According to different standards, securities investment funds can be divided into different types:
(1) According to whether the fund unit can be increased or redeemed, it can be divided into open-end funds and closed-end funds. Open-end funds are not traded on the market (as the case may be), but are purchased and redeemed by banks, brokers and fund companies, and the fund scale is not fixed; Closed-end funds have a fixed duration and are generally listed and traded on the stock exchange. Investors buy and sell fund shares through the secondary market.
(2) 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. China's securities investment funds are all contractual funds.
(3) According to different investment risks and returns, it can be divided into growth funds, income funds and balanced funds.
(4) According to different investors, it can be divided into four categories: money fund, bond fund, mixed fund and stock fund.
QDII fund
QDII is the abbreviation of qualified domestic institutional investor. It is a securities investment fund established in China and approved by relevant state departments to engage in securities business such as stocks and bonds in overseas securities markets. Like QFII (Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor), it is also a transitional institutional arrangement, which allows foreign investors to invest in the domestic securities market to a limited extent when the currency is not fully convertible and the capital account is not yet open.