset
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this paper is to analyze the performance of a mutual fund by applying statistical tools and secondary research on the previous ten years’ annual returns of the fund and coming up with a conclusion based on the results of the findings. Analysis of the previous ten years’ annual returns will be used to analyze the risk and return of the mutual fund and propose suitable conclusions pertaining to future investments in the mutual funds. The mutual fund under consideration has not displayed a consistent
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Pau Search Fund Manifesto Overview I raised a search fund‚ drawing down the initial capital in September 2009 after originally writing my PPM in April and May 2009‚ (the months before I graduated HBS). I had been seriously considering raising a fund since September 2008 and in fall 2008 did a field study with a former unsuccessful searcher. The intention of this document is not to replicate anything that is in the excellent Stanford GSB reports but rather to give a personal perspective on the process
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