NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL FIN 3102 – Investments and Portfolio Management Luis Goncalves-Pinto – Sem 1‚ AY 14/15 Guidelines for: “Dimensional Fund Advisors” (Case Study HBS 9-203-026) This case uses DFA as a setting to introduce you to the latest research in academic finance‚ as well as to show you how you can turn new findings into productive investment strategies. This case pays particular attention to the cornerstones of the DFA approach: the “size effect”
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INTRODUCTION TO INVESTMENT What is Investment? An investment is the choice by the individual‚ after thorough analysis‚ to place or lend money in a vehicle (e.g. property‚ stock securities‚ and bonds) that has sufficiently low risk and provides the possibility of generating returns over a period of time. Placing or lending money in a vehicle that risks the loss of the principal sum or that has not been thoroughly analyzed is‚ by definition speculation‚ not investment. In the case of investment‚ rather
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A STUDY ON INVESTMENTS IN FINANCIAL MARKETS AT IIFL LTD ABSTRACT A financial market is a market in which people and entities can trade financial securities‚ commodities‚ and other fungible items of value at low transaction costs and at prices that reflect supply and demand. Securities include stocks and bonds‚ and commodities include precious metals or agricultural goods. The project “Investment in Financial Markets” gives a brief idea regarding the
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Paaryveanthan Vellasamy (100227571) CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Employees are a valuable corporate asset that must be managed by the company in order to provide optimal contribution. One of the things that should be the primary concern of the company is the job satisfaction of their employees‚ because the employees in the work they do not feel comfortable‚ under-appreciated‚ can not develop all their potential‚ then automatically the employee unable to focus and concentrate
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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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satisfied with his current job‚ his goal is to become an investment banker. He feels that an MBA degree would allow him to achieve his goal. After examining schools‚ he has narrowed his choice to either Wilton University or Mount Perry College. Although internships are encouraged by both schools‚ to get class credit for the internship‚ no salary can be paid. Other than internships‚ neither school will allow its students to work while enrolled in its MBA program. Ben currently works at the money management
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A pension fund shall be a pool of assets‚ established under a contract and not having legal personality‚ owned jointly by several persons in a partial ownership and the ownership shares represented by units in the pension fund. Each unit shall represent the ownership of a proportional part of the assets held in the pension fund structure. The pension fund shall be managed by a management company according to a pension fund contract with the unit-holders‚ with the objective to increase the
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Accounting and Finance‚ Room 3.43‚ Building H‚ Caulfield Campus‚ Monash University‚ 23th May‚ 2011. Dear Board of Directors: A copy of the Growth Strategy Report for Qantas Airways is attached. The report has evaluated Qantas Airways’ performance in past five years with a view to recommended a financially justified strategy for a strategic planning horizon of three years. The proposed strategy is conducting a joint venture between Qantas Airways and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd‚ which will
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Q1. Why is it difficult to establish a new fund? Why is track record so important in fund raising? The main concern is to convince the investors to invest their money in Gobi. Therefore‚ it is necessary to raise a rational-sized fund. To raise a new fund is not an easy thing to do as everything including the fund structure‚ team‚ approach‚ LP base‚ and amount of capital have to be defined appropriately. The general partners also need to contribute their own money in order to convince the investors
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Q1‚ While pension funds hold bonds as their asset‚ they also have obligations as liability. Lower interest rate‚ namely a lower discount rate‚ on one hand‚ increases bonds’ return‚ on the other hand‚ it also increase pension funds’ liabilities‚ which is the discounted value of future obligations. Moreover‚ bonds in asset side are usually in shorter term than long-term liabilities‚ and therefore are less sensitive to interest rate change. As a result‚ the increase in liability exceeds the value increase
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