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- River Thames meanderOn April 25, 2024 6:42 am went 13.56 km during 01:16:08 hours climbing 66.00 meters burning 1,248 calories.
- Sunday fun day with SG & TROn April 21, 2024 5:35 am went 30.35 km during 02:58:05 hours climbing 309.00 meters burning 2,731 calories.
- Easing into the weekend with TROn April 19, 2024 5:31 am went 13.03 km during 01:12:37 hours climbing 143.00 meters burning 1,162 calories.
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Rule 18f-4 (SEC, Use of Derivatives)
The below is copied from the SEC website. Limits on Value-at-Risk (VaR) Any appropriate VaR methodology VaR methodology adopted should account for equity price risk, interest rate risk, credit (spread) risk, (foreign) currency risk, etc. Modelling should account for non-linear … Continue reading
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Understanding Volatility
We usually think of volatility as the standard deviation of a series, e.g. price returns however while this applies to historic volatility (ex-post) what do we do when it comes to addressing expected volatility (ex-ante)? Three types of models: -local … Continue reading
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South African Hedge Fund (BN52) Guidelines
South African Hedge Funds’ from a regulatory perspective can be split into two: QIHF – Qualified Investor Hedge Funds RIHF – Retail Investor Hedge Funds As a RIHF is more onerous we will focus on this regulation. Borrowing/Repurchases A Fund … Continue reading
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UCITS Guidelines
The below is copied from theĀ Financial Engineer website. Liquid Securities only 0% Exposure to Commodities 0% Exposure to Property / Real Estate 0% Exposure to Private Equity 0% Exposure to illiquid securities Risk Management VaR of a fund cannot … Continue reading
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Futuregrowth’s SOE Governance Unmasked article
Below is a link to the article from Futuregrowth Asset Management on governance issues at South African State Owned Enterprises (SOE). From the Futuregrowth website… “… This followed a creeping sense of governance degradation at various SOEs, culminating in clear … Continue reading
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