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Investicinių fondų valdymas: rizikos kapitalas
Kupstytė, Rugilė - 2008
international market, attracting direct foreign investments, stimulating innovations. It analyses main theoretical aspects of … investments, investment funds, investment company’s concept in contemporary literature as also gives the exact details about its … resulting effects for attracting investments in venture capital funds. The methodology of investigation consists of …
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Selecting stocks and building portfolios: a sorting exercise
Donaldson, Jeff; Flagg, Donald; Orr, J. Hunter - In: Managerial Finance 37 (2011) July, pp. 636-646
PPurpose – The purpose of paper is to provide students with a sorting methodology to select securities and build portfolios. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses various accounting variables for all firms in the S&P 500, sorted by sector. The fundamental metrics are converted into...
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Investment principles and strategies of faith-based funds
Boasson, Emil; Boasson, Vigdis; Cheng, Joseph - In: Managerial Finance 32 (2006), pp. 837-845
Purpose –To examine the rationale for the investment principles adopted by faith-based funds from a biblical perspective and to evaluate the performance of faith-based ethical funds. Design/methodology/approach - A multi-factor Carhart model is applied to examine the risk-adjusted financial...
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Hedge funds: The regulatory landscape at a crossroads
Wider, Jedd; Scanlan, Kevin - In: Journal of Investment Compliance 4 (2003) 1, pp. 7-12
Hedge funds increasingly are becoming a focus of investors and U.S. regulatory agencies including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the U.S. Treasury Department, the National Association of Securities Dealers, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as enhanced...
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Preliminary steps to establishing research analyst independence
Winer, Samuel J.; Kroll, Amy N. - In: Journal of Investment Compliance 4 (2003) 1, pp. 13-17
On December 20, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”), the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), the New York Attorney General, and the North American Securities Administrators Association (“NASAA”) announced...
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Compliance in a multi‐regulatory environment
In: Journal of Investment Compliance 4 (2003) 1, pp. 18-21
The USA Patriot Act, Sarbanes‐Oxley, proxy voting disclosure, privacy regulations under Gramm‐Leach‐Bliley, fair valuation, hedge fund scrutiny, and the list goes on and on. Over the past two years, we have seen the Securities and Exchange Commission launch the most aggressive and...
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Complying with the SEC’s new proxy voting rules
Clarke, Kathleen K.; Miller, Paul M. - In: Journal of Investment Compliance 4 (2003) 1, pp. 22-25
In late January 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rules for investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) requiring them to adopt and disclose to clients proxy voting policies and procedures. Concurrently, the SEC adopted new rules for...
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Private equity securities: A compliance update for broker‐dealers and investment advisers
Walsh, John H. - In: Journal of Investment Compliance 4 (2003) 1, pp. 26-32
In the late 1990s, the market for private equity securities (hereinafter “private equity market”) was booming. From quarter to quarter, the number of venture capital deals and the amount invested rose dramatically. Certainly, much of this attention and excitement resulted from the...
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The fair valuation mess
Freeman, David F. - In: Journal of Investment Compliance 4 (2003) 1, pp. 33-37
Investment funds use actual trading market prices to value their portfolio investments where possible and “fair …
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The new face of money laundering
Baldwin, Greg - In: Journal of Investment Compliance 4 (2003) 1, pp. 38-41
According to legend, the fall of Troy was accomplished by a clever ruse. After 10 years of unsuccessfully dashing themselves against the impregnable walls of Troy, the Greeks pretended to give up and sail away from the besieged City, leaving behind a giant, hollow wooden horse. The Trojans,...
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