31.   Bank shares, which offer steady, dividend-rich returns, often compete with bonds and other fixed-income securities for investment funds.

32.   Banks began to tighten lending requirements to other investment funds, raising fears of a credit shortage.

33.   BBV Latinvest expects to open up a Central America investment fund soon.

34.   Behind this success is the First Hungary Fund, a big institutional investment fund.

35.   BK Vision spokesman Kurt Schiltknecht said the investment fund will review the ruling before deciding what steps to take.

36.   Black, the head of investment fund Apollo Advisors, is a former co-head of mergers and acquisitions at defunct securities firm Drexel Burnham Lambert.

37.   Blue-chip stocks advanced, helped by year-end buying and a shift of investment funds from Latin America.

38.   Brazil rewrote a budget deficit-reduction law to exempt stock investment funds from higher taxes.

39.   A hedge fund is an investment fund for wealthy investors, with managers investing their own money in the fund and sharing profits.

40.   A highly rated equity analyst and former Goldman partner, he left the firm and became limited in December of last year to set up his own investment fund.