A mutual fund wants to hedge its portfolio of shares worth ?10 crore using the NIFTYIndex Futures. The contract size is 100 times the index. The index is currently quoted at 6840. The Beta of the portfolio is 0.8. The beta of the index may be taken as 1. What is the number of contracts to be traded?

Syllabus for the paper: Section A : Investment decisions 25% 1. Investment Decisions, Project Planning and Control 2. Evaluation of Risky Proposals for Investment Decisions 3. Leasing Decisions Section B : Financial Markets and Institutions 20% 4. Institutions in Financial Markets 5. Instruments in Financial Markets 6. Capital Markets 7. Commodity Exchange Section C : security Analysis and portfolio Management 25% 8. Security Analysis & Portfolio Management Section D : Financial risk Management 30% 9. Financial Risks & Management 10. Financial Derivatives – Instruments for Risk... Show more

Syllabus for the paper:

Section A : Investment decisions 25%
1. Investment Decisions, Project Planning and Control
2. Evaluation of Risky Proposals for Investment Decisions
3. Leasing Decisions
Section B : Financial Markets and Institutions 20%
4. Institutions in Financial Markets
5. Instruments in Financial Markets
6. Capital Markets
7. Commodity Exchange
Section C : security Analysis and portfolio Management 25%
8. Security Analysis & Portfolio Management
Section D : Financial risk Management 30%
9. Financial Risks & Management
10. Financial Derivatives – Instruments for Risk Management
11. Financial Risk Management in International Operations

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