{"id":6061,"date":"2007-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"global-investment-house-launches-global-islamic-fund-of-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.hedgeco.net\/news\/05\/2007\/global-investment-house-launches-global-islamic-fund-of-funds.html","title":{"rendered":"Global Investment House launches Global Islamic Fund of Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  Global Investment House announced the launch of the &#8216;Global Islamic Fund of Funds&#8217;, an open-ended fund of funds investing in local and international Shari&#8217;a compliant funds. The new fund will  invest in all types of funds such as equity, real estate, hedge funds and private equity funds compliant with the Shari&#8217;a law.<\/p>\n<p>  Executive Vice President Sameer Al-Gharaballi said, &#8220;The fund&#8217;s objective is to provide long term capital appreciation with reduced risk by investing in a diverse basket of Shari&#8217;a compliant funds  and instruments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  He added that the fund&#8217;s strategy is to invest the majority of its assets in a core of &#8220;carefully selected Islamic funds that complement each other in risk and return.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Miss Badria Al-Humaidhi, Senior Investment Analyst in Global said &#8220;There are over 300 Islamic financial institutions operating in 75 countries with combined assets exceeding $300 billion, and an  annual growth rate of 15%. Additionally, Islamic funds assets have had a rapid growth in the past decade, their AUM has exceeded $300 billion as of 2006, with a significant amount attributable to  the growth of the GCC stock markets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  The fund has a minimum investment of $25,000 with a monthly subscription frequency and quarterly redemptions after the lockup period.<\/p>\n<p>  Global has been tracking Islamic fund managers for over five years and has a vast experience in the Islamic Financial Markets which has resulted in the launching of three Islamic Real Estate Funds;  Global GCC Real Estate Fund, Global US Real Estate Fund and Global Asia Real Estate Fund along with a range of Equity funds such as Al-Durrah Islamic Fund and Global Islamic GCC Large Cap Fund, as  well as a Money Market fund, Global Islamic Fund.<\/p>\n<p>  Global currently manages more than 30 investment funds of varying strategies and investment objectives, with returns exceeding market indices.<\/p>\n<p>  Alex Akesson<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">  Contributing Writer<br \/>  HedgeCo.Net<br \/>  Email: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:Editor@hedgeco.net\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\">Editor@hedgeco.net<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">    HedgeCo.Net is a premier hedge fund database and community for qualified and accredited investors only. 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