Article: China's bull market keeps fund profits rising in 2006

China's bull market keeps fund profits rising in 2006

BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese investment funds saw a new record in combined operating profits last year at 270.8 billion yuan (33.9 billion U.S. dollars) for 2006, boosted by the country's bull stock market.

The net income of the 287 funds launched by 53 fund management firms totaled 124.8 billion yuan, while paper profits reached about 146 billion yuan, according to WIND, a provider of Chinese financial data.

The profits were more than 38 times greater than the seven billion yuan earned in 2005 by all 206 funds under 46 fund management firms.

The majority of profits came from the 216 stock-leaning funds, which have at least ...

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