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A mutual fund is an investment fund that pools money from many investors to purchase securities. The term is typically used in the United States, Canada, and India, while similar structures across the globe include the SICAV in Europe ('investment company with variable capital'), and the open-ended investment company (OEIC) in the UK.
Stock exchange. Interior hall of the Helsinki Stock Exchange in Helsinki, Finland, 1965. A stock exchange is an exchange (or bourse) where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell shares (equity stock ), bonds, and other securities. Many large companies have their stocks listed on a stock exchange. This makes the stock more liquid and thus ...
Index fund. An index fund (also index tracker) is a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to follow certain preset rules so that it can replicate the performance ("track") of a specified basket of underlying investments. [1]
Investment company. An investment company is a financial institution principally engaged in holding, managing and investing securities. These companies in the United States are regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and must be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Investment companies invest money on behalf of ...
Citadel LLC (formerly known as Citadel Investment Group, LLC) is an American multinational hedge fund and financial services company. Founded in 1990 by Ken Griffin, it has more than $58 billion in assets under management as of January 2024.
Aalberts N.V. Aalberts N.V. is a Dutch company and was founded under its former name Aalberts Industries by Jan Aalberts in 1975 and became public in 1987. The company was part of AEX from 2015 to 2020 and is currently listed in the AMX. Biggest shareholders are family Aalberts, FMR, Capital Group, Invesco, BlackRock, Impax Asset Management ...
Public finance. A sovereign wealth fund ( SWF ), sovereign investment fund, or social wealth fund is a state-owned investment fund that invests in real and financial assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate, precious metals, or in alternative investments such as private equity fund or hedge funds. Sovereign wealth funds invest globally.
The SAFTA was envisaged to gradually move towards the South Asian Economic Union, but the current intra-regional trade and investment relation are not encouraging and it may be difficult to achieve this target. SAARC intra-regional trade stands at just five percent on the share of intra-regional trade in overall trade in South Asia.