Mutual Funds are Financial instrument that allows a group of investors to pool their monies with a predetermined investment objective. The mutual fund has a fund manager who is responsible for investing the pooled money into specific securities (usually stocks or bonds).
Mututal Funds invest in a variety of stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments or other securities in line with the objective of the fund. Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Limited offers you the choice of either conservative or aggressive mututal funds depending on the level of risk you are willing to take, bearing in mind the level of risk you take and potential returns are directly related.
Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Limited currently manages five (5) open ended Mutual Funds regulated by the Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC") namely:
Conservative (Fixed-Income Mutual Funds)
Ideal for clients that do not have the time to follow the capital market daily
Diversified Portfolio i.e. combines your investment options
Direct Debit feature available
Excellent avenue for children (through their parents) to have investments
Liquidity & Easy Exit
Can be used as collateral for loans from most banks
New investors can join easily
Online access to investment
Features of the Mutual Funds
Find out which funds are best for you by comparing the features of the funds. If you are risk averse, you may prefer a fund with more weighting in fixed income instead of equities
Market View is constructive as bull case strengthens
During the week, the merger scheme between Benue Cement Company plc (BCC) and Dangote Cement plc (DCP, formerly Obajana Cement) was published. The document states that DCP will be offering minority shareholders in BCC one of its ordinary shares for two of BCC’s ordinary shares and that DCP’s shares will be listed and traded on the NSE from 5 November 2010. The market has reacted positively – BCC’s stock climbed 4% last week. We expect this sentiment to continue this week, although gains could be limited to NGN67.50 (4% upside) – BCC’s reference price for this transaction....
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