1. A method for administering a family of funds for use in a bond laddering strategy, the method comprising: establishing a plurality of open-ended funds, each fund of the plurality of funds having a different liquidation date; for each of the plurality of funds: receiving at an order management system a plurality of buy orders for purchasing shares of the fund, determining, by a fund management information system, a set of distribution payments and a final liquidation payment for each share of the fund, paying, to the investors who own shares of the fund, the determined distribution payments at intervals before the liquidation date of the fund, and paying, to the investors who own shares of the fund, the final liquidation payment upon the liquidation date of the fund; and closing each of the funds based on the liquidation date of the fund.