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1 online resource (217 pages) |
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Elsevier Finance |
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Elsevier Finance
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Front Cover -- Fundamentals of Fund Administration: A Guide -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Understanding the Investment Environment -- Investment funds -- Structure of funds -- Investment company -- Authorised and unauthorised funds -- Onshore and offshore funds -- Portfolio investment -- Markets and investments -- Investment drivers -- Products and assets used in portfolio management -- Chapter 2 Hedge Funds -- Market neutral (or relative value) funds -- Long/short funds -- Tactical trading -- Global asset allocation funds -- Event-driven funds -- Short-selling funds -- Arbitrage funds -- Tax issues -- Regulatory issues -- Business issues -- Investment issues -- Marketing issues -- Operational issues -- Defining responsibilities -- Fund set-up summary -- Chapter 3 Mutual Funds and OEICs -- Background -- OEICs -- Dilution levy -- Share classes -- Currency class shares -- Different rights -- Advantages over unit trusts -- Hedge vs mutual funds: A comparison -- Chapter 4 Private Equity -- Definition of carried interest -- Venture capital funds -- Fund administration -- Chapter 5 Unit Trusts -- Origins of the unit trust -- Buying and selling units -- Charges -- Chapter 6 The Role of the Fund Administrator -- Reconciliation -- Administration workflow -- Hedge fund administration -- Structure -- Global reach and location -- Business considerations -- Technology -- Fees -- Fund launches -- Accounting -- Compliance services -- Summary -- Chapter 7 Portfolio Administration -- Assets of the fund -- Margin and collateral -- Asset trades -- Income and entitlements -- Unsettled transactions -- Claims -- Chapter 8 NAV, Pricing and Valuations -- Hedge fund pricing -- Pricing assets -- Pricing controls -- Equalisation -- Glossary of Fund Administration Terms -- Useful Websites and Suggested Further Reading -- Websites |
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Suggested further reading -- Appendix 1 -- Regulatory differences -- Fees -- Investment strategies and application -- Pricing and liquidity -- Types of investor -- Index |
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The only book to explain funds and fund administration services, the underlying market infrastructures, and related regulatory compliance issues |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Loader, David Fundamentals of Fund Administration : A Guide
Oxford : Elsevier Science & Technology,c2006 9780750667982
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Hedge funds -- Management.;Mutual funds -- Management
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