PCIAM Flashcards
Allowance amounts
X 5
- share purchases and loans to companies, involving loans to small close companies / or shares in them
- partnership investment where partner pays interest on a loan to benefit partnership
- payment of iht where a loan was taken to pay. 1 years benefit
- ISA
- pension
Powers of regulatory decisions committee (RDC)
X 7
- private warnings
- variation of permissions
- withdrawal of authorisation
- withdrawal of approval
- prohibition of individuals
- public censure and statement if misconduct
- financial penalties
Upper tribunal with 28 days
Business asset rollover
- cgt deferral can be claimed by incorporated and unincorporated businesses when they sell assets send buy new assets
- must be trading
- new asset must be purchased staring one year before and three years after disposal
Dividend yield
Dividend per share /
Share price
X 100
- assess current yields with previous to determine progress
- cannot compare like to like as will have different div policies
- growth stocks may not pay a dividend
Equity based options
X 7
- Predetermined expiry dates quarterly
- physically settled
- through ICE futures Europe on around 100
- expiry date is American style
- pricing is pence per share
- call option holder - not eligible fir dividend unless exercised prior to ex- dividend
- stock specific risk
Margins futures
X 5
- Initially- deposit
- variation- loser pays each day
- spot month
- intra-day - if initial too low on volatile day
- maintenance - higher initial
Holding period return / mwr
(D + V1 - V0) / Vo
(D + v1 - v0 - c) / Vo + ( c x n/12)
V0 = starting V1 = selling D = income C = net new money in or out N = no of months remaining in year when taken or added
VCT
Income tax free
CGT free
30% tax relief on £200k
Held 5 years
- listed on stock exchange
- income must be from shares / securities
- 70% qualifying holdings
- not more than 15% in one company
- at least 30% of qualifying holdings must be new ordinary shares and at least 10% per company
- cannot invest more than £1m in any single qualifying conpany each year
- not exempt from IHT
Preference shares types
X 5
- cumulative
- non cumulative
- participating
- redeemable
- convertable
FSA
FSMA 2000
Financial service act 2012
2013
Split to fca and pra
Retail distribution review
Level 4 by 31/12/12
LSE listing requirements by fca
X 8
- market cap of 700k+ & 25% shares free
- market cap of bonds 200k
- no restrictions on shares
- no more than 30% voting rights
- 3 years audited accounts
- directors experience
- pre-vetted prospectus by UKLA
- less stringent in science based
Capital requirement directive
3 pillars 1/1/14
To ensure that firms (eg banks, building societies and investment firms) hold adequate resources and have adequate systems and control to manage both business and associated risks
1 - quantification of risks arising for financial firms trading and credit business
2- robust requirements on public disclosure to encourage stronger market discipline in ensuring firms hold appropriate capital for their business
3 - stronger constructive dialogue between firms and regulator on risks and the level of capital which should be held
Business asset disposal relief
5 qualifying
- Introduced in April 2008
- cgt at 10% up to £10mill now £1mill
- disposal of sole trader business
- disposal of partnership share
- dis of shares in trading g company where they are employed and gave 5% share or more
- assets that have been loaned to business
- shares bought through enterprise management scheme
Chattels CGT
Exempt if value less than £6k or wasting assets (less than 50 years)
If sold for less than 15,000 gain limit
5/3 (sale price - 6000)
Treynor ratip
(Rp - Rf) / B
Six stage performance review
- benchmark
- benchmark asset allocation
- asset class returns
- comparison of asset classes
- compare benchmark with portfolios
- compare stock selection
Formula of profi loss of a future
No of ticks × tick value × no of futures
Ftse 100
Tick size 0.5 point
Tick value £5
Backwardation
- future price is below cash price
- bid price is greater than ask price
REITS
- closed ended
- listed on recognised exchange
- uk resident
- 1 class of share
- 75% profits from rental
- at least 3 properties
- min interest cover 1.25
Ring fenced property let
- exempt from corporation tax
- 90% rental profits paid 12 months
- payments paid net 20%
Non ring fenced
- subject to 19% corporation tax
Covered warrant
Gives the right to buy or sell underlying asset a specified price on or before date
Option issued by 3rd party will cover / hedge exposure by buying underlying stock or futures/options
Cover ratio eg 25 :1 share
Working capital ratio (current ratio)
Current assets /
Current liabilities
1.5 and 2 acceptable
ORB - order book for retail bonds
X 5
- London stock exchange 1/2/10
- liquid and transparent market in retail bonds
- all listed on London main markets
- provides a similar facility to that which is used for share dealing for a select number of gilts
- directly as sophisticated or via broker
- fixed interest T+2
New issue methods
X 6
- fixed price offer
- tender offer
- offer for sale
- offer for subscription - invest trusts
- placing (selective marketing)
P/E Price earning ratio
Market price for shares /
EPS earning per share
