Download or read book A practical guide to UCITS funds and their risk management written by Charles Muller and published by Primento. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-have book about investments ! UCITS funds today represent a major share of European funds. The European directives started with UCITS I in the mids 1980s, and have been amended up to UCITS IV in 2009, to be followed soon by a UCITS V package. In its first part, this book is summarizing the evolution and features of these successive sets of European regulations. Among others, it covers the UCITS eligible assets, the key parties involved in UCITS funds operations, their reporting and information requirements, taxation and many other useful related subjects, to give a short but useful understanding of the UCITS world.Beside the UCITS IV directive is entering into the risk management fiel, wich is materialized by the issue of a key document entitled Risk Measurement and the Calculation of Global Exposure and Counterparty Risk for UCITS (the famous ref. 10-788 Guidelines of the Committee of the European Securities Regulators "CESR"). The Guidelines require some technical skills: the second part pf this book reproduces the CESR's Guidelines, punctuated with comments and prerequisites of quantitative finance, to help for a better understanding of the content and significance of this UCITS IV objective. This book will give you the best keys to invest, avoiding many financial risks.

Download or read book Risk Management for Investment Funds A Practical Guide for European Funds in International Markets written by Luc Neuberg and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive risk management guide to European investment funds The European investment fund market is one of the biggest financial markets in the world—with a total value of approximately 22 trillion EUR. To help investors understand how risk is managed in this vast market, Risk Management for Investment Funds provides a comprehensive yet practical guide, written by four financial experts from diverse and complementary backgrounds: former heads of risk management, university teachers, professional trainers and an expert with a supervisory financial authority. Risk Management for Investment Funds offers valuable insights into managing risk for UCITS funds and alternative investment funds, while covering the following aspects: The framework of European investment funds Regulatory requirements related to risk management that apply to funds and fund managers Traditional market, liquidity, credit, counterparty and operational risks faced by funds, their managers and investors Emerging risks related to climate change and technology Analytical methods and innovative techniques developed by successful risk managers to assess and manage risks, as well as the theories underlying them Packed with a wealth of information that cannot be found in other books on risk management, this authoritative guide to managing the risks of European funds is the most comprehensive publication on this important topic.

Download or read book International Funds written by Catherine Turner and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-10-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Funds will provide readers with: *A greater understanding of the benefits and limitations of funds to both retail and institutional investors *An easy-to-read, yet technically comprehensive, insight into fund structures *An overview of the variety of legal structures, regulatory categories and investment profiles available *A detailed understanding of the practical aspects of fund valuation and administration, and the role of the various practitioners *A view of the future of the international funds industry in the light of changing markets, regulation and investor appetite An easy-to-read, yet technically comprehensive, insight into fund structures Provides an overview of the variety of legal structures, regulatory categories and investment profiles available Presents a view of the future of the international funds industry in the light of changing markets, regulation and investor appetite'

Download or read book Index Fund Management written by Fadi Zaher and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings simplicity to passive investing, smart beta, and factor investing, which is the fastest growing type of investment in the asset management industry. The subject has a strong academic foundation but often taught and presented in a quite complex and unorganized way. In recent years, index and factor investing solutions have been bestsellers. But factor investing success is not a foregone conclusion, and there are plenty of quirks and misprints in the literature. Do investors need a novel approach? The book provides answers to some of these questions in an open and objective fashion. Index fund management is increasingly taught in finance courses at universities. For market practitioners including trustees and investors, this book facilitates an increased understanding of how to invest in index and smart beta strategies, how to implement them, and what to be aware of with concrete and practical real-world examples.

Download or read book A practical guide to UCITS funds and their risk management written by Charles Muller and published by Edipro. This book was released on 2013 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UCITS funds today represent a major share of European funds. The European directives started with UCITS I in the mid 1980s, and have been amended up to UCITS IV in 2009, to be followed soon by a UCITS V package. In its first part, this book is summarizing the evolution and features of these successive sets of European regulations. Among others, it covers the UCITS eligible assets, the key parties involved in UCITS funds operations, their reporting and information requirements, taxation and many other useful related subjects, to give a short but useful understanding of the UCITS world. Besides, the UCITS IV directive is entering into the risk management field, which is materialized by the issue of a key document entitled Risk Measurement and the Calculation of Global Exposure and Counterparty Risk for UCITS (the famous ref. 10-788 Guidelines of the Committee of the European Securities Regulators "CESR"). These Guidelines require some technical skills: the second part of this book reproduces the CESR's Guidelines, punctuated with comments and prerequisites of quantitative finance, to help for a better understanding of the content and significance of this UCITS IV objective.

Download or read book Strategic Risk Management written by David Iverson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the key investment decisions all investors must make and how to manage the risk that entails Since all investors seek maximize returns balanced against acceptable risks, successful investment management is all about successful risk management. Strategic Risk Management uses that reality as a starting point, showing investors how to make risk management a process rather than just another tool in the investor's kit. The book highlights and explains primary investment risks and shows readers how to manage them across the key areas of any fund, including investment objecti.

