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Fund custody and administration /

Fund Custody and Administration provides an overall perspective of investment funds without limiting its analysis to specific fund structures, as other books do.�i�A�Since governance and oversight of investment funds are now major regulatory requirements, administrat...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loader, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Author; Preface; Introduction-What Is Fund Administration and Custody; Agreements; Advantages of 3rd Party Administrators and Custodians; Fund Relationship Structure; Administration Structure; Comparison With Retail/Mutual Funds; Fund Set Up; Custody and Depositary Services; What is the Role of a Depositary?; Types of Fund; Summary; Part 1
  • Introduction to Investment; Investment environment; Islamic investment funds; Investment Objectives; The Meaning of an Offering or Placement; The Meaning of a Unit or Share of an AIF.
  • The Meaning of InvestorPR 2.3�Minimum Information to be Included in a Prospectus; Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) and the Investment Management Process; Unregulated funds; Asset Classes-Securities, Derivatives, Alternatives; Investment strategies; Using derivatives; Portfolio management; Investment performance; Risk versus reward; Performance ratios; Alpha Ratio; Beta Ratio; Sharpe Ratio; Treynor Ratio; Investment management fees and costs; Annual Management Fees; Performance Fees; Initial and Exit Fees; Summary; Part 2
  • Regulation and Fund Structures; Overview of regulation.
  • Regulation and directivesAIFMD and AIFMs; EEA Firms; Retail funds; UCITS Directive; Money laundering; Principles and recommendations; Fund Structures-Companies, Trusts, Partnerships, Common Funds; Fund of funds; Multimanager funds; Other structures; Retail funds; Alternative Investment Funds; Hedge funds; Open Ended and Closed Funds; Fund Jurisdictions; Key Players in the Operation of a Fund; Retail/mutual fund custodian; Fund administration; Prime broker/brokers; Setting up a Fund; Outsourcing; Documentation and agreements; Summary; Part 3
  • The Day-to-Day Operation of a Fund; Introduction.
  • Process workflowInvestment capital; Investment process; Asset servicing; Fund operations; Valuation and accounting; On-exchange pricing and valuation issues; Valuation checklist; Income and expense; Margin and collateral; Distributions; Performance fee calculation; Management Information; Transfer agency; Subscriptions and Redemptions; Distributions; Custody and depositary; Global custody; Life Cycle of Derivatives Transactions; Settlement of On-Exchange Derivatives; Life Cycle of the Settlement of OTC Derivatives; Securities lending and borrowing; Securities Lending; Introduction.
  • Securities Lending DefinedCharacteristics of securities lending; Uses of securities lending; Securities lending precautions and controls; The Risks; Borrower Default; Day-Light Exposure; Settlement Delays; Market Inefficiencies; Collateral; Securities; Certificates of deposit; Government bonds; Equities; Irrevocable letters of credit (L/Cs); Securities lending agreements; Role of the prime brokers/global custodians; Nondiscretionary program; Discretionary (or managed) program; Operating the pool; Benefits and entitlements; Lenders' rights; Manufactured dividends.