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 to
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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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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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Introduction: The Reserve Bank of Australia is considering an increase in the target cash rate by 25 basis points in the near future. It is the intention of this report to analyse the positive and negative impacts of a rise in interest rates on the loanable fund market in Australia. In order to analyse the impacts of an increase in interest rates on the loanable fund market‚ the reasons behind the possible rate rise in the near future will be looked upon. Charts and diagrams have been used to
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Kenya’s Pension Fund Industry amounts to approximately KShs 200 billion reference‚ or the equivalent of 23% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). These funds are currently operated by statutory contributions under National Social Security Fund (“NSSF”)‚ sponsor-led schemes and individual Retirement Benefit Schemes reference. | These pension funds are established by employers to facilitate and organize the investment of employees’ retirement funds contributed by both the employers and the employees
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DRAFT 2 [pp. 3-4 are new] NB MIDTERM EXAM SUNDAY‚ OCTOBER 20‚ 2013 CONCLUDE LECTURE 4 THE SHARPE SINGLE INDEX MODEL SHARPE MODEL’S APPLICATION TO PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT THE MODEL’S ASSUMPTIONS [ARE THEY REALISTIC?] ESTIMATING THE MODEL PARAMETERS RELIABILITY OF THE ESTIMATES IMPROVING THE MODEL SHARPE VERSUS NAÏVE DIVERSIFICATION [BODIE Appendix 6A +] REFERENCE: BODIE 6th ed.‚ CHAPTER 9‚ SECTIONS 9.1-9.5 AN APPLICATION OF THE SHARPE SINGLE INDEX MODEL A Disciplined Stock Selection
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Hedge Funds Class London February 2007 February 9‚ 2007 SECTION 1 Class Agenda Agenda ♦ 9:00 - 10:30 ♦ 10:30 - 10:45 ♦ 10:45 - 12:15 ♦ 12:15 - 1:30 ♦ 1:30 - 2:15 ♦ 2:15 – 3:00 ♦ 3:00 - 3:15 ♦ 3:15 - 4:00 ♦ 4:00 - 4:45 ♦ 4:45 - 5:00 Hedge Fund Basics Coffee Break Basics Continued Lunch Continued Hedge Fund Services Coffee Break Fund of Funds Stuart Trueman Joe Troccolo Tamera Hodges Joe Troccolo Joe Troccolo Hedge Funds & Corp Finance Laurent Charbonnier Wrap-up / Optional Exam
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LTA 1/04 • P. 9– 2 4 EVA LILJEBLOM AND MIKA VAIHEKOSKI* Investment Evaluation Methods and Required Rate of Return in Finnish Publicly Listed Companies ABSTRACT Financial literature advocates the use of the Net Present Value method for the evaluation of investments. Its key parameter is the required rate of return on equity‚ which is to be calculated using the Capital Asset Pricing Model or a similar model especially if the company is publicly listed. However‚ there is ample evidence
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During the past five years‚ you owned two stocks that had the following annual rates of return. Year Stock T Stock B 1 0.19 0.08 2 0.08 0.03 3 -0.12 -0.09 4 -0.03 0.02 5 0.15 0.04 a) Compute the arithmetic mean annual rate of return for each stock. Which stock is most desirable by this measure? (5 marks) b) Compute the standard deviation of the annual rate of return for each stock. By this measure‚ which is the preferable stock? (7 marks) c) Compute
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In 1980‚ the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) became the pioneer in launching mutual funds in the capital market in the country. It was a milestone step for investors in our capital market. The then first private organisation‚ AIMS‚ evolved its professional mechanism in 1999 for organising mutual funds in Bangladesh. Mutual funds grew slowly over the period of time and had only been close-ended since beginning of its operation in the capital market. In 2010‚ also the first-ever open-end
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