Mutual Fund Industry Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for Investment ProfessionalsISBN: 978-0-471-73624-0
Hardcover
400 pages
August 2005
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"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
-- 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.