Download or read book Mutual Funds written by John A. Haslem and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-11-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative, must-read guide to making more informed decisions about mutual funds Providing a balance of theory and application, this authoritative book will enable you to evaluate the various performance and risk attributes of mutual funds. It covers a broad range of topics, including understanding the advantages and disadvantages of mutual funds, evaluating stock/bond allocations within fund portfolios, assessing fund diversification risk, measuring fund returns and risk, and making fund buy/sell decisions. While informative chapters combine clear summaries of existing research with practical guidelines for mutual fund analysis, step-by-step decision checklists guide you through the selection of various mutual funds. Puts the risks and rewards of mutual fund investing in perspective Skillfully examines how to select and evaluate the best mutual funds Outlines mutual fund service advantages and disadvantages Discusses the long- and short-term effectiveness of mutual funds Covering major theoretical and management issues in mutual fund analysis and portfolio management, this book is an authoritative guide.
Download or read book Manager Selection written by Scott Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manager selection is a critical step in implementing any investment program. Investors hire portfolio managers to act as their agents, and portfolio managers are then expected to perform to the best of their abilities and in the investors' best interests. Investors must practice due diligence when selecting portfolio managers. They need to not only identify skillful managers, but also determine the appropriate weights to assign to those managers. This book is designed to help investors improve their ability to select managers. Achieving this goal includes reviewing techniques for hiring active, indexed, and alternative managers; highlighting strategies for setting portfolio manager weights and monitoring current managers; and considering the value of quantitative and qualitative methods for successful manager selection.
Download or read book Funds written by Matthew Hudson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investment funds are the driving force behind much global private economic development, and yet the world of investment funds can be complex and confusing. Funds: Private Equity, Hedge and All Core Structures is a practical introductory guide to the legal and commercial context in which funds are raised and invest their money, with examinations of the tax and regulatory background, and an analysis of the key themes and trends that the funds industry face following the financial crisis. The book looks at asset classes, investor return models, the commercial and legal pressures driving different structures and key global jurisdictions for both fund establishment and making investments. It also contains a comprehensive analysis of fund managers, from remuneration, best practice through to regulation. The book is written for readers from all backgrounds, from students or newcomers to the industry to experienced investors looking to branch out into alternative asset classes, or existing asset managers and their advisers wanting to know more about the structures elsewhere within the industry.
Download or read book Hedge Fund Structure Regulation and Performance Around the World written by Douglas Cumming and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses data from a multitude of countries to explain how and why hedge fund markets differ around the world. The authors consider international differences in hedge fund regulation which include, but are not limited to, minimum capitalization requirements, restrictions on the location of key service providers, and different permissible distribution channels via private placements, banks, other regulated or non-regulated financial intermediaries, wrappers, investment managers and fund distribution companies.
Download or read book Pioneering Portfolio Management written by David F. Swensen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years since the now-classic Pioneering Portfolio Management was first published, the global investment landscape has changed dramatically -- but the results of David Swensen's investment strategy for the Yale University endowment have remained as impressive as ever. Year after year, Yale's portfolio has trumped the marketplace by a wide margin, and, with over $20 billion added to the endowment under his twenty-three-year tenure, Swensen has contributed more to Yale's finances than anyone ever has to any university in the country. What may have seemed like one among many success stories in the era before the Internet bubble burst emerges now as a completely unprecedented institutional investment achievement. In this fully revised and updated edition, Swensen, author of the bestselling personal finance guide Unconventional Success, describes the investment process that underpins Yale's endowment. He provides lucid and penetrating insight into the world of institutional funds management, illuminating topics ranging from asset-allocation structures to active fund management. Swensen employs an array of vivid real-world examples, many drawn from his own formidable experience, to address critical concepts such as handling risk, selecting advisors, and weathering market pitfalls. Swensen offers clear and incisive advice, especially when describing a counterintuitive path. Conventional investing too often leads to buying high and selling low. Trust is more important than flash-in-the-pan success. Expertise, fortitude, and the long view produce positive results where gimmicks and trend following do not. The original Pioneering Portfolio Management outlined a commonsense template for structuring a well-diversified equity-oriented portfolio. This new edition provides fund managers and students of the market an up-to-date guide for actively managed investment portfolios.
