Document Type : Reasearch paper
Abstract
Financial markets are one of the important elements in the economic growth of countries and a means of developing national savings and attracting all forms of investment, as investment funds are considered one of the financial tools in that market, but the Iraqi financial market did not pay sufficient attention to investment funds and relied on the formations that exist in practical reality. Despite the widespread spread of investment funds in other countries, this study attempts to explain clearly what is meant by investment funds and what is the difference between them and similar organizations such as financial investment companies and others, by explaining the differences between them in order to highlight the activity of funds
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