Firm that invests the pooled funds of retail investors for a fee. By aggregating...
A holding company usually managed by an investment banker which collects savings from investors to be used to acquire participation in agreed sectors and countries. Français: Fonds d’investissement Español: Fondo de inversión
A pooled collection of funds, owned by one or more investors, that is managed as one entity by one or more managers. The legal structure of the fund can take many forms and can include Unit Trusts, Investment Trusts and Open Ended Investment Company.
An investment fund pools money from institutional investors, such as financial institutions and pension funds, and invests in failed companies and other businesses. The fund provides executives to acquired companies to help the ailing firms get back on their feet. It seeks to reap capital gains by raising the value of the acquired companies and eventually selling its stakes. Ripplewood Holdings LLC, the purchaser of Shinsei Bank (8303), is one of many foreign investment funds that have been actively acquiring bankrupt Japanese firms. A growing number of domestic financial institutions, such as Nomura Securities Co., are also establishing investment funds specializing in corporate revival.
An interchangeable term referring to mutual funds and segregated funds.
Non-corporate equity made up of contributions pooled by a number of individuals called 'unit holders'. It is administered by a management company and taken care of by a custodian bank. It allows individual investors to benefit from the advantages of large institutional investors.
a permanent capital fund, which is invested
A professionally managed pool of assets with a stated investment objective.
Pool of assets raised from investors as the result of public advertising for the purpose of collective investment and managed by a fund manager for the account of the investors and in accordance with the principle of risk diversification.
Collective investment enabling participation in a widely diversified portfolio managed by professionals without necessarily requiring large sums of money.
Article 2 of the IFA defines an investment fund as 'a pool of assets generated by the investors as a result of public advertisement for the purpose of a collective investment and managed for the account of the investors, generally on the principle of risk diversification.'
Financially separate pooled fund of variable value and constant economic objective. Managed by an Fund Management Company for its participants.
This means a fund that is itself made up of funds. It is managed as one entity by one or more managers. The legal structure of the fund can take many forms and can include unit trusts and OEICs.
A term generally interchangeable with "mutual fund."
An established fund which pools funds from investors in order to purchase a wide variety of financial instruments that will meet the fund's investment goals.