Download or read book Introduction to Investment Management written by C. Ronald Sprecher and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NISM s Portfolio Managers Comprehensive guide to investment basics portfolio management processes and the legal and ethical considerations for portfolio managers across various securities markets written by NISM (An Educational Initiative of SEBI) and published by Taxmann Publications Private Limited. This book was released on 2023-08-02 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portfolio Management Services (PMS) Distributors seek to create a common minimum knowledge benchmark for principal officers and other employees of the PMS Firms. The Present Publication is the May 2023 workbook version, published exclusively by Taxmann for NISM Certification Examination XXI-B [Portfolio Managers], with the following noteworthy features: • [Know the Basics] of investments, securities markets, investing stocks, understanding fixed income securities, derivatives and mutual funds • [Understand] the following: o Indices, the concept of information efficiency, behavioural finance, modern portfolio theory, equity & fixed income portfolio management strategies o The role of portfolio managers; operational aspects of portfolio management services and the portfolio management process; performance measurement and evaluation of portfolio managers • [Get Oriented] to the taxation aspects and regulatory, governance and ethical aspects of portfolio managers The detailed contents of the book are as follows: • Investments • Introduction to Securities Markets • Investing in Stocks • Investing in Fixed Income Securities • Derivatives • Mutual Fund • Role of Portfolio Managers • Operational Aspects of Portfolio Managers • Portfolio Management Process • Taxation • Regulatory, Governance and Ethical Aspects of Portfolio Managers • Introduction to Indices • Concept of Informational Efficiency • Behavioural Finance • Introduction to Modern Portfolio Theory • Introduction to Capital Market Theory • Risk • Equity Portfolio Management Strategies • Fixed Income Portfolio Management Strategies • Performance Measurement and Evaluation of Portfolio Managers • Portfolio Rebalancing
Download or read book Guide to Hedge Funds written by Philip Coggan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hedge fund managers are the new "masters of the universe." The best earn more than $1 billion a year and are so sought after that they can afford to turn investor money away. The funds they run have, to some extent, established an alternative financial system, replacing banks as lenders to risky companies, acting as providers of liquidity to markets and insurers of last resort for risks such as hurricanes, and replacing pension funds and mutual funds as the most significant investors in many companies—even in some cases buying companies outright. The revised and updated second edition of this lively guide sheds much needed light on the world of hedge funds by explaining what they are, what they do, who the main players are, the regulations affecting them, the arguments as to whether they are a force for good or bad, and what the future holds for them. "More people have a view about hedge funds than know about them. Philip Coggan bridges the knowledge gap in this clearly written guide. Every chapter is a goldmine of information and analysis, making it easy to learn about hedge funds. No investor, no investment adviser, no trustee, no dinner-table conversationalist should express opinions on the sector until they have read this book." —Elroy Dimson, BGI Professor of Investment Management, London Business School "While much has been written about hedge fund strategies and their (occasionally spectacular) failures, we have not yet seen a general primer to help the investor understand the world of hedge funds. Philip Coggan presents us with exactly that—a well-written, succinct summary of a world we all need to understand better." —Rob Arnott, Chairman of Research Affiliates and Editor Emeritus of the Financial Analysts Journal
Download or read book Fund Custody and Administration written by David Loader and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fund Custody and Administration provides an overall perspective of investment funds without limiting its analysis to specific fund structures, as other books do. Since governance and oversight of investment funds are now major regulatory requirements, administrators and custodians must place greater emphasis on the custody and safekeeping of fund assets, on the independent and robust valuation of the assets, and on collateral management. By focusing on both the asset transactions made by the investment manager for the portfolio and on the transactions in the shares or units of the fund itself, it gives readers insights about the essential elements of investment fund management and administration, regardless of their geographical backgrounds. - Explores the key stages in the investment process, from setting up a fund through its launch and operation - Explains the roles of participants as well as the ways regulation affects the fund and its operation - Describes the work flow associated with custody and administration procedures and processes - Defines the role of compliance and risk management in the context of the fund and also how compliance requirements apply to custodians and administrators
Download or read book Asset Allocation Strategies for Mutual Funds written by Giuseppe Galloppo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-24 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an overview of the best-working strategies in the field of equity and fixed income mutual fund-based portfolio management. This timely research considers different market conditions, such as global financial crises, across various geographical regions such as the USA and Europe. Combining academic and practical findings, the author presents a practitioner perspective on mutual fund-based portfolio strategies, appealing not only to finance scholars but also professionals within the asset management industry. This book synthesizes a large part of the academic research to date on the mutual fund industry by drawing from the most widely cited academic journals. The author makes a systematic use of numerical examples to facilitate the understanding of Investment themes organized around several important topics: size, diversification, flows, active management, volatility, performance persistence and rating.
