The role of a fund manager is to stick to a clear mandate and the role of an advisor is to advice clients on suitability of various products‚ at different times‚ for different circumstances‚ for different investors. In this scenario‚ can a mutual fund product also offer an element of advice within the product itself? How can you embed advice into a mutual fund? What are embedded advice products? How do they work and how do they benefit investors? The traditional view in the MF industry - in India
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Mary Political Economy January 10‚ 2010 Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Pose a Security Threat to Western States? Sovereign wealth funds have been on the international economic scene since the middle of the 20th century. The Kuwait Investment Authority‚ for example‚ was created in 1953. (Lyons‚ p.25) However‚ until lately they had gone either unnoticed or ignored by the majority of political commentators. Several factors have brought them to the center of attention in economic and political
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Definition of Target Costing 1 1.2 Historical Background 2 1.3 Objectives of Target Costing 3 2 Target Costing Principles 4 2.1 Price Led Costing 4 2.2 Customer Focus 4 2.3 Design Focus 5 2.4 Cross-Functional Involvement 5 2.5 Life Cycle Cost 5 3 Distinguishing Target Costing from Traditional Cost Management 6 4 Setting up a Target Costing Management 8 4.1 Fundamental Work 8 4.2 Systems of Managing Target Costing 8 4.3 Principles of Target Costing 9 4.4 Procedures of Target Costing 9
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Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun was groundbreaking as it was the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway‚ as well as one of the first to depict the everyday struggles faced by a black American family (Nemiroff 6). The play has been adapted to the screen on three occasions. In 1961‚ a film version of the play was released featuring the original Broadway cast and a screenplay written by Hansberry herself (A Raisin in the Sun 1961). A second adaptation was made
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Target Corporation American Business History SS 304-03 Target Corporation is a growth company focused exclusively on general merchandise retailing. Their principal operating strategy is to provide exceptional value to American consumers through multiple retail formats ranging from upscale discount and moderate-priced to full-service department stores. (Target Corporation Company‚ n.d.). Its founder George D Dayton‚ a banker and real estate investor became a partner in Goodfellows Dry Goods
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Activity: M3a: Target audience • At what stage of course development should you analyse the profile and needs of the target audience? In order to begin the development of any course (on-line‚ face-to-face or blended) you need to have in mind a target audience and a profile of who it is you are working with. However‚ it is not sufficient to do this the once and not revisit this at any later stage: you will need to analyse the profile of the audience once they have registered on the course (Are
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Target Marketing Target marketing is one of the best ways to appeal to the wants and needs of a certain group of people. Most marketers know the popular principle “20 percent of buyers consume 80 percent of product volume." However‚ the really hard part is to find that 20 percent of buyers that are willing to buy our products and market to them specifically. What makes it hard to find the right target market is the fact that there are many market segments out there. There are demographic segments
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areas of Kenya. Acumen’s core goal is to invest in ventures that make an impact in the Base of Pyramid sector and that show potential to scale while bringing in a return on investment for Acumen. Ecotact ranks high in its commitment to the Acumen Fund mission because it focuses on providing a solution for the sanitary need in the Base of Pyramid space within Kenya. Furthermore‚ Ecotact shows significant potential to scale by adopting the franchise model. According to the assumptions given in the
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Petty cash fund is a relatively small amount of cash that businesses keep on hand for the purpose of small transactions such as providing change to customers‚ postage expenses‚ highway tolls etc. In such transactions‚ the use of checks is time consuming‚ costly or illogical. Usually a custodian is appointed to administer the petty cash and it is his/her duty to account for the expenses incurred out of petty cash fund. Whenever the custodian makes any payment from the fund to an employee or a customer
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Strengths 1. Long Standing Target is by no measure is a novice in its field. It has a long standing with the first Target Discount store opened in year 1962. The company has long standing reputation and consumer approval that not many discount stores in present times can boast of. It has created its image as a store that provides high end products at a nominal or discounted costs rather than one selling sub-standing products. 2. Natural Barrier to Entry – Oligopoly Market The large scale retail sector
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