Mutual funds
Mutual funds or investment funds are collective investment schemes that invest in a broad range of securities, but with little or no derivatives exposure. Fintactica specifically covers offshore funds registered for sale in more than one country.
Articles
18/10/2004
Introduction to Mutual Funds
There are now more mutual funds and unit trusts available to investors than ever before. Despite the poor performance of many of these funds, they are still being actively sold to the public via financial advisers and retail banks.
20/09/2006
Thailand's military coup: foreign fund managers could benefit from cheap stocks
The recent news of the military coup in Thailand is producing surprisingly positive reactions from the fund management industry.
01/09/2006
NEW STAR PAN-EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND
The New Star Pan-European Equity Fund was launched in December 2005 as a pure stockpicking fund with a focus on absolute rather than relative returns. Here Daniel White, explains his how he has positioned the fund since inception.
16/12/2004
Research finds women becoming more confident at money management
Women are now more confident in their investing abilities, but still feel they need to become more knowledgeable about investment basics.
News
20/11/2008
Leveraged loan fund from BlueBay
BlueBay Asset Management, one of Europe's largest independent managers of fixed income credit products, has announced the launch of its High Income Loan Fund.
20/08/2008
Performance fees don't lead to performance improvement, study finds
The increasing use of performance fees amongst investment companies has not in itself lead to investment managers performing better, according to new research issued today by leading business and financial advisers Grant Thornton.
17/07/2007
Dawnay Day aiming to maximise European stockmarket returns
Following the success of its original structured investment, the European Stockmarket Maximiser, Dawnay Day Quantum said it would be launching a second edition of the product, offering investors index-beating returns in the European equity markets.
31/01/2007
Smaller companies fund to invest in emerging markets
Aberdeen Asset Managers is launching a smaller companies fund in March to tap into the under-researched small caps story in developing countries.
30/08/2006
Shareholders Gain, Creditors Often Lose, Says S&P Report on stock boosting deals
As institutional investors have sought to bolster shareholder returns in recent years by engaging in shareholder-enhancing deals, such as stock buybacks, extra dividends, leveraged buyouts, or corporate restructurings, Standard & Poor's believes that the impact of such deals on credit quality is very rarely positive, occasionally neutral, and too often negative.
