Intro to Asset Management
Asset management - answer-is the professional management of various securities and
assets to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of the investors.
-Securities like shares, bonds, and other securities.
-real estate.
-Commodities, art, intellectual properties, private equity investment.
Investment funds - answer financial institutions that pool financial resources of
individuals and companies and invest those resources in diversified portfolios of assets
Direct investments – answer FII, Angel investors, buying shares/ stocks
Indirect investment - answer Mutual Fund, Hedge Funds
Fund Investor and Investment Mandate - answeris a set of instructions laying out how a
pool of assets should be invested. It sets out parameters and guidelines for how money
can be invested, which informs the decisions of an investment manager.
Collective Investment Scheme (CIS) - answer-are more frequently known as 'investment
funds', 'mutual funds' or simply 'funds'.
-Invest in assets, such as bonds, equities, or cash.
-Through a CIS an investor can invest in several different assets and funds such as
shares and bonds.
Collective assets owned by the fund - answerare called a portfolio and managed by a
professional fund manager
An investment vehicle is used by - answerinvestment managers to pool investors'
money together so they can access investments which they might not be able to access
in their capacity.
Fund Prospectus - answerA document detailing the investment objectives and
strategies of a particular fund or group of funds, as well as the finer points of the fund's
past performance, managers, and financial information.
Mutual Funds - answer-Issues units, purchased by investors.
-The subscriptions collected are invested in different types of asset (non-financial as
well as financial).
-Investors may receive either regular income or, at redemption, holding gains (or losses)
or a combination of both.
-Open-ended or closed-ended and shares/units can be quoted or unquoted
, Unit Investment Trust - answer-is an investment company that offers a fixed portfolio,
generally of stocks and bonds, as redeemable units to investors for a specific period of
time.
-Opportunity to invest in a diversified portfolio of securities
-Sold by investment advisors
-Redeem the units only through the fund or trust at NAV, cannot trade in the secondary
market
-make a one-time "public offering" of only a specific, fixed number of units - similar to
closed-end funds. They will have a termination date (a date when the UIT will terminate
and dissolve) and do not actively trade its investment portfolio, buys a relatively fixed
portfolio of securities and holds them with little or no change for the life of the UIT.
-are often created as a series, which means when one ends, there is another ready and
waiting. Investors can choose whether to keep their returns or reinvest and roll them
into the next UIT.
Alternative Investments - answersophisticated investments that carry different risks to
traditional investments, such as shares and property.
-Hedge funds
-Private Equity
-Venture Capitals
-Private Debt
-Real Estate
-Commodities
Distressed Funds - answerare established to invest at deep discounts in distressed
securities like equity, debt, or trade claims, in companies undergoing or facing
bankruptcy or reorganization.
Distressed securities - answerare securities over companies or government entities that
are experiencing financial or operational distress, default, or are under bankruptcy.
Professional Investor Funds - answer-is a fund authorized to require a relatively high
level of the minimum subscription from eligible investors.
-is essentially a non-retail CIS, which can be either private or public in nature.
-are specifically designed to attract high net worth investors with limited regulation and
oversight.
distressed debt - answerPurchasing or holding such distressed-debt creates significant
risk due to the possibility that bankruptcy may render such securities worthless
Private Equity Fund (PEF) - answer-is a partnership of qualifying individual investors or
groups consisting of up to 100 qualifying individual investors to participate.
Such funds can include venture capital funds, as well as buying-out funds.
Asset management - answer-is the professional management of various securities and
assets to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of the investors.
-Securities like shares, bonds, and other securities.
-real estate.
-Commodities, art, intellectual properties, private equity investment.
Investment funds - answer financial institutions that pool financial resources of
individuals and companies and invest those resources in diversified portfolios of assets
Direct investments – answer FII, Angel investors, buying shares/ stocks
Indirect investment - answer Mutual Fund, Hedge Funds
Fund Investor and Investment Mandate - answeris a set of instructions laying out how a
pool of assets should be invested. It sets out parameters and guidelines for how money
can be invested, which informs the decisions of an investment manager.
Collective Investment Scheme (CIS) - answer-are more frequently known as 'investment
funds', 'mutual funds' or simply 'funds'.
-Invest in assets, such as bonds, equities, or cash.
-Through a CIS an investor can invest in several different assets and funds such as
shares and bonds.
Collective assets owned by the fund - answerare called a portfolio and managed by a
professional fund manager
An investment vehicle is used by - answerinvestment managers to pool investors'
money together so they can access investments which they might not be able to access
in their capacity.
Fund Prospectus - answerA document detailing the investment objectives and
strategies of a particular fund or group of funds, as well as the finer points of the fund's
past performance, managers, and financial information.
Mutual Funds - answer-Issues units, purchased by investors.
-The subscriptions collected are invested in different types of asset (non-financial as
well as financial).
-Investors may receive either regular income or, at redemption, holding gains (or losses)
or a combination of both.
-Open-ended or closed-ended and shares/units can be quoted or unquoted
, Unit Investment Trust - answer-is an investment company that offers a fixed portfolio,
generally of stocks and bonds, as redeemable units to investors for a specific period of
time.
-Opportunity to invest in a diversified portfolio of securities
-Sold by investment advisors
-Redeem the units only through the fund or trust at NAV, cannot trade in the secondary
market
-make a one-time "public offering" of only a specific, fixed number of units - similar to
closed-end funds. They will have a termination date (a date when the UIT will terminate
and dissolve) and do not actively trade its investment portfolio, buys a relatively fixed
portfolio of securities and holds them with little or no change for the life of the UIT.
-are often created as a series, which means when one ends, there is another ready and
waiting. Investors can choose whether to keep their returns or reinvest and roll them
into the next UIT.
Alternative Investments - answersophisticated investments that carry different risks to
traditional investments, such as shares and property.
-Hedge funds
-Private Equity
-Venture Capitals
-Private Debt
-Real Estate
-Commodities
Distressed Funds - answerare established to invest at deep discounts in distressed
securities like equity, debt, or trade claims, in companies undergoing or facing
bankruptcy or reorganization.
Distressed securities - answerare securities over companies or government entities that
are experiencing financial or operational distress, default, or are under bankruptcy.
Professional Investor Funds - answer-is a fund authorized to require a relatively high
level of the minimum subscription from eligible investors.
-is essentially a non-retail CIS, which can be either private or public in nature.
-are specifically designed to attract high net worth investors with limited regulation and
oversight.
distressed debt - answerPurchasing or holding such distressed-debt creates significant
risk due to the possibility that bankruptcy may render such securities worthless
Private Equity Fund (PEF) - answer-is a partnership of qualifying individual investors or
groups consisting of up to 100 qualifying individual investors to participate.
Such funds can include venture capital funds, as well as buying-out funds.
