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.ïŽSince governance and oversight of investment funds are now major regulatory requirements, administrators and custodians must place great...
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- 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.