Privatization marketplace
First Claim
1. A method to achieve widespread share ownership by aggregating rights to state owned assets, in the context of uncertainty and volatility in the value of said state owned assets, and in the context of constraints on investment sophistication and technical infrastructure, comprising the steps of:
- implementing an endowment phase, said endowment phase comprising;
establishing entitlement criteria to a portion of a tranche of state owned assets with independently tradeable shares,generating a list of portfolio owners according to said entitlement criteria,endowing each portfolio owner on said list with a number of Stock Market Units according to said entitlement criteria, each Stock Market Unit consisting of a standardized portion of said tranche of state owned assets, andselecting the state owned assets to be included in said tranche; and
implementing one or more investment cycles, each such investment cycle comprising;
a transaction collection phase during which transactions are collected from portfolio owners on said list and stored in a transaction data base suitable for processing by a digital computer system,a transaction processing phase during which the transactions stored in the transaction data base are processed on a digital computer, and a disposition phase,said transactions comprising;
bids and offers for Stock Market Units and shares of the assets represented in the Stock Market Units,orders to sell an amount of one asset and use the proceeds of such sale to purchase another asset contingent on the ratio of the prices of the two assets, andinstructions to transfer portions of assets to financial institutions able to exercise custody or disburse cash balances,the processing of said transactions comprising;
creating synthetic bids for Stock Market Units by aggregating bids for a set of assets represented in the Stock Market Units, said synthetic bids to be treated as alternative to the bids so aggregated,iteratively calculating market-clearing prices which satisfy the largest amount by value of bids and offers, andusing approximate asset prices determined prior to the final iteration of the calculation of market-clearing prices in evaluating order contingencies, andthe disposition phase comprising;
execution of the instructions to transfer portions of assets to financial institutions able to exercise custody or disburse cash balances.
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Abstract
Computerized methods and tools for developing and implementing economic policies are provided. The methods and tools, which do not rely on advanced communications of financial market trading infrastructure, include the principal steps of preparing a privatization business plan (101) that includes an cost of the assets and a plan for distributing the assets. The review of the privatization plan by a Privatization Board (103). Executing the plan (105). Restructuring the enterprise in accordance to the plan (107). Submitting an application for certification of demonopolization to the Privatization Board (109). Receiving an effective demonopolization date from the Privatization Board (111).
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20 Claims
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1. A method to achieve widespread share ownership by aggregating rights to state owned assets, in the context of uncertainty and volatility in the value of said state owned assets, and in the context of constraints on investment sophistication and technical infrastructure, comprising the steps of:
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implementing an endowment phase, said endowment phase comprising; establishing entitlement criteria to a portion of a tranche of state owned assets with independently tradeable shares, generating a list of portfolio owners according to said entitlement criteria, endowing each portfolio owner on said list with a number of Stock Market Units according to said entitlement criteria, each Stock Market Unit consisting of a standardized portion of said tranche of state owned assets, and selecting the state owned assets to be included in said tranche; and implementing one or more investment cycles, each such investment cycle comprising; a transaction collection phase during which transactions are collected from portfolio owners on said list and stored in a transaction data base suitable for processing by a digital computer system, a transaction processing phase during which the transactions stored in the transaction data base are processed on a digital computer, and a disposition phase, said transactions comprising; bids and offers for Stock Market Units and shares of the assets represented in the Stock Market Units, orders to sell an amount of one asset and use the proceeds of such sale to purchase another asset contingent on the ratio of the prices of the two assets, and instructions to transfer portions of assets to financial institutions able to exercise custody or disburse cash balances, the processing of said transactions comprising; creating synthetic bids for Stock Market Units by aggregating bids for a set of assets represented in the Stock Market Units, said synthetic bids to be treated as alternative to the bids so aggregated, iteratively calculating market-clearing prices which satisfy the largest amount by value of bids and offers, and using approximate asset prices determined prior to the final iteration of the calculation of market-clearing prices in evaluating order contingencies, and the disposition phase comprising; execution of the instructions to transfer portions of assets to financial institutions able to exercise custody or disburse cash balances. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20)
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16. The method of 15, where the natural resource rights are rights to mineral deposits.
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17. The method of 15, where the natural resource rights are rights to electromagnetic spectrum bandwidth.
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