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Offshore Investment Funds
Offshore investment & funds vehicles come in many varieties, even more than onshore (those in high-tax countries) which are often limited by local regulation to less volatile types of investment. Thus, there are offshore bond funds, equity funds, sectoral funds, emerging-market funds, money-market funds, hedge funds, property funds, income funds, capital funds - and more.
In a 1997 survey, it was calculated that there were approximately US$534 billion of funds under management in offshore mutual funds.
Offshore Mutual Fund
A mutual fund is an open-end investment company that combines the money of thousands of people and invests it in a variety of securities in an effort to achieve a specific objective over time. Mutual funds can offer a number of benefits such as portfolio diversification and the possibility of buying back its shares at the current net asset value.
The principal purpose and advantage of a mutual fund is to provide its investors with a selection of investments options, by allowing groups of investors to pool their assets. This allows the investors access to the services of professional investment advisors and reduces the risk (and dealing costs) of their individual portfolios by participating in a larger range of investments than might individually be possible a way to achieve investment diversification. A mutual fund creates collective buying power by pooling the money of thousands of participating investors.
The determining price for a share of a fund is the net asset value (NAV), which equals the total value of the securities the fund owns divided by the number of shares outstanding. For example, a mutual fund with $15m worth of stocks and bonds and 1.5 million shares would have a NAV of $10. The NAV will likely fluctuate daily, according to the trading activity of the fund's many and varied investment holdings. The NAV is the price at which you can buy or sell shares in the mutual fund, excluding broker or agent commissions where applicable.
Offshore Online brokers
Investors that manage there own buy and sell, will find many advantage of open there own account with an offshore “online” brokers. There are plenty of good offshore brokers out there in a variety of jurisdictions that will be able to cater to your needs. Most offshore brokers offer ability to trade on the major stock exchanges and with offshore/onshore mutual funds.
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