Mutual fund industry handbook : a comprehensive guide for investment professionals
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Mutual fund industry handbook : a comprehensive guide for investment professionals
J. Wiley, c2005
- : cloth
- Other Title
-
A purely American invention : the U.S. open-end mutual fund industry
Available at / 9 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
At head of title: Boston Institute of Finance, NICSA, the National Investment Company Service Association
Previously published as: A purely American invention : the U.S. open-end mutual fund industry. National Investment Co. Service Association, 2001
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"The Mutual Fund Industry Handbook is a remarkably important work . . . I am profoundly impressed by the broad and comprehensive sweep of information and knowledge that this book makes available to industry participants, college and business school students, and anyone else with a serious interest in this industry."
-- From the Foreword by John C. Bogle President, Bogle Financial Markets Research Center Founder and former chief executive, The Vanguard Group A Foreword by John C. Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group and one of the most respected leaders in the mutual fund industry, sets the stage for this authoritative book that explains the complexities of the phenomenal industry in simple terms.
Investors like the fact that mutual funds offer professional management, easy diversification, liquidity, convenience, a wide range of investment choices, and regulatory protection. Mutual Fund Industry Handbook touches on all of those features and focuses on the diverse functions performed in the day-to-day operations of the mutual fund industry. You'll learn about:
Front-office functions-analysis, buying, and selling.
Back-office functions, including settlement, custody, accounting, and reporting.
Commission structures-front-end loads, back-end loads, or level loads.
The various fund categories used by the Investment Company Institute, Morningstar, and Lipper.
The roles played by fund managers, investment advisors, custodial banks, distributors, transfer agents, and other third-party service providers.
If you want a definitive reference on the mutual fund industry, this is the book for you.
Table of Contents
Foreword. Acknowledgments.
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Industry.
Chapter 2: A Brief History of Mutual Funds in the United States.
Chapter 3: Overview of Industry Structure.
Chapter 4: The Mutual Fund-Product Definition.
Chapter 5: The Investment Management Front Office.
Chapter 6: The Investment Management Back Office.
Chapter 7: Fund Accounting, Audit, Legal, and Other Support Functions.
Chapter 8: Fund Distribution: The Broker Channel.
Chapter 9: The Direct, Bank, and Institutional Channels.
Chapter 10: Cross-Channel Issues: Advertising and Retirement Investing.
Chapter 11: The Transfer Agent, Part 1-Shareholder Record Keeping.
Chapter 12: The Transfer Agent, Part 2-Customer Service.
Chapter 13: Other Service Providers.
Chapter 14: Going Abroad: Open-End Funds Outside the United States.
Chapter 15: Going Forward: Issues and Challenges.
Notes.
Index.
by "Nielsen BookData"