标题: Reading 32: International Equity Benchmarks－LOS b [打印本页]
作者: tycoon 时间: 2008-9-16 11:08
Portfolio managers tracking international equity indices have a tradeoff between breadth and investability because:
| A) | lower breadth results in higher investability and higher transaction costs. |
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B) | higher breadth results in lower investability and higher transaction costs. |
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| C) | higher breadth results in higher investability and lower transaction costs. |
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| D) | lower breadth results in lower investability and lower transaction costs. |
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Answer and Explanation
Index breadth refers to the number of companies covered by an index. Higher breadth means that a larger number of companies are covered, however, that results in lower investability (liquidity issues for smaller companies in the index) and higher transaction costs.
作者: tycoon 时间: 2008-9-16 11:08 标题: [2008] Session 10－Reading 32: International Equity Benchmarks－LOS b
CFA Institute Area 8-11, 13: Asset Valuation
Session 10: Equity Portfolio Management
Reading 32: International Equity Benchmarks
LOS b: Discuss the trade-offs involved in constructing international indexes, including (1) breadth versus investability, (2) liquidity and crossing opportunities versus index reconstitution effects, (3) precise float adjustment versus transactions costs from rebalancing, and (4) objectivity and transparency versus judgment.
作者: tycoon 时间: 2008-9-16 11:09
Transaction costs in general are higher for:
| A) | precise float adjustment and more popular indices. |
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| B) | float adjustment bands and more popular indices. |
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C) | precise float adjustment and less popular indices. |
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| D) | float adjustment bands and less popular indices. |
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Answer and Explanation
Precise float adjustment results in frequent rebalancing and higher transaction costs. More popular indices have higher liquidity and lower transaction costs.
作者: tycoon 时间: 2008-9-16 11:09
The effect of index reconstitution is more severe for:
| A) | less popular indices because of higher price pressure. |
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| B) | more popular indices because of lower price pressure. |
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| C) | less popular indices because of lower price pressure. |
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D) | more popular indices because of higher price pressure. |
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Answer and Explanation
Index reconstitution results in added demand for a stock when it is added to the index (due to index replicators trying to buy) and added supply for a stock when it is deleted from the index. (due to index replicators trying to sell). The result is that managers are forced to buy added stocks at high prices and sell deleted stocks at low prices. This price pressure is more severe for more popular indices (more replicators).
作者: tycoon 时间: 2008-9-16 11:10
ANZ Asia equity index is a new entry into Asian market indices. The index has better coverage especially in the South Asian markets as compared to its more popular rivals. The index has coverage of 90 percent of all stocks listed in the constituent markets. Which of the following statements best describes the index?
| A) | Breadth is high, liquidity is high, and crossing opportunities are low. |
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B) | Breadth is high, liquidity is low, and crossing opportunities are low. |
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| C) | Breadth is low, liquidity is high, and crossing opportunities are low. |
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| D) | Breadth is high, liquidity is low, and crossing opportunities are high. |
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Answer and Explanation
Since the index is fairly comprehensive (90 percent coverage), breadth of the index is high. However due to the high breadth and being fairly new in the market, the index is not very liquid. Also lower popularity (new index) translates into lower crossing opportunities.
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