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Index funds register 20%t yield in first half of 2011

The performance indices of closed-end investment funds exceeded the investors' expectations in the context of the stock quotations having dropped on the international exchange markets, the profit standing at 20 percent, shows the audit report carried out for five of the independently managed closed-end funds.

Therefore, a 1,000-euro investment in the five funds generated a 200-euro profit in the first half of the year. 'The advantages of investments in index funds are the low commissions and the risk reduction. The investment in a fund provides a professional management and continues for investors focused on other activity fields who do not have the time to manage the financial investments,' said Florin Pistae, the manager of some index funds investing in mature capital markets in the USA, Germany, France or the United kingdom, but also in emerging markets such as Asia or Brazil.

The investment strategy consists of following the index variations, the co-relations among markets, economy sectors and index shares, so that the funds register the highest performance possible. The fund custodian is Saxo Bank through Deutche Bank London.

Concerning the current economic environment, the fund managers maintain that the collapse speculations are groundless. 'All markets are characterized by volatility. Investors maintain their confidence in gold, metals and oil. We diversify our portfolio avoiding investments in the financial system,' Florin Pistae also said.

On the Romanian market the assets in index funds doubled in the past months.

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