摘要 |
A system and method is provided for structuring, and recording and processing information and data flow necessary to effect trades; creations; and redemptions of shares of, a differential fund. A differential fund comprises an underlying index or basket of securities, commodities, or other assets, with share classes equivalent to the number of and linked to components or sectors of the underlying. The system and method allocates dividends, distributions, or capital appreciation owing each class by weighting a predetermined financial indicator of each component to each other and then applying distributions or appreciation owed to the whole fund to individual classes based on the indicator weighting. Shares trade freely at a market premium over the net-asset value or market price of the fund. Because each share is backed by the entire underlying, the net-asset value or market price of the underlying establishes a natural lower-bound in the price of a share.
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