IP Library Granted Patent US 7,917,429
Granted Patent B2
US 7,917,429 · App. 12/901,885 · Granted Mar 29, 2011

Hedging exchange traded mutual fund or other portfolio basket products

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,917,429
App. No.
12/901,885
Granted
Mar 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for pricing and/or determining a basket of financial instruments for hedging investment risk in actively managed traded funds is described. The system uses a trusted computer system and includes a computer storage medium storing a computer program product. The product determines a basket of hedging instruments by applying statistical or economic based factor analysis to estimate the NAV or provide a hedging basket to rack actual NAV of an actively managed traded fund.

Claims (32)

1. A process for creating a modeling portfolio to model an actively managed exchange traded fund portfolio comprising:

(a) receiving the identifies and weights of a first set of securities to create a first portfolio of securities;

(b) selecting the identifies of a second set of securities;

(c) calculating a set of risk factors for the actively managed exchange traded fund, wherein the risk factors are calculated on a computer programmed to perform factor analysis;

(d) calculating a set of weights for the second set of securities to create a supplemental portfolio of securities, wherein the set of weights for the second set of securities is calculated on a computer programmed to perform factor analysis;

wherein the combination of the first portfolio of securities and the supplemental portfolio of securities creates the modeling portfolio, which substantially tracks the actively managed exchange traded fund portfolio over a period of time; and

wherein the modeling portfolio does not reveal the actively managed exchange traded fund portfolio.

2. The process of claim 1 , wherein the factor analysis is a principal components analysis.

3. The process of claim 2 , wherein the period of time is one trading day.

4. The process of claim 3 , wherein step (c) is performed each trading day.

5. The process of claim 1 , wherein the first portfolio of securities is a creation basket.

6. The process of claim 1 , wherein the first portfolio of securities is a redemption basket.

7. The process of claim 4 , wherein the first portfolio of securities is a creation basket.

8. The process of claim 4 , wherein the first portfolio of securities is a redemption basket.

9. The process of claim 1 , wherein the first portfolio of securities is a creation basket.

10. The process of claim 1 , wherein the first portfolio of securities is a redemption basket.

11. A computer-readable product containing a computer program for creating a modeling portfolio to model an actively managed exchange traded fund portfolio, the computer program having instructions for causing a computer to:

(a) receive the identities and Weights of a first set of securities to create a first portfolio of securities;

(b) send the identities of a second set of securities;

(c) calculate a set of risk factors for the actively managed exchange traded fund, wherein the risk factors are calculated on a computer programmed to perform factor analysis;

(d) calculate a set of weights for the second set of securities to create a supplemental portfolio of securities, wherein the set of weights for the second set of securities is calculated on a computer programmed to perform factor analysis;

wherein the combination of the first portfolio of securities and the supplemental portfolio of securities creates the modeling portfolio, which substantially tracks the actively managed exchange traded fund portfolio over a period of time; and

wherein the modeling portfolio does not reveal the actively managed exchange traded fund portfolio.

12. The computer-readable product of claim 11 , wherein the factor analysis is a principal components analysis.

13. The process of claim 12 , wherein the period of time is one trading day.

14. The process of claim 13 , wherein step (c) is performed each trading day.

15. The process of claim 11 , wherein the first portfolio of securities is a creation basket.

16. The process of claim 13 , wherein the first portfolio of securities is a redemption basket.

17. The process of claim 14 , wherein the first portfolio of securities is a creation basket.

18. The process of claim 14 , wherein the first portfolio of securities is a redemption basket.

19. The process of claim 12 , wherein the first portfolio of securities is a creation basket.

20. The process of claim 12 , wherein the first portfolio of securities is a redemption basket.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 15, 2018
From: NYSE MKT LLC
To: NYSE AMERICAN LLC
Reel/Frame 046159/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2012
From: WEBER, CLIFFORD J.; EBNER, SCOTT; BAKER, CHARLES A.; ARCULLI, BONNIE
To: NYSE ALTERNEXT LLC
Reel/Frame 028785/0376 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 3, 2012
From: NYSE ALTERNEXT US LLC
To: NYSE AMEX LLC
Reel/Frame 028719/0299 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 3, 2012
From: NYSE AMEX LLC
To: NYSE MKT LLC
Reel/Frame 028720/0172 →