EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS Investment companies‚ manage the funds of individuals‚ businesses‚ and state and local governments‚ and are compensated for this service by fees that they charge. The fee is tied to the amount that is managed for the client and‚ in some cases‚ to the performance of the assets managed. Some asset management companies are subsidiaries of commercial banks‚ insurance companies‚ and investment banking companies. As an investment vehicle‚ open-end funds (i.e.‚ mutual funds) are
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International Swaps & Derivatives Assn. recently estimated the worldwide market at $ 105 trillion. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) says U.S. commercial banks held $ 56 trillion of derivatives at the end of 2002”‚ and by comparison the GDP of the US was estimated to 10.4 trillion the same year. The world’s largest financial market today is therefore without doubt the derivative market. Derivatives have come into existence because nearly every business has its risks. Derivatives are used
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A global investment is the the process of spreading out your investment capital between a mix of financial instruments and firms. Investors have used this strategy for many years as a good method for managing the risks associated with investing. There are four advantages to global investing: diversification‚ currency valuation‚ decreased risk‚ and taxation. The economy is cyclical in nature‚ with times of expansion and contraction. These cycles can be global‚ industry-specific or limited to a specific
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Capital helps ventures‚ which may not fall within the norms of traditional financing. VC financing indicates the investment in high-risk projects ready to share in the project risk‚ with the expectation of adequate returns. Venture Capital savings in any real estate projects are normally at "Land Cost" stage. That means‚ a fund invests and team up with developers/land holders from inception to completion. A Venture Capital in India real estate fund lessens the risk profile of real estate as an
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MUTUAL FUNDS AND STUDY OF INVESTORS PERCEPTION ABOUT INVESTMENT IN MUTUAL FUNDS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW SUBMITTED BY : Namindra Awasthi MBA FC III SEM CONTENTS PART-1 PAGE NO 1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3 2. PREFACE 4 3. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 5 4. INTRODUCTION 6 5. INDUSTRY PROFILE 7 6. ABOUT MUTUAL FUND 8
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MUTUAL FUND INVESTMENT I have taken up the project of Mutual Fund Investment under the guidance of Mrs. Poonam Sharma. This project will help me to plan my investments for my betterment in the future. I will come to know about the various investment schemes and patterns which are available in the market. As a student it will enhance my knowledge in the field of Investment. AIM/OBJECTIVE This project aims at analyzing the investment patterns among the investors. The foremost objective
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CHAPTER – 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INVESTMENT - INTRODUCTION MEANING: Investment is the employment of funds with the aim of achieving additional income or growth in value. The essential quality of an investment is that it involves "waiting" for a reward. It involves the commitment of resources‚ which have been saved or put away from current consumption in the hope that some benefits accrue in future. Broadly speaking‚ an investment decision is a trade off between risk and
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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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Risk of Investment Doug Johnson Argosy University An investor considering foreign securities for their investment portfolio would perform an analysis of diverse mutual funds‚ exchanged traded funds (ETFs)‚ along with stocks or bonds traded in the perspective country. As part of the analysis process of selecting foreign securities the investor normally studies the risk-rating/political risk map of the specific country where the investment is being consider (Johnstone
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financial derivatives a barrier to investment banks? Introduction In recent decades‚ the development of financial derivatives is one of the most important and striking features among international financial markets (Lei‚ D.2009). Meanwhile‚ international investment banks gradually increase their utilization of financial derivatives in investment management strategy. Business related to derivatives has also become the core competitive ability to investment banks
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