A report by the European Funds Association has shown that investors across Europe have started to move their cash back into funds and a combination of positive developments such as all-time low short-term interest rates, the potential for stock price appreciation and improving prospects of the world economy are likely to continue to boost the demand for investment funds, according to Peter Perotti, general manager of Valletta Fund Management.

Mr Perotti was addressing VFM's annual seminar for the financial year 2008/09 for Bank of Valletta employees who are licensed to promote and sell VFM's range of investment funds from the bank's branch network.

Mr Perotti emphasised the importance of investing in a regular manner through VFM's monthly investment plans and said that in the light of the current market conditions, these plans provide investors with an excellent way to start planning for their future by minimising the downside of the markets over years to come.

He said this strategy of price averaging does not try to time markets, instead it reduces the risk of investing a large amount at an unfavourable time, by spreading investments over an extended period of time across different market cycles.

During the seminar those present were given the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session on international stock markets with Mike Pinggera, head of Multi Asset Class Solutions within Insight Investment Management (Global) Ltd.

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