QUOTE(lwb @ Sep 18 2007, 11:29 AM)
i find this is quite the standard reply/response you get anywhere..
however, am not sure what exactly you meant by:
1. recycling of funds
2. keeping the cost low
..have in relation to launching of new funds altogether? care to elaborate?
As prices of old funds are already trading at premium, they can keep the cost of investment low to new investors by launching new funds..
Normally the IPO price would be low, thus getting renewed interest by investors..
While new funds are released, the charges are discounted during the IPO period..
When the fund managers see that their existing funds are doing great, they'll launch a fund that mimics it..
So they need the new funds to stock up on more counters..
You don't see many people buying the old funds, because most of the cake has already been eaten..