Download or read book The Hedge Fund Compliance and Risk Management Guide written by Armelle Guizot and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-10-25 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hedge Fund Compliance and Risk Management Guide provides you with a broad examination of the most important compliance and risk management issues associated with today’s hedge funds. Straightforward and accessible, this invaluable resource covers everything from how hedge funds continue to generate lucrative returns to why some use sophisticated instruments and financial engineering to get around fundamental regulatory laws.

Download or read book Mutual Funds written by John Haslem and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative book enables readers to evaluate the variousperformance and risk attributes of mutual funds, while also servingas a comprehensive resource for students, academics, and generalinvestors alike. Avoiding the less useful descriptive approach tofund selection, this book employs a balanced approach includingboth technique and application. The chapters combine clearsummaries of existing research with practical guidelines for mutualfund analysis. Enables readers to analyze mutual funds by evaluating a fund'svarious performance and risk attributes. Includes templates, which provide an efficient, sound approachto fund analysis, interpretation of results, buy/sell decisions,and the timing of decisions. Combines clear summaries of existing research with practicalguidelines for mutual fund analysis.

Download or read book The Investment Assets Handbook written by Yoram Lustig and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investors who build diversified, multi-asset portfolios, have an ever increasing range of investment assets at their disposal. In order to invest effectively - and build a solid, performing portfolio - it is essential for investors to understand each of these single asset classes and how to use them in portfolios. The Investment Assets Handbook covers the full spectrum of different asset classes and investment types available today, providing investors with the definitive information they need to reach an understanding of the broad range of investment assets. The Handbook is divided into four parts: 1. An introduction to asset classes, including how they should be defined, the main features that can be used to characterise asset classes and the roles that different assets fulfil within a multi-asset portfolio. 2. Traditional assets, including global equities, fixed income and cash. 3. Alternative assets, including real estate, commodities, private equity and hedge funds. 4. New alternative investments, including currency, infrastructure, structured finance, leveraged loans, structured products, alternative or smart betas, volatility, art, insurance-linked securities and timber. Each asset chapter within these sections provides a description of the asset and its characteristics, its historic performance, how to model its future long-term performance, the role it performs in a multi-asset portfolio, its risks, how to access it, and other relevant topics. Long-term investment themes that may impact the future behaviour of assets and investing generally are also highlighted and discussed. The Investment Assets Handbook is the essential guide that investors need as they navigate the universe of investment assets and build multi-asset portfolios.

Download or read book BlackRock s Guide to Fixed Income Risk Management written by BlackRock, Inc. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-10-25 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irreplaceable roadmap to modern risk management from renowned experts on the subject Edited by a co-founder and the former Chief Risk Officer of BlackRock—the world’s largest asset manager—BlackRock’s Guide to Fixed-Income Risk Management delivers an insightful blueprint to the implementation of a comprehensive investment risk management framework for buy-side firms. Leveraging the unprecedented academic and professional experience of current and former senior leaders in BlackRock’s risk and portfolio management functions, as well as trading, financial modeling, and analytics experts, the book serves a practitioner’s guide to investment risk management, leveraging BlackRock’s risk management framework. The included chapters combine to provide chief investment officers, risk managers, portfolio managers, researchers, and compliance professionals an approach to investment risk management well-suited for today's and tomorrow's markets. The book also presents: Critical elements that underpin a strong risk management program and culture Fixed income risk management concepts and theories that can be applied to other asset classes Lessons learned from financial crises and the COVID-19 Pandemic Ideal for undergraduate students and students and scholars of business, finance, and risk management, BlackRock’s Guide to Fixed-Income Risk Management is a one-of-a-kind combination of modern theory with proven, practical risk management strategies.

Download or read book UCITS Handbook written by Christian Szylar and published by Wiley-ISTE. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this Handbook on UCITS is to provide a one-stop source for investors and asset managers, service providers, students, researchers, and practitioners to learn the necessary knowledge and analytical skills they need when setting up, managing and monitoring a UCITS fund. This handbook intends to introduce systematically recent developments in different areas of UCITS through a multi-disciplinary approach. The coverage is broad and thorough with a balance of theory and applications. Each chapter covering a special aspect of UCITS is edited by leading experts and practitioners in the area and covers state-of-the-art methods and theory of the selected topic. The purpose of this UCITS handbook is to provide, in a clear format, a summary of the main aspects of each discipline that UCITS involves. Contents 1. Setting up a UCITS Fund, Jerome Wigny and Celine Wilmet. 2. UCITS Management Companies, Jerome Wigny and Celine Wilmet. 3. Risk Management in the Context of UCITS IV, Thierry López and Benjamin Gauthier. 4. Counterparty, Issuer and Concentration Risk Management for UCITS funds, Romain Berry. 5. UCITS – The Investment Limits, Andrew P. White. 6. UCITS Distribution, Mark Evans. 7. The UCITS Management Company and Delegation, Killian Buckley and Ciara O’Sullivan. 8. UCITS Taxation, Andre Pesch. 9. Alternative UCITS, Christian Szylar.

