The closed end fund

The closed end fund

Raj David Raj David

Raj David

MD @ ikyc Banking Solutions

发布日期: 2016年7月5日
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Standard Life recently suspended trading in its ￡2.7 billion UK property fund. According to Tim Worstall, a Forbes contributor, Open Ended funds are essentially Banks, without the Regulatory oversight.  

We have a situation were market valuations, liquidity and volumes are all under pressure.  No doubt this situation will pass.  It certainly offers a Private Equity style buying opportunity for savvy investors, as a number of such funds attempt to re-balance their property portfolios.  

In my view, technology is another sector where valuations are rather rich, and liquidity significantly worse than property.  From an investors perspective whether a fund is open or closed would impact the outcome of a crunch there.

Forbes post this clip, which is rather telling:

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