Fund, broadly speaking, refers to a certain amount of funds set up for a certain purpose. It mainly includes trust and investment funds, provident funds, insurance funds, retirement funds and funds of various foundations. From the accounting point of view, capital is a narrow concept, which refers to funds with specific purposes and uses. The fund we are talking about mainly refers to the securities investment fund.

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.

(2) According to different organizational forms, it can be divided into corporate funds and contractual funds.

(3) According to the 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 bond funds, stock funds, money funds and hybrid funds.