Fund Seeks Lion's Share

Sunday Star Times 11 September 2005

Kiwi investment company Liontamer has created an international share fund to vacuum up money coming out of the funds being closed by BT Funds Management.
 
Liontamer specialises in capital-protected stock market investments giving investors the chance to cash in on market returns, while being guaranteeed they will at least get their capital back.
 
Its new fund gives investors exposure to the returns from an index made up of the US, Japanese, UK and European stock markets though [should be through] contracts arranged with Barclays Bank in the UK.
 
The minimum investment is $5000, and the money is locked up for five years.  Investors in 'booster' class units getting the chance to pocket returns of up to 150% of the return of the global index.