An Introduction to Mutual Funds Worldwide

INDEX

401(k) tax incentives, US 145

absolute return funds see hedge funds

accounting 46–7, 72–4, 88, 124–6, 138

see also administration

timescales 88, 124–6

accounts

capital/income accounts 124–6, 138

contents 138

distribution accounts 124, 126, 138

statistics 16

accumulation shares 34

acquired assets 69

active fund-management style 101

administration 2, 4, 26–8, 55, 60, 63–4, 72–4, 80–8, 89–91, 119–42

communications 76, 87–8, 89, 112, 120, 137–42

concepts 72–4, 89–91, 119–42, 149

dealing 120–1, 130–1

income allocations 136–7

meetings 84–5, 120, 140–2

portfolios 120–7

pricing 127–31

procedures 72–3

purchases 121–3, 147

registers 72–4, 94, 120, 121–3, 133–5

roles 72–4, 90–1, 119–42

sales 121–3

valuations 127–8

advertisements 71, 89, 111, 114–18

see also marketing

costs 115–16

cross-border/international marketing 111

Internet 89, 112, 114–18

off-the-page advertisements 71, 89

standards 116–17

advisory firms see intermediaries

Africa 5, 9, 20, 24, 60–1, 162

AGMs see Annual General Meetings

amalgamations 95–6, 140–1

AMBA see Asset Management Business Act 2003

American funds 84, 102

AMF, France 13, 52, 161

AMFI see Association of Mutual Funds in India

amortisation 83–4

Annual General Meetings (AGMs) 140–1

annual management charges 22, 83–4, 93–4

annual reports 139–40

application forms, mutual funds 36, 131–2

Argentina 23

‘arm's length’ terms 75

Asia 12, 19, 24, 61–2

see also individual countries

asset allocation model, concepts 100–1

asset classes 6, 31–2, 66–7, 100–6

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