Download or read book Financial Risk Management written by Daniel Daugaard and published by . This book was released on 1996-07-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finance text for fund managers, corporate treasurers and finance students which explains individual derivative instruments and their uses. All explanations of the workings and applications of the instruments are supported by case studies and practical examples. Questions are given at the end of each chapter with solutions provided. Includes an index. The authors have extensive experience with financial products and markets. Dan Daugaard is a senior research analyst with Westpac Investment Management and a visiting fellow at Macquarie University. Tom Valentine is dean of commerce and professor of money and banking at the University of Western Sydney (Nepean).

Download or read book The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive written by Dirk A. Zetzsche and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apart from MiFID, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) may be the most important European asset management regulation of the early twenty-first century. In this in-depth analytical and critical discussion of the content and system of the directive, thirty-eight contributing authors – academics, lawyers, consultants, fund supervisors, and fund industry experts – examine the AIFMD from every angle. They cover structure, regulatory history, scope, appointment and authorization of the manager, the requirements for depositaries and prime brokers, rules on delegation, reporting requirements, transitional provisions, and the objectives stipulated in the recitals and other official documents. The challenging implications and contexts they examine include the following: – connection with systemic risk and the financial crisis; - nexus with insurance for negligent conduct; - connection with corporate governance doctrine; - risk management; - transparency; - the cross-border dimension; - liability for lost assets; - impact on alternative investment strategies, and - the nexus with the European Regulation on Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFR). Nine country reports, representing most of Europe’s financial centres and fund markets add a national perspective to the discussion of the European regulation. These chapters deal with the potential interactions among the AIFMD and the relevant laws and regulations of Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, The Netherlands, Malta and the United Kingdom. The second edition of the book continues to deliver not only the much-needed discussion of the inconsistencies and difficulties when applying the directive, but also provides guidance and potential solutions to the problems it raises. The second edition considers all new developments in the field of alternative investment funds, their managers, depositaries, and prime brokers, including, but not limited to, statements by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and national competent authorities on the interpretation of the AIFMD, as well as new European regulation, in particular the PRIIPS Regulation, the ELTIF Regulation, the Regulation on European Venture Capital Funds (EuVeCaR), the Regulation on European Social Entrepreneurship Funds (EUSEFR), MiFID II, and UCITS V. The book will be warmly welcomed by investors and their counsel, fund managers, depositaries, asset managers, administrators, as well as regulators and academics in the field.

Download or read book Global Investment Funds written by Tom Alabaster and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private investment funds are currently investing more capital than ever and the funds themselves are larger than ever. This practical guide features contributions by leading industry specialists on a wide range of issues arising at all stages of a private investment fund's life cycle.

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Download or read book Liquidity Stress Tests for Investment Funds A Practical Guide written by Antoine Bouveret and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper outlines a framework to perform liquidity stress tests for investment funds. Practical aspects related to the calibration of the redemption shock, the measurement of liquidity buffers and the assessment of the resilience of investment funds are discussed. The integration of liquidity stress tests with banking sector stress tests and possible bank-fund interlinkages are also covered.

Download or read book Investor Protection written by Hanneke Wegman and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The expansion of the fund industry has been one of the most notable trends in the financial markets of recent years. Not only has the demand for funds among EU investors grown, but both the number and types of investment funds also continue to increase. Since investment funds available in the EU can be established both inside and outside the EU, they may be subject to different investor protection regulations, depending on where the fund is located. Accordingly, different levels of investor protection may exist between investors investing in EU funds and investors investing in non-EU funds, including US funds. This book investigates whether there is a level playing field between EU investors investing in EU funds and EU investors investing in US funds and if not, if there is a legal basis in current EU law for the EU regulator to adopt additional investor protection rules applying to investment funds. The analysis considers the basic characteristics of investment funds, how they function in practice, and how they are regulated relating to investor protection issues. Factors examined in depth include the following: – features of funds most relevant to the protection of retail investors; – operational structure, investment strategies, fee structure, and legal structure of funds; – internal control systems; – transparency and disclosure rules; – conduct of business rules; and – depositary monitoring rules. The author examines relevant EU directives and rules and the particular remit of each, as well as US law applying to investment funds that are active in the EU. Case law and relevant literature in the field is also drawn on. As an assessment of the current degree of protection applying to funds that are available to EU retail investors – as well as an up-to-date overview of regulatory requirements and procedures concerning the protection of EU investors in investment funds – this book is unsurpassed. Especially valuable is the closing discussion about whether the EU regulatory system provides for a level playing field of protection for EU retail investors, and if not which additional rules can be adopted by the EU regulator in this area. Lawyers and other professionals in all areas of law and policy concerned with investment and finance will find this book of great value.