Fund of funds

A "fund of funds" (FOF) is an investment strategy of holding a portfolio of other investment funds rather than investing directly in stocks, bonds or other securities. This type of investing is often referred to as multi-manager investment. A fund of funds may be "fettered", meaning that it invests only in funds managed by the same investment company, or "unfettered", meaning that it can invest in external funds run by other managers.

There are different types of FOF, each investing in a different type of collective investment scheme (typically one type per FOF), for example a mutual fund FOF, a hedge fund FOF, a private-equity FOF, or an investment trust FOF.[1] The original Fund of Funds was created by Bernie Cornfeld in 1962. It went bankrupt after being looted by Robert Vesco.[2]

  1. ^ "Definition of fund of funds". Financial Times Lexicon. Financial Times. 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  2. ^ De Vries, M. F. R. "The entrepreneurial personality: a person at the crossroads." Journal of management studies 14.1 (1977): 34–57.

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