Un fondo de inversión o fondo mutuo es una institución de inversión colectiva (IIC) que consiste en reunir fondos de distintos inversores, naturales o jurídicos, para invertirlos en diferentes instrumentos financieros, responsabilidad que se delega a una sociedad administradora que puede ser un banco o institución financiera. Los fondos de inversión o fondos mutuos son una alternativa de inversión diversificada, ya que invierten en numerosos instrumentos, lo que reduce el riesgo, haciéndolo casi mínimo. Un fondo de inversión es un patrimonio constituido por las aportaciones de diversas personas, denominadas partícipes del fondo, administrado por una Sociedad gestora responsable de su gestión y administración, y por una Entidad Depositaria que custodia los títulos y efectivo y ejerce funciones de garantía y vigilancia ante las inversiones. Al invertir en un fondo se obtiene un número de participaciones, las cuales diariamente tienen un precio o valor liquidativo, obtenido por la división entre el patrimonio valorado y el número de participaciones en circulación. El rendimiento del fondo se hace efectivo en el momento de venta de las participaciones, la cual puede llevarse a cabo en el momento en que se desee.

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An investment fund is a way of investing money alongside other investors in order to benefit from the inherent advantages of working as part of a group. These advantages include an ability to: \n* hire Professional investment managers, which may potentially be able to offer better returns and more adequate risk management; \n* benefit from economies of scale, i.e., lower transaction costs; \n* increase the asset diversification to reduce some unsystematic risk. Terminology varies with country but investment funds are often referred to as investment pools, collective investment vehicles, collective investment schemes, managed funds, or simply funds. The regulatory term is undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities, or short collective investment undertaking (cf. ). An investment fund may be held by the public, such as a mutual fund, exchange-traded fund, or closed-end fund, or it may be sold only in a private placement, such as a hedge fund or private equity fund. The term also includes specialized vehicles such as collective and common trust funds, which are unique bank-managed funds structured primarily to commingle assets from qualifying pension plans or trusts. Investment funds are promoted with a wide range of investment aims either targeting specific geographic regions (e.g., emerging markets or Europe) or specified industry sectors (e.g., technology). Depending on the country there is normally a bias towards the domestic market due to familiarity, and the lack of currency risk. Funds are often selected on the basis of these specified investment aims, their past investment performance, and other factors such as fees.

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