Compared to mutual funds, hedge funds are usually subject to  [MORE/LESS?] regulation. Suppose that Thompson Hedge Fund obtains and invests $3 of borrowed funds for every $1 of equity invested. In other words, it can invest $4 of assets for each $1 of equity. Also suppose that Thompson can achieve a 10% return on assets (ROA). Given this ROA, the return on Thompson’s equity investment is [?]%. Suppose that Thompson Hedge Fund obtains and invests $3 of borrowed funds for every $1 of equity invested. In other words, it can invest $4 of assets for each $1 of equity. However, suppose that Thompson suffers a 10% loss, or a -10% return on assets (ROA). Given this ROA, the return on Thompson’s equity investment is [?]%

Suppose you are the money manager of a $4.82 millioninvestment fund. The fund consists of four stocks with the following investments and betas:Stock Investment BetaA $ 460,000 1.50B 500,000 (0.50)C 1,260,000 1.25D 2,600,000 0.75 If the market’s required rate of return is 8% and the risk-free rate is 4%, what is the fund’srequired rate of return?8-8 BETA COEFFICIENT Given t

! Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.5%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Expected Return 16% 10% Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) The correlation between the fund returns is 0.11. Portfolio invested in the stock Portfolio invested in the bond Expected return Standard deviation Required: Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and for the expected return and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places.) Standard Deviation 40% 31% % % % %

A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first in a stock fund The second is a long-term bond fund The third is a money market fund that provides a safe return of 5% The characterisitics of the risky funds are as follows: Use this data for problems #5 - #9 5.00% Stock Fund Bond Fund Correlation (rho) A 9224 6223 money market return 9123 Expected Return 28.00% What is the reward-to volatility ratio of the Optimal Capital Asset Line? This is the Sharpe Ratio. 20.00% -0.2000 Stdev 39.00% 26.00% I

The Closed Fund is a closed-end investment company with a portfolio currently worth $245 million. It has liabilities of $12 million and 17 million shares outstanding. a. What is the NAV of the fund? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)   b. If the fund sells for $10 per share, what is its premium or discount as a percent of net asset value? (Input the amount as a positive value. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.5%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Stock fund (s) Bond fund (B) The correlation between the fund returns is 0.11. Expected Return 16% 10% Expected return Standard deviation Required: What is the expected return and standard deviation for the minimum-variance portfolio of the two risky funds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) % % Standard Deviation 34% 25%

Raghubhai

A hedge fund with net asset value of $62 per share currently has a high water mark of $66. Is the value of its incentive fee more or less than it would be if the high water mark were $67?

Mansukh

In the following exercise, separate the investments according to the type of Keynesian demand they are: Transactions (0% to 5%), Precautionary (6% to 9%), and Speculative demand (greater than 10%). Investment in each category has the same risk. So you want to invest in the highest return for the same risk. Take each demand type and choose the highest return and put that amount into the investment. For example, if Bond fund A has a return of 4% and Fund B has a return of 5%, they have the same risk, so you would put $70 into bond fund B.       You have the following investments Opportunities ad returns. Fidelity Bonds                                       11% Fidelity Magellan                                    9% Putman Bonds one                                4% Putman bonds Two                            12% Growth Stock One                               15% Growth and Income                             8% Income Fund                                           3% Putman Growth…