industry is made up of the companies that are primarily engaged in providing brokerage services for a commission or a fee. These firms act as an agent for matching buyers and sellers of various investment instruments including stocks‚ bonds‚ mutual funds‚ ETFs and equity or index options. Some of these firms also provide additional services such as investment banking‚ investment consultation etc. Why we chose this Industry?: The securities brokerage industry is growing at rapid pace both domestically
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go back to the investors. Need Anonymity: Any entity investing in participatory notes is not required to register with SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)‚ whereas all FIIs have to compulsorily get registered. It enables large hedge funds to carry out their operations without disclosing their identity. Ease of Trading: Trading through participatory notes is easy because participatory notes are like contract notes transferable by endorsement and delivery. Tax Saving: Some
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Lessons Learned From Long Term Capital Management LTCM was selling liquidity as their fund structure was more similar to an investment bank than a typical hedge fund. When investors or issuers need to change their positions or risk exposure‚ they would go to an investment bank or dealer to buy or sell securities. In turn‚ the dealer would utilize the capital markets to offload the exposure. LTCM was often on the other side of these transactions‚ in some sense‚ wholesaling risk to the investment
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In 1994‚ John Meriwether founded a hedge fund called Long-Term Capital Management. He was a successful bond trader and then senior manager at Salomon Brothers. After that‚ Meriwether assembled impressive team of experienced traders and specialists in mathematical finance. The core strategy they applied to make high profit was to make convergence trades. Since a large amount of investors were attracted by and confident in this strategy‚ it raised $1.3 billion totally. From 1994 to 1996‚ LTCM were
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ADMAP REVIEW OF THE MOVIE – INSIDE JOB Rohan Rambhia | PGP-10-155 Inside Job is an exemplary recount of how administrator’s role when exploited to form risky administrative strategies by means of faulty processes lead to a crisis of the stature of the recession of 2008. It is a comprehensive documentary which narrates the history of the collapse‚ not only going into great‚ informative depth about the risk-based strategies that put the global economy on the line‚ but looks back to the rise
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price dropped. It results Porsche earned a large amount of profit by short selling the shares. As Porsche acquired a large amount of Volkswagen shares‚ Porsche became the Volkswagen’s largest shareholder. The Economist. (2008).How Porsche fleeced hedge funds and roiled the world’s financial markets. Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/node/12523898. Bloomberg.
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Cover Story THE MAN WHO MOVES MARKETS --- SUPER-INVESTOR AND BENEFACTOR GEORGE SOROS IS THE SCOURGE OF EUROPE’S CENTRAL BANKS Gary Weiss in New York and Gail E. Schares in Budapest‚ with Geri Smith in Mexico City‚ Paula Dwyer in London‚ Neal Sandler in Jerusalem‚ Karen Pennar in New York‚ and bureau reports 08/23/1993 Business Week Pg. 50 Copyright 1993 McGraw-Hill‚ Inc. There is a point beyond which self-revelation can be damaging‚ and one of the flaws in my character‚ which I have not fully fathomed
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case study‚ “How to Change World”‚ Alan Wilson is stressed and confused by the tempting offers from different persons. First‚ his best friend‚ Karl‚ is trying to persuade him to join the LSM Investments‚ which at there he will be working for a hedge fund and is able to make a great sum of money out of it within a short period. Second‚ Shiori Masaki has offered him a job that is both challenging and meaningful by providing cheaper medical access for the people in Third World countries. Third‚ the
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Francisco with 300 clients. Kent uses open-ended mutual funds to implement his investment policy. For most of his clients‚ Kent has used the Baker fund‚ a small company growth fund based in Boston‚ for a portion of their portfolio. As a result he has become very friendly with Keith Dunston‚ the manager of the fund‚ whom Kent feels is mainly responsible for Baker’s performance. One day Dunston calls Kent and tells him that he will be leaving the fund in four weeks and moving to San Francisco to work for
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securities for cash or for other securities (i.e. facilitating transactions‚ market-making)‚ or the promotion of securities (i.e. underwriting‚ research‚ etc.) is the "sell side"‚ while advising or managing assets (through mutual funds or hedge funds) on behalf of pension funds or the investing public (who consume the products and services of the sell-side in order to maximize their return on investment) constitutes the "buy side". Many firms have buy and sell side components. An investment bank can
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