A method of determining an estimate of the market value of a traded unit
of a financial instrument, and apparatus for carrying out the method,
said instrument comprising a fund of individually priced securities and
the exact composition of said fund being withheld from the market, said
method comprising selecting a plurality of mutually independent risk
factors, each risk factor being representative of market behaviour
estimated to be significant to the price behaviour of the traded unit,
obtaining information from a third party holding information regarding
the composition of said fund regarding the actual significance of said
risk factors to the value of said traded unit, and calculating a value
for said traded unit on the basis of said significances.