Kitchen updates such as tile flooring, refacing old cabinets and updating appliances to energy-efficient models will see a substantial return--approximately 84.5 percent in the San Francisco area, for instance, according to Remodeling magazine's Cost vs. Value Report for 2009â2010.
What is a 'Collective Investment Fund'. A collective investment fund (CIF), also known as a collective investment trust, is operated by a bank or trust company and handles a group of pooled trust accounts. Collective investment funds groups assets from individuals and organizations to develop a larger, diversified portfolio.
The definition of collective is a group of people working together toward a common goal or in an organization. An example of collective used as an adjective is a collective art project, a group of artists working together on a mural. formed by collecting; gathered into a whole.