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Category: ETF, Hedge & Mutual Funds

  • Rogers International Raw Materials Fund

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    The Rogers International Raw Materials Fund was designed to replicate the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI). The Index was developed by James Beeland Rogers, Jr. to be a balanced, long only, representative, international raw materials index. The Index Fund’s primary objective is to provide an alternative investment vehicle for investors with diversified portfolios. Beeland Management…

  • Precious Metals Exchange Traded Fund

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    On May 22nd a new metals based Exchange Traded Fund began trading on the Amex (GDX). The new Market Vectors – Gold Miners ETF was launched by the Van Eck Global firm and trades under the ticker symbol GDX. (PRWEB) May 27, 2006 — On May 22nd a new metals based Exchange Traded Fund began…

  • Invest offshore in ETF’s

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    QUESTION: What are the tax implications for an american citizen of buying exchange traded funds in another currency in an offshore account? REPLY: According to MSN Money Central, an exchange traded fund (ETF) is essentially an index fund. As such they would be treated as mutual funds by the IRS. Those that are available through…

  • Leeward launches Offshore Canadian Income Fund

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    Leeward Offshore Canadian Income Fund has launched the Leeward Offshore Income Trust Fund, which will invest solely in Canadian income trusts. Leeward Hedge Funds Inc (Leeward) has been appointed investment advisor to the new fund, the sixth for which Leeward provides investment advisory services. The Cayman Islands registered fund will utilize leverage and its objective…

  • India Capital Fund wins 2005 Asiahedge award

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    India Capital Management Ltd which has a total AUM of US$200M is proud to announce that it has won the “Best Single Country Fund of the Year” at the 2005 AsiaHedge Awards for it’s Fund, the India Capital Fund, presented last week on 20th October in Hong Kong. It was also nominated for the same…

  • Private interest could create more gold funds

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    The five gold-backed investment funds already traded around the world could be the tip of the iceberg if investors allocate more of their funds to the metal, an official at the World Gold Council said this week. “We are just starting to see a transition,” Katharine Pulvermacher, head of asset allocation research at the World…

  • Fund managers are in poachers’ sights

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    We all know how important a manager is to the success of a fund, but the poaching of top talent has become so widespread in the asset management industry that it is threatening to undermine investor confidence. Fund-hopping is an occupational hazard for Robert Burdett, who runs several funds of funds for Credit Suisse Asset…

  • Affordable offshore investing

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    For Deutsche Bank and the JSE, the launch of Itrix, their range of international exchange traded funds (ETFs), could not have come at a better time amid fierce public debate on fund management fees. An ETF is a basket of shares that passively tracks an underlying index and is itself listed on a stock exchange.…

  • Cayman Islands attracting 35 new Funds per week

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    Attracted by the jurisdiction’s light tax and regulatory touch, the Cayman Islands authorities are registering almost 35 new funds per week, according to Gary Linford, head of the Investment and Securities Division of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority. Speaking at a fund industry seminar in Jamaica last month, Mr Linford noted that the Cayman Islands…