Pricing and valuation is an inherently complex process. Funds are pricing hundreds, sometimes thousands, of instruments in dozens of portfolios, using inputs from multiple market data vendors and broker quotes. These are typically categorized as listed, over-the-counter (OTC) and private securities. Since most funds have a relatively small team devoted to the task of calculating both daily and monthly prices, they have developed over time highly customized spreadsheets for each category of securities to make the process easier.
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