OREANDA-NEWS.May 05, 2012. NOMOS-BANK has begun marketing to investors of five new mutual funds (unit investment funds) managed by NOMOS-BANK Management Company. The new funds are NOMOS Gold Investment Fund; NOMOS Emerging Markets Fund; NOMOS Active Management Share Fund; NOMOS Active Management Bond Fund; and NOMOS Active Management Balanced Fund. The new funds represent the latest investment ideas on the market: emerging markets, gold, active share management, bonds and mixed investments, reported the press-centre of NOMOS-BANK.

The Emerging Markets and Gold funds complement the Share Fund and Bond Fund, which are already operated by NOMOS-BANK Management Company. All four are "funds with no surprises".

"Most managers lose to indexes in the long run," said the CEO of NOMOS-BANK Management Company, Yury Belonoschenko. "The idea of „funds with no surprises“, which we used in the creation of these funds, is to create a fund with a pre-given investment principle, so the „human factor“ plays almost no role".

However, the NOMOS Emerging Markets Fund is unique and has no analogue on the Russian market. About 90% of the Fund’s assets consist of the shares of 20 developing countries, including China, Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan, South Africa, Russia, Mexico Malaysia and Indonesia.

"Assets of the NOMOS Emerging Markets Fund are invested solely in shares of an exchange traded fund, which contains the shares of more than 800 companies from 20 emerging market countries," said Yury Belonoschenko. "So for just RUB 15,000 any Russian private investor can easily and conveniently acquire a diversified portfolio, composed of exactly the same stocks as the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The Emerging Markets Index is different from the BRIC Index because it includes not only China, Brazil, Russia and India but also South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and other countries, offering investors greater diversification. International investments in the Emerging Market Index substantially exceed investments in the BRIC Index. Analysts expect emerging markets to outpace developed markets in the medium and long term, so they represent a highly attractive opportunity for investors".

The new fund launches by NOMOS also include active management products: the NOMOS Active Management Share Fund, the NOMOS Active Management Bond Fund and the NOMOS Active Management Balanced Fund. The main features of these funds is hands-on management of their structure by NOMOS-BANK Management Company. Investment decisions are taken by managers using their experience and professional skill, basing their actions on the current market situation and the opportunities offered by specific stocks.

"Development of a retail business in the affluent and mass-affluent customers segments is a strategic goal of NOMOS-BANK, and we have been working to develop premium banking services since mid—2011 in order to achieve that goal", said Dmitry Domarev who heads the Premium Banking Department at NOMOS-BANK.

"We view customers in this segments as the target audience for our funds. Our aim is to make collective investment products more accessible, thus enabling our customers to build their own personal capital. The broad range of investment products offered by our partner, NOMOS-BANK Management Company, makes it possible to create an efficient investment portfolio. We believe that monthly investments of RUB 15- fund units can provide a substantial return above the rate of inflation".

The minimum investment in NOMOS mutual funds is RUB 5—15,000 depending on the fund type.

There are no additional costs at the time of unit purchases in funds of NOMOS Management Company. Units of the various funds can be exchanged without commission (except for units in the Fund of Funds).

Fund units can be bought at any NOMOS-BANK outlet in Moscow and in Russian regions.