Download or read book Investment Funds written by Chris Carroll and published by Sweet & Maxwell. This book was released on 2011 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A global comparison of the laws and regulations that govern investment funds is an invaluable tool to anyone involved in the business.
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 Mutual Fund Industry written by R. Glenn Hubbard and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mutual funds form the bedrock of retirement savings in the United States, and, considering their rapid growth, are sure to be more critical in the future. Because the size of fees paid by investors to mutual fund advisers can strongly affect the return on investment, these fees have become a contentious issue in Congress and the courts, with many arguing that investment advisers grow rich at the expense of investors. This ground-breaking book not only conceptualizes a new economic model of the mutual fund industry, but also uses this model to test for price competition between investment advisers, evaluating the assertion that market forces fail to protect investors' returns from excessive fees. Highly experienced authors track the growth of the industry over the past twenty-five years and present arguments and evidence both for and against theories of adviser malfeasance. The authors review the regulatory history of mutual fund fees and summarize leading case decisions addressing excessive fees. Revealing the extent to which the governance structure of mutual funds truly impacts fund performance, this book provides the best understanding of today's mutual fund industry and is a vital tool for investors, money managers, fund directors, securities lawyers, economists, and anyone concerned with the regulation of mutual funds.
Download or read book Investment Philosophies written by Aswath Damodaran and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guide for investors who want a better understanding of investment strategies that have stood the test of time This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Investment Philosophies covers different investment philosophies and reveal the beliefs that underlie each one, the evidence on whether the strategies that arise from the philosophy actually produce results, and what an investor needs to bring to the table to make the philosophy work. The book covers a wealth of strategies including indexing, passive and activist value investing, growth investing, chart/technical analysis, market timing, arbitrage, and many more investment philosophies. Presents the tools needed to understand portfolio management and the variety of strategies available to achieve investment success Explores the process of creating and managing a portfolio Shows readers how to profit like successful value growth index investors Aswath Damodaran is a well-known academic and practitioner in finance who is an expert on different approaches to valuation and investment This vital resource examines various investing philosophies and provides you with helpful online resources and tools to fully investigate each investment philosophy and assess whether it is a philosophy that is appropriate for you.
Download or read book Mutual Fund Performance and Performance Persistence written by Peter Lückoff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-01-13 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Lückoff investigates why fund flows and manager changes act as equilibrium mechanisms and drive the performance of both previously outperforming and previously underperforming funds back to average levels.
Download or read book NISM Series XIX C Alternative Investment Fund Managers Exam Preparation Guide with 3000 Question Bank written by P. Anshu and published by www.GurukulOnRoad.com. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 1420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlock the key to success in the NISM-Series-XIX-C: Alternative Investment Fund Managers Certification Exam with our comprehensive guidebook. This meticulously crafted resource is designed to equip learners with in-depth knowledge and practical insights across various chapters, ensuring a thorough understanding of the alternative investment landscape. Within the pages of this book, readers will find comprehensive 3200+ question bank, as A. Chapter Wise Practice Test (2850+ Question Bank) B. 5 Mock Tests (Learning Outcome & Test Objective Wise) 500+ Question Bank Each question comes with a hint for learners to recall the concept, which will help them master each topic, Learning Outcome, & Test Objective. At end of each test the correct answers along with explanations are given. This publication, dated March 2024, represents the concepts covered under the NISM Workbook Version: December 2023 edition available on NISM website. All questions, explanations used in this guide are taking reference from the Workbook Version: December 2023. Various Types of Tests in this book: Chapter Wise Practice Test (2850+ Questions): Specially designed chapter wise test along with hints for learners. This test will help in Confidence Building & Familiarization of each concepts chapter wise. Mock Tests (500+ Questions): There are six Mock Tests (100 Questions Each) To help individuals gauge their current level of knowledge and further enhancement of confidence for real NISM exam. Mock Tests in this book are specially designed Learning Outcome wise & Test Objective wise as outlined by NISM for each chapter. This guide aims to equip learners with a comprehensive understanding of AIFs and the relevant expertise needed for success in NISM-Series-XIX-C: Alternative Investment Fund Managers Certification Exam
Download or read book SEC Docket written by United States. Securities and Exchange Commission and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 1950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