High ratio indicates do well and grow, low lower growth more established. Extremely low could mean undervalued
Index based options
X 7
- available for monthly expiry dates for first 3 months then quarterly to 24 months
- no physical asset
- available through ICE futures Europe, FTSE 100 options, FTSE index flex options
- FTSE index have European style expiry dates
- £10 per index point (tick size 0.5 tock value £5)
- no dividends
- diversifed risk
Modified duration
Mod duration =
- macaulay duration / (1+GRY)
Md = bond with highest duration is the bond whose price will move the most given any change in interest rates
Minimise risk by buying higher coupon shorter term
Overestimates fall and underestimate rise
Junk bond
X 3
- below investment grade
- below BBB standard and poor
- high yielding
Financial policy Committee FPC
X 3
- a Committee of BOE
- identify, monitor and take action to reduce or prevent systematic risk with a view of protecting and enhancing uk financial system
- 2nd support economic policy of government
Business relief
X 2 rates
100%
- interests in unincorporated business
- shareholding in unquoted or AIM
50%
- shares controlling more than 50% voting rights in fully listed company
- land, buildings, plant and machinery used for business controlled by donor
Needs to have owned fir 2 years
Fit and proper
X 3
- honesty, integrity and reputation
- competence and capability
- financial soundness
Drawbacks of emerging markets
X 6
- restriction on foreign ownership
- foreign exchange restrictions
- taxation
- additional costs
- lack of transparency and info
- corporate governance
Insider dealing
Explain
3 x defence
Dealing on the basis of price sensitive info that has not been made public
Criminal offence 1980 7 years
- did not expect to make a profit
- reasonable grounds to believe info disclosed widely enough
- would have dealt anyway
Market abuse - civil with unlimited fine
Standard deviation
- 26% one standard deviation
- 5% in two
- 75% in three
Square root of variance
Measures how much it differs around its mean
Discretionary trust tax
£1000 standard rate 7.5 % / 20 % 38.1% / 45% CGT £6,150 Expenses can be relieved Must make sure enough in tax pool 30% of trust charge 20% = 6% 10 year Exit x/40 3 month periods x 30% of effective rate Stamp duty add 3% Cost are grossed up
When can invest managers accept goods or services from brokers when carrying out transactions for clients
No
- executes orders through a broker or another person
- passes these charges to the customer
- is offered goods and services in return fir these charges
Yes
- linked to arrangement and conclusion of transaction
- provided between invest man making invest decision and been carried out
Re research
- capable of adding value
- represents original thought
- intellectual rigour
Permissable orders
X 8
- at best
- limit (upper and lower limits)
- execute and eliminate (can be partial)
- fill or kill
- market
- iceberg
- hidden limit orders
- hidden pegged orders
Accumulation tryst
- can accumulate income and add to trust capital
- can pay income out like discretionary
Fca
1 x strategic objective
3 x operational
- ensure relevant markets function well
- protection for customers
- protect and enhance integrity of financial system
- effective competition
Investment trust
- public limited company
- board of directors
- closed end funds
- able to gear
- conventional - indefinite
- Split capital
Income / capital / zero div pref - 10 % max into other trusts
- Corp 19% tax on foreign or unfranked
CFDs
X 7
- can be on companies as well as indices
- don’t buy underlying asset. Hard to purchase index
- rising or dropping (short)
- geared products
- no stamp duty
- CGT payable
- stop losses available
130/30
- Ability to short a % of portfolio to improve performance
- rank shares in order of expected returns
- then short sell securities at bottom to raise up to 30% of fund value
- money raised buys more of top ranking
Dividend cover
Earnings per share EPS /
Dividend per share DPS
- Ability to maintain current dividend that is paying out
- useful for income investors
- high could mean retaining profits for future
Earnings per share EPS
Profits after interest, tax and pref div /
Number of ordinary shares
Legal requirements of valid trust
X 3
3 certainties
- intention
- subject
- object
What is beta
Measure of sensitivity compared to market
Arbitrage
Seek low risk profits by exploiting price anomalies in the market
Professionals - keeps markets efficient
Eg sell asset and buy future
Fundamental investing
- value investing - Ben Graham 1930s
- concentrates on balance sheet ratios like price to book
- results, profits, balance, cash flows
- GAR
- top down / bottom up
EIS
Tax free in product Dividends taxable CGT free if held 3 years 30% tax relief max cont £1mill Unlisted Qualifying trade Gross assets must not exceed 15mill /16mill after Fewer than 250 employees IHT exempt after 2 years
TWR - fund manager return
V1/V0 x V2/(v1 +c) - 1
Capital employed
X 4
- share capital
- reserves
- loans
- overdrafts
Bare trust
X 5
- Single beneficiary
- entitled to capital and income at 18 if full mental capacity
- can buy stocks and shares
- parental settlement rules for tax 100
- prevent 3% additional property duty
Gilts coupon
%/2 X Index ratio % is changed to decimal