Short-term investment fund

A short-term investment fund (STIF) is a type of investment fund which invests in money market investments of high quality and low risk. They are commonly used by investors to temporarily store funds while arranging for their transfer to another investment vehicle that will provide higher returns.[1]

This type of fund aims to protect capital while generating a return that compares favourably with a particular benchmark, such as a Treasury Bill index. These types of fund have low management fees (usually well beneath 1% p.a.) and relatively low rates of return, commensurate with their low-risk investment style.

## References

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1. ^ Investopedia (Forbes Media). "Short-Term Investment Fund – STIF". Retrieved 2008-07-15.

## External links

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* "The Treasurer’s Short-Term Investment Fund", Connecticut USA (an example STIF)
* STIF interest rate examples

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Investment management

Investment
fund
structures|

* Common contractual fund (CCF)
* Exchange-traded fund (ETF)
* Fonds commun de placement (FCP)
* Fund of funds
* Index fund
* Investment trust
* Hedge fund
* Labour-sponsored venture capital corporation
* Listed investment company
* Mutual fund
* Offshore fund
* Open-ended fund company
* Open-ended investment company
* Pension fund
* Private equity fund
* Qualifying investor alternative investment fund (QIAIF)
* Real estate investment trust (REIT)
* Royalty trust
* Short-term investment fund
* SICAV
* Split capital investment trust
* Tax transparent fund
* Umbrella fund
* Unit investment trust
* Unit trust
* Unitised insurance fund

Investment styles|

* Active / passive management
* Hedge Funds
* Impact investing
* Manager of managers
* Social finance
* Socially responsible investing
* Social trading
* Thematic investing
* Value / growth investing

Terminology|

* Closed-end fund
* Fund governance
* Institutional investor
* Net asset value
* Open-end fund
* Performance fee

Theory|

* Arbitrage pricing theory
* Efficient-market hypothesis
* Fixed income (Duration, Convexity)
* Martingale pricing
* Modern portfolio theory
* Noisy market hypothesis
* Yield curve

Related topics|

* Alternative investment
* Commodity pool operator
* Robo-advisor
* Returns-based style analysis
* Traditional investments
* UCITS

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