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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Financial advisors"”.
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Millennial Attitudes Towards Financial Advisors and Emerging Investment Technologies
… differed in their desire for a traditional financial advisor as opposed to emerging investment algorithms; namely, Cluster 2 prefers the conjunction of an experienced advisor with advanced algorithms as opposed to exclusive use of either option. Further, regarding degrees of control, each …
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The asset allocation puzzle with special reference to the asset allocations of financial advisors in South Africa
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-53).
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Nudging Retail Investors towards Sustainable and Responsible Mutual Funds: A Study of Financial Advisors and Retail Investors in Hong Kong
… Hong Kong, as one of the leading international financial centres, trails its global peers in terms of SRI market development despite some efforts paid by the government. Hong Kong retail investors also exhibited a seemingly lukewarm response towards sustainable and responsible mutual funds …
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A Study of the Use of Video Conferencing Technology in Training as an Effective Mode of Training for Financial Advisors in Hong Kong
Over the years, the financial advisory industry has been a cornerstone of the economy of Hong Kong, operating under stringent government regulations. More recently, financial institutions have recognised the importance of upgrading their employees’ knowledge and skills to meet regulatory …
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The role of sense of coherence in the relationship between job insecurity and well-being of independent financial advisors working under supervision in South Africa
… job insecurity and well-being of independent financial advisers working under supervision in South Africa. The design of the survey was cross-sectional. A random sample (n = 213) was selected from independent, supervised individuals working in the financial services industry. The 12- item …
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The impact of the financial advisory and intermediary services act of 2002 on consumer awareness and financial service providers in South Africa
The financial services industry is characterized by product suppliers having more information than consumers regarding product features and services. The purpose of this study is to explore this information asymmetry with particular reference to the Insurance Industry. Financial advisors, acting as …
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The value of financial advice : an analysis of the investment performance of advised and non-advised individual investors
Financial advisors have long been considered a part of the financial market through the advice that they offer investors. Behavioural finance has demonstrated that individual investors do not always behave in a rational manner, unlike financial advisors who seem not be prone to the behavioural …
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The cost and value-add of using a financial advisor
… the quantitative value of advice added by financial advisors in South Africa; where value is measured through return differentials between advised and non-advised investors. A sample of 3189 individual investors from a large South African investment manager was analysed over a period of …
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The risk management within European equity asset managers
… and literature of risk management in financial institutions, 3) How risk management is currently used in European funds; a survey of 200 asset managers and hedge funds is undertaken to identify current approaches to risk management, and identify what might need to be improved, chapter, …
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Implications of investment banks’ reputation and specialisation on initial public offerings and corporate takeovers
… top-tier and boutique investment banks acting as financial advisors on the acquirer’s announcement returns and the deal’s time to resolution. Regarding IPO settings, we evaluate the impact of investment banks' reputation and specialisation when acting as IPO lead managers on IPO underpricing, …
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Dynamic trading and behavioral finance
… recent large moves in the markets, such as the Financial Crisis of 2008, the subsequent rally in equities, and the decline in commodities over the past two years. We study this problem from three aspects. The first aspect lies in analyzing a particular dynamic strategy, called the stop-loss …
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Investing in aircraft: the South African legal landscape and the partnership model of acquisition
Financial advisors have in the past and continue to suggest that the most prudent course of action to be taken in adopting an investment strategy is to have a diversified portfolio. In other words, as the age old adage states: "Never put all your eggs in one basket". It is this financial strategy …
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Three Perspectives of Mutual Fund Performance: The Indiviudal Investor, the Finance Professional, and the Board of Directors
… but interrelated parties: individual investors, financial advisors, and the boards of directors of mutual fund companies. In the first essay, "Comparing Fund Flow Sensitivity for Load and No-Load Funds Under Different Market States," I compare the flow-performance sensitivity of no-load funds and …
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Investor risk profiling: an enhanced behavioral finance perspective and technique for identifying client risk profiles
The ramifications of financial crises and the complex structures of financial products have enabled the hand of regulation to extend beyond the security of investors and into the suitability of the investments proposed by financial institutions and advisors. This process, assessed through a risk …
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Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation in Sweden
… reforms and an ever-increasing sophistication of financial markets have led many households to take more personal responsibility for their own wealth accumulation and investment choices. Previous research has demonstrated that most of households worldwide do not invest in stocks despite the tenets …
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Revenue Risk Management for P3 Highway Projects: Implementation of Revenue Guarantees in the U.S. Market
… government officials, concessionaires, financial advisors and lending institutions were interviewed. The interview results indicated that a revenue guarantee shows promise as a viable tool, and the government should be willing to provide one. The decision to utilize a revenue guarantee …
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A Jagged Little Pill: Ethics, Behavior, and the AI-Data Nexus
… advice, specifically betrayal aversion, in financial contexts. Betrayal aversion, a well-studied phenomenon in economics literature, is defined as the strong dislike for the violation of trust norms implicit in a relationship between two parties. Through a complex simulation, it contrasts …
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Four Essays on Decentralized Markets in Management and Policy
… develops a measure of network connectivity for financial advisors in the market, and shows through linear models under nearest-neighbor matching that these highly connected advisors are associated with reduced interest costs for local governments. The second chapter uses a choice model under …
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Introducing fundamental changes to a service delivery model : "lessons from a financial advisory organization"
… This environment creates tremendous pressure on financial institutions to improve business operations, not through cost cutting measures, but through a critical review of the way services are delivered. Investment banks in particular, are under scrutiny to shift their strategy from product to …
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Risk and Uncertainty in Healthcare Finance, Investment Management, and Asset Pricing
… occurrence of epidemics, leading to a lack of financial incentives for pharmaceutical firms to invest in vaccine research and development. The second part of the thesis dives into the field of empirical asset pricing. If multi-factor models are routinely used in by finance academics and …
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