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Mutual funds are a type of certified managed combined investment schemes that gathers money from many investors to buy securities. There is no such accurate definition of mutual funds, however the term is most commonly used for collective investment schemes that are regulated and available to the general public and open-ended in nature. Hedge funds are not considered as any type of mutual funds.
Mutual funds are identified by their principal investments. They are the 4th largest category of funds that are also known as money market funds, bond or fixed income funds, stock or equity funds and hybrid funds. Funds are also categorized as index based or actively managed.
In a mutual fund, investors pay the funds expenditure. There is some element of doubt in these expenses. A single mutual fund may give investors a choice of various combinations of these expenses by offering various different types of share combinations.
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The fund manager is also known as the fund sponsor or fund management company. The buying and selling of the funds investments in accordance with the funds investment is the objective. A fund manager has to be a registered investment advisor. The same fund manager manages the funds and has the same brand name which is also known as a fund family or fund complex.
As long as mutual comply with requirements that are established in the internal revenue code, they will not be taxed on their income. Clearly, they must expand their investments, limit the ownership of voting securities, disperse most of their income to their investors annually and earn most of their income by investing in securities and currencies.
Mutual funds can pass taxable income to their investors every year. The type of income that they earn remains unchanged as it gets transferred to the shareholders. For e.g., mutual fund distributors of dividend income are described as dividend income by the investor. There is an exception: net losses that are incurred by a mutual fund are not distributed or passed through fund investors.
Advantages of Mutual funds
- Increase in diversification.
- Liquidity on a daily basis.
- Professional investment management.
- Capacity to participate in investments that may be available only for larger investors.
- Convenience as well as service.
- Government oversight.
- Easier comparison.
Types of Mutual funds
Open-end funds
In open-end mutual funds, one must be willing to buy back their shares from investors at the end of every business day at the net asset value that is calculated for that day. Most of the open-end funds also sell shares to the public on every business day. These shares are also priced at a particular net asset value. A professional investment manager will oversee the portfolio or selling securities whichever is appropriate.
Close-end funds
Close-end funds generally issue shares to the public just once, when they are created via an initial public offering. These shares are then listed for trading on a stock exchange. Investors, who don’t wish any longer to invest in the funds, cannot sell their shares back to the funds. Instead, they must sell their shares to another investor in the market as the price they may receive may be hugely different from its net asset value.
SEBI Categorization
Equity Schemes
Debt Schemes
Hybrid Schemes
Solution Oriented
Definition of Large Cap, Mid Cap and Small Cap
This list would be uploaded on the AMFI website and the same would be updated every six months based on the data as on the end of June and December of each year. The data shall be available on the AMFI website within 5 calendar days from the end of the 6 months period.
Large Cap
1st - 100th company in terms of full market capitalization.
Mid Cap
101st - 250th company in terms of full market capitalization.
Small Cap
251st company onwards in terms of full market capitalization.
Only one scheme per category would be permitted
| Sr.No. | Category | Characteristics | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multi Cap Fund | Minimum investment in equity & equity related instruments- 65% of total assets | Multi Cap Fund- An open ended equity scheme investing across large cap, mid cap, small cap stocks |
| 2 | Large Cap Fund | Minimum investment in equity & equity related instruments of large cap companies- 80% of total assets | Large Cap Fund- An open ended equity scheme predominantly investing in large cap stocks |
| 3 | Large & Mid Cap Fund | Minimum investment in equity & equity related instruments of large cap companies- 35% of total assets Minimum investment in equity & equity related instruments of mid cap stocks- 35% of total assets | Large & Mid Cap Fund- An open ended equity scheme investing in both large cap and mid cap stocks |
| 4 | Mid Cap Fund | Minimum investment in equity & equity related instruments of mid cap companies- 65% of total assets | Mid Cap Fund- An open ended equity scheme predominantly investing in mid cap stocks |
| 5 | Small cap Fund | Minimum investment in equity & equity related instruments of small cap companies- 65% of total assets | Small Cap Fund- An open ended equity scheme predominantly investing in small cap stocks |
| 6 | Dividend Yield Fund | Scheme should predominantly invest in dividend yielding stocks. Minimum investment in equity- 65% of total assets | An open ended equity scheme predominantly investing in dividend yielding stocks |
| Sr.No. | Category | Characteristics | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservative Hybrid Fund | Investment in equity & equity related instruments- between 10% and 25% of total assets; Investment in Debt instruments between 75% and 90% of total asset | An open ended hybrid scheme investing predominantly in debt instruments |
| 2 | Balanced Hybrid Fund @ | Equity & Equity related instruments between 40% and 60% of total assets; Debt instruments- between 40% and 60% of total assets No Arbitrage would be permitted in this scheme | An open ended balanced scheme investing in equity and debt instruments |
| 3 | Aggressive Hybrid Fund @ | Equity & Equity related instruments between 65% and 80% of total assets; Debt instruments- between 20% 35% of total assets | An open ended hybrid scheme investing predominantly in equity and equity related instruments |
| 4 | Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage | Investment in equity/ debt that is managed dynamically | An open ended dynamic asset allocation fund |
| 5 | Multi Asset Allocation ## | Invests in at least three asset classes with a minimum allocation of at least 10% each in all three asset classes | An open ended scheme investing in __, __, __ (mention the three different asset classes) |
| 6 | Arbitrage Fund | Scheme following arbitrage strategy. Minimum investment in equity & equity related instruments65% of total assets | An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities |
| 7 | Equity Savings M | Minimum investment in equity & equity related instruments- 65% of total assets and minimum investment in debt- 10% of total assets Minimum hedged & unhedged to be stated in the SID Asset Allocation under defensive considerations may also be stated in the Offer Document | An open ended scheme investing in equity, arbitrage and debt |
@ Mutual Funds will be permitted to offer either an Aggressive Hybrid fund or Balanced fund
## Foreign securities will not be treated as a separate asset class
E. Other Schemes:
| Sr.No. | Category | Characteristics | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Index Funds/ETFs | Minimum investment in securities of a particular index (which is being replicated/ tracked)- 95% of total asset | An open ended scheme replicating/ tracking _ index |
| 2 | FoFs (Overseas/Domestic) | Minimum investment in the underlying fund- 95% of total assets | An open ended fund of fund scheme investing in ___ fund (m) |
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