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Investment Company Act of 1940Legislation that requires investment companies to register with the SEC and that outlines standards by which they must operate.Investment Company Act of 1940 Similar MatchesInvestment businessInvestment businessThe Financial Services Act 1986 defines investment business to include dealing, arranging deals in, managing and advising on investments in addition to the setting up and operation of collective investment schemes. Investment Advisers ActInvestment Advisers ActLegislation passed in 1940 requiring financial advisers to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The measure was enacted to protect the public from fraud or misrepresentation by Securities and Exchange Commission advisers. Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)Enacted by Congress in 1977, the CRA encourages banks to help meet the credit needs of their communities for housing and other purposes, particularly in neighborhoods with low or moderate incomes, while maintaining safe and sound operations. Alternative investmentsAlternative investmentsRefers to investments in hedge funds. Many hedge funds pursue strategies that are uncommon relative to mutual funds. Examples of alternative investment strategies are: long-short equity, event driven, statistical arbitrage, fixed income arbitrage, convertible arbritage, short bias, global macro, and equity market neutral. Investment clubInvestment clubA group of individuals who combine their capital and invest it collectively. The advantage of these clubs is that members' funds are invested in a range of securities thus reducing risk and fees. There are also educational advantages. In the UK, the driving force behind the investment club movement is ProShare. (http://www.proshare.org.uk) Further SuggestionsBrown field investmentUndertakings for Collective Investment in Tradable Securities Municipal Investment Trust (MIT) Foreign portfolio investment Green field investment Investment Risk Investment Direct Foreign Investment Trade and investment real estate investment trust Short term investment services Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Investment certificate return on investment Tradepoint Investment Exchange Net investment dividend reinvestment plan Investment company Independent investments Enterprise Investment Scheme Investment agreement approved investment trust Alternative Investment Market Portfolio investment Registered investment adviser |
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