ONE ACRE FUND: CASE STUDY The scene is Bungoma‚ Kenya; Moises Postigo is a buyer interested in purchasing fertilizer on a large scale for his not-for-profit organization the One Acre Fund (OAF). OAF’s mission is to provide fertilizer to farmers “who have nothing” on a credit like system and when the farmers produce their crops a percentage of their supplus would be returned to OAF. Eventually the farmers would no longer need a “free hand out” and will be able to support themselves and their families
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Hedge Fund Strategies Problem Set: Backtesting the Carry Trade (Macro Strategies) Prof. Andrea Frazzini In this problem set‚ you backtest the currency carry trade using the data provided in the accompanying Excel spreadsheet. You can do the problem set using Excel or any other program of your choice. Please answer in the space provided (no more than three pages for questions 1-6). 1. For each month of the sample‚ rank the countries based on their interest rate (hint: Excel has a function
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Hedge Funds & Vulture Funds - Their existence and their impact on the Indian Economy The funds have given a plenty of opportunity for people to diversify their portfolios but they are very mysterious. Let us have a look in the context of Indian economy what effects does this mysterious funds have on the country. Submitted By: Pralabh Bhargava (07BS2905) Rishikant (07BS3437)   ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL HYDERABAD BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE It is Certified that this project report
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Mutual Fund Performance in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Monthly Returns Md. Hashibul Hassan* Tahmina Akhter† Abstract Extensive research has evaluated mutual fund performance in different financial markets which led to mixed results (Soderlind et al.‚ 2000; Korkeamaki and Smythe‚ 2004); however‚ very limited work has been done to evaluate Bangladeshi mutual funds. This paper focused on measuring risk adjusted performance of 13 closed end mutual funds on the basis of monthly Net Asset Value. For
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exercise that you participated in. In particular‚ analyze the facts‚ tools‚ mistakes‚ insights‚ emotions‚ and goals from the exercise. Turn in this learning journal within one week of the negotiation exercise. Name of Exercise: Federated Science Fund Name of Partner: 1. Facts: Provide a brief overview of key events (How was the time allocated? Offers: opening-offer and counter-offer‚ as well as progression of offers? How was information exchanged? Were there pivotal turning points?)
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Just-In-Time Inventory Management Strategy & Lean Manufacturing Overview of Just-in-Time Inventory Management Just-in-time is a movement and idea that has gained wide acceptance in the business community over the past decade. As companies became more and more competitive and the pressures from Japans continuous improvement culture‚ other firms were forced to find innovative ways to cut costs and compete. The idea behind JIT‚ or lean manufacturing‚ is to have the supplies a firm needs at the
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Unit VI DIVIDEND POLICY Dividend Policy • The return to the shareholders either by way of the dividend receipts or capital gains • It decides the Retention ratio & Pay out ratio • Earnings to be Distributed – High Vs. Low Payout • Objective – to Maximize Shareholders Return • Effects – Taxes‚ Investment & Financing Decision 2 A few models which studies this relationship & the dividend policies of firms are given below • • • • • Traditional Position Walter Model Gordon Model
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Name : Jasreena binti Jamil Matrix No. : 2012544415 Class : KIM244 4F Title : Digital Preservation: Practical and Limitation 1.0 Introduction Preservation of digital records bring along a big challenges includes the roles of the institution‚ legal and policy issues‚ the right of intellectual property and other technical issues. This conceptual paper will discuss about the digital preservation of the material whether it is originally born digital or being digitized by archives institution
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private Institutions of South Asian countries. Which style do you think can be most appropriate for public and private institutions and why. Explain. (20) Q.2 Elaborate various leadership theories with the appropriateness of any one with specific reference to Pakistan. (20) Q.3 Describe the benefits and limitations of strategic management by giving examples from higher educational institutions of Pakistan. (20) Q.4 Highlight the problems which educational leader of higher educational institutions
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Title of the Project “Performance evaluation of Mutual Funds: analysis of return on Investment” Name of the Students Moses Lopes Pritam Pednekar Sanket Prabhudesai Kaushik Sankhalkar Course Bachelor of commerce Academic Year 2011-12 Name of the Guide Dr. DEEPALI KARMALI Name of the college S.S.DEMPO COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS DECLARATION We declare that this project entitled “Performance Evaluation of Mutual Funds: Analysis of Return on Investment” has been prepared by us
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