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System for pricing financial instruments

US7305362B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 2002
Grant dateDec 4, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q40/06
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of determining an estimate of the market value of a traded unit of a financial instrument, and apparatus for carrying out the method, said instrument comprising a fund of individually priced securities and the exact composition of said fund being withheld from the market, said method comprising selecting a plurality of mutually independent risk factors, each risk factor being representative of market behavior estimated to be significant to the price behavior of the traded unit, obtaining information from a third party holding information regarding the composition of said fund regarding the actual significance of said risk factors to the value of said traded unit, and calculating a value for said traded unit on the basis of said significances.

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