Category: ETF, Hedge & Mutual Funds

  • Ivy Funds One of Fastest Growing Fund Families

    The Ivy Funds ranked among the fastest growing mutual fund families in 2006, according to a recent study released by Financial Research Corporation (FRC). The Ivy Funds, with a 68 percent increase in assets under management in 2006, ranked fourth in terms of asset growth over the year among all firms with assets of $5…

  • US Investor – Wake Up

    Look Internationally for Investment Inspiration Michael Fischer is an investment professional with over ten years of experience, the latter nine at Goldman Sachs. He has bought and sold billions of dollars of investment products on behalf of his clients and himself; and shares his expertise in his new book Savings and Investing: Financial Knowledge and…

  • DBA The agricultural ETF

    Several new ETFs were introduced that enhance the ability of investors to join in the commodities game. While many of them including the oil, gold, and silver ETF (DBO, DBS, DGL) are improvements on previous funds, the DBA fund is the first that allows investors to get involved in the agricultural commodities – perhaps the…

  • U.S. Global Investors Continues Performance Leadership

    Company’s Funds Post Top-Tier Returns in Quarter, Year and 5-Year Periods SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Three funds managed by U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (Nasdaq:GROW) are among the best-performing mutual funds for the fourth quarter of 2006, according to rankings published today in the Wall Street Journal. Two of the company’s funds were also among the performance leaders…

  • 2006 Was a Banner Year for Offshore Finance

    New Uses for Hedge Funds and Record Levels of Private Equity Buyouts Drove Offshore Finance Market GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ — As we begin 2007, 2006 can be summed up in a single word, “more,” according to Walkers, the global offshore law firm of choice for fund managers, corporations, financial institutions, and…

  • Jersey’s Fund Sector Doubles In 5 Years

    Lipper Fitzrovia’s latest research reveals that US$154.2 billion (GBP83.4 billion) in 1,159 funds and subfunds were serviced in Jersey, as at 30 June 2006, an increase of 94% over five years – up from US$79.6 billion (GBP56.6 billion) as at 30 June 2001. Looking solely at funds domiciled on the Island, the largest asset classes…

  • China Ready to Invest Offshore

    BALTIMORE, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — T. Rowe Price today announced it has won a U.S. equity mandate from the National Council for Social Security Fund (SSF) of the People’s Republic of China ready. This is the first time that the SSF has partnered with non-Chinese investment managers and marks the initial step into investing offshore.…

  • Best Sell-Side Analysts

    Placing three analysts a piece, T. Rowe Price ($294 billion in assets under management) and Wellington Management Company ($544 billion) lead Institutional Investor’s 2006 The Best of the Buy Side, a ranking of the industry’s top buy-side analysts as voted by 470 sell-side analysts from 80 firms. Placing three analysts a piece, T. Rowe Price…

  • Titan Commodities One

    Titan Commodities Management, Ltd. offers privately managed accounts to accredited investors with the ability to earn an annualized minimum of 20% return before management is eligible for success-based commissions. The primary objective of Titan Commodities Management, Ltd. (“Titan”) is to generate a realized profit of 2% per month for its clients by utilizing Titan’s proprietary…