The funds we are talking about now usually refer to securities investment funds.
Securities investment fund is an indirect way of securities investment. By issuing fund shares, fund management companies concentrate investors' funds, which are managed by fund custodians (that is, qualified banks) and managed and used by fund managers to invest in financial instruments such as stocks and bonds, and then * * * bear the investment risks and share the benefits. According to different standards, securities investment funds can be divided into different types:
According to whether fund units can be increased or redeemed, they can be divided into open-end funds and closed-end funds. Open-end funds are not listed and traded, but are generally purchased and redeemed by banks, and the fund scale is not fixed; Closed-end funds have a fixed duration, and the fund size is fixed during the duration. Generally listed on the stock exchange, investors buy and sell fund shares through the secondary market.
According to different organizational forms, it can be divided into corporate funds and contractual funds. A fund is established by issuing fund shares to establish an investment fund company, which is usually called a corporate fund; The establishment of fund managers, fund custodians and investors through fund contracts is usually called contractual funds. At present, China's securities investment funds are all contractual funds.
According to the difference of investment risk and income, it can be divided into growth fund, income fund and balanced fund.
According to different investment objects, it can be divided into stock funds, bond funds, money market funds and futures funds.
According to different investment objects, securities investment funds can be divided into: stock funds, bond funds, money market funds, hybrid funds and so on. If more than 60% of the fund's assets are invested in stocks, it is a stock fund; If more than 80% of the fund assets are invested in bonds, it is a bond fund; Money market funds that only invest in money market instruments; If it invests in stocks, bonds and money market instruments, and the ratio of stock investment to bond investment does not meet the requirements of bonds and stock funds, it is a mixed fund. From the perspective of investment risks, the risks brought by several funds to investors are different. Among them, equity funds have the highest risk, money market funds have the lowest risk and bond funds have the middle risk. Due to different investment styles and strategies, the risks of the same type of investment funds will be different. For example, stock funds can be divided into: balanced, stable, exponential, growth and growth according to the degree of risk. Of course, the greater the risk, the higher the rate of return; The risk is small, and the income is correspondingly lower.
Introduction to open-end fund transactions:
◆ Preparation process
Before purchasing a fund, investors need to carefully read the prospectus, fund contract, account opening procedures, trading rules and other fund-related documents, and all fund sales outlets should have the above documents for investors to consult at any time.
Individual investors are required to carry the debit card of the agent bank and valid identification documents (ID card, military officer's card or armed police card), and institutional investors are required to carry the original business license, organization code certificate or registration certificate, as well as the official seal copy of the above documents, power of attorney, agent's ID card and copy.
With the preparation materials, the customer goes to the bank counter to fill in the application form for fund business, and then receives the business receipt. Individual investors also receive fund trading cards, and they can go to the counter to receive business confirmation two days after handling fund business. Units or individuals can engage in fund subscription and redemption after receiving business confirmation.
◆ How to buy?
After completing the preparation for opening an account, citizens can choose their own time to buy funds. Individual investors can bring the debit card and fund trading card of the correspondent bank to the counter of the agency outlet to fill in the Application Form for Fund Trading (institutional investors need to affix the reserved seal), and must submit the application before the day of subscription 15: 00, and the counter will accept and receive the receipt of fund business. Two days after handling the fund business, investors can print the business confirmation at the counter.
◆ How to redeem?
When investors intend to redeem their funds, they can bring the debit card and fund trading card of the opening bank, and also fill in and submit the transaction application form before 3: 00 pm. After being accepted at the counter, investors can inquire and redeem the fund after five days.
◆ How to quit?
If trading investors need to cancel trading, they can bring their fund trading card and bank debit card to the counter before the trading day 15, fill in the trading application form and indicate the cancellation of trading. If it is after 15, some banks can make an appointment for trading according to the quotation of the day and trade the next working day.
At present, almost all banks and fund management companies support trading funds on the Internet.
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Suppose you have a sum of money to invest in bonds, stocks and other securities to increase the value, but you have no energy or professional knowledge, and the money is not too much, so you want to invest in partnership with other 10 people and hire an investment expert (theoretically higher than me) to operate the assets invested by everyone to increase the value. But there, if investors above 10 negotiate with investment experts at any time, it won't be chaotic, so they recommend someone who knows the most about it to take the lead. Give him a certain percentage of everyone's assets on a regular basis, and he will pay the master service fee on his behalf. Of course, he will take the lead in making arrangements for big and small things, including running errands from door to door, reminding the master of risks at any time, and regularly announcing the investment profits and losses to everyone. , so I didn't come for nothing, and the money in the commission also has his service fee. These things are called partnership investment.
Enlarge this partnership investment model by 100 times and 1000 times, which is the fund.
This kind of private partnership investment activity belongs to private equity fund if a complete contract is established between investors (which has not been recognized by the relevant laws and regulations of the national financial industry supervision in China).
If this partnership investment activity is approved by the national securities regulatory authority (China Securities Regulatory Commission), and the lead operator of this activity is allowed to make a public offering to attract investors to join the partnership investment, this is the issuance of publicly offered funds, which is a common fund now.
What is the role of fund management companies? The fund management company is the lead operator of this kind of partnership investment, but it is a corporate legal person, and its qualification must be approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Fund companies, like other fund investors, are also partners. On the other hand, due to its leading operation, it is necessary to extract service fees (called fund management fees) from the assets jointly produced by everyone every year, manage investment experts (fund managers) who are responsible for transactions on behalf of investors, and help experts collect information and engage in research, and regularly announce the assets and income of the fund. Of course, these activities of fund companies are approved by the CSRC.