1.   Indeed, it is something of an anomaly that there is no self regulatory organisation for the pension fund industry.

2.   Analysts who track the fund industry say Scudder has the same idea in mind, but may have trouble attracting financial advisers to use its brokerage service.

3.   As appealing as a professional mainland fund management industry might be, though, foreign fund managers will still have to overcome suspicious local punters.

4.   As the fund industry has boomed in size, fund companies have seen their profitability soar.

5.   Before entering the fund industry, Lewis applied himself to operations analysis as a graduate at the Naval Academy and served as a helicopter pilot.

6.   Bogle fans will find themselves on familiar ground here, especially when it comes to topics that deal with the fund industry.

7.   A recent study by Morningstar, a Chicago firm that tracks the fund industry, concluded that some of the biggest families are also some of the best.

8.   Across the fund industry, however, many investors were already abandoning the sector last year.

9.   After years of unimpeded expansion, the fund industry is bracing for a slower rate of growth and stiffer competition.