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System and method for providing liquidity

US8112331B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 2002
Grant dateFeb 7, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2026

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

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of providing liquidity to an investment fund utilizing a liquidity vehicle, including determining that the investment fund has a net share outflow, prompting the investment fund having a net share outflow to offer shares to the liquidity vehicle, purchasing an offered share, holding the purchased share in the liquidity vehicle for a period of time, and redeeming the purchased share from the investment fund in response to a net inflow of shares of the investment fund.

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