Documentos de Académico
Documentos de Profesional
Documentos de Cultura
ON
RECEN TREND IN MUTUAL FUNDS AND TAX SAVING INSTRUMENT
IN THE YEAR 2008-10
BY
To get full information on mutual fund industry both growth aspects of industry and
investor
SCOPE OF STUDY:
The scope of the project is confined to some factors which can be measured and the
research through questionnaire of sample size of 50 and these study can provide the
investor perception and the behavior about the mutual funds and also analyze the tax
planning of the people.
SAMPLE DESIGN:
For the purpose of the present study, data from two sources has been gathered namely,
primary and secondary
Web sites
Text books
Interaction with the company professional was limited, due to their busy schedule
Lack of awareness
METHODOLOGY:
2. We have visited the companies and got the numbers of the H.R. persons
3. We have gone through telecalling for fixing the appointments to give demos
about the mutual funds.
4. We met the auditors and C.A. s to know whether they have any interest in sub
broker channel.
5. We went to apartments for met the associate members to give the demo on
mutual funds
COMPANY PROFILE:
Radim has been founded with the aim of providing quality and need – based advisory
services and aim to achieve the goal of the investor on his needs. We help people to
choose right fund house, right scheme and proper asset allocation strategy based on
risk – profile of the investor.
STRENGTH:
Currently managing more than 300 clients and average 5 crores of equity AUM.
MUTUAL FUNDS
LIFE INSURANCE
GENERAL INSURANCE
CONCEPT
Individuals or institutions when have surplus money, i.e. savings, would like to invest
with the common and logical motive of growing money by getting returns on the
investments. There are various avenues to park money towards fulfillment of your
objective of return on investment.
One can invest money either where you can get assured returns & hence the risk is low
but returns also are low compared to the high risk investments.
The other way is through investing in shares i.e. equity market. Generally the returns on
equity investments are higher than debt investment but risk also is higher. To get good
returns one really needs to understand the economy and performance of companies
where you are investing money. For a common man it may be cumbersome while
managing own profession, job or business.
Hence the concept of mutual fund has evolved to manage the funds i.e. on behalf of the
investor; fund managers will be taking decisions to maximize the investor’s returns.
The concept of mutual funds in India dates back to the year 1963. The era between
1963 and 1987 marked the existence of only one mutual fund company in India with Rs.
67bn assets under management (AUM), by the end of its monopoly era, the Unit Trust
of India (UTI). By the end of the 80s decade, few other mutual fund companies in India
took their position in mutual fund market.
The new entries of mutual fund companies in India were SBI Mutual Fund, Canbank
Mutual Fund, Punjab National Bank Mutual Fund, Indian Bank Mutual Fund, Bank of
India Mutual Fund.
The succeeding decade showed a new horizon in Indian mutual fund industry. By the
end of 1993, the total AUM of the industry was Rs. 470.04 bn. The private sector funds
started penetrating the fund families. In the same year the first Mutual Fund Regulations
came into existence with re-registering all mutual funds except UTI. The regulations
were further given a revised shape in 1996.
Kothari Pioneer was the first private sector mutual fund company in India which has
now merged with Franklin Templeton. Just after ten years with private sector player
penetration, the total assets rose up to Rs. 1218.05 bn. Today there are 34 mutual fund
companies in India.
MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
The Indian mutual industry has come a long way since the inception of UTI in
1963.According to AMFI, the evolution of the industry can be classified broadly into four
phases, which mark its transition from a period when UTI ruled the roost to a period of
competition and increased awareness among investors.
iv) Fourth Phase (since Feb 2003)– UTI’s restructuring and beyond
In Feb 2003 UTI ACT 1963 was replaced and UTI was bifurcated into two separate
entities: Specified undertaking of Unit Trust of India, which is still under the Govt. of
India and the UTI Mutual Fund Ltd. This was done in the wake of the sever payment
crisis that UTI suffered on account of its assured return schemes of US-64 that finally
resulted in an adverse impact on the India capital markets. US-64 was the first scheme
launched by UTI with a significant equity exposure and the returns of which were not
linked to the market. However, the industry has overcome that shock and is hoped to
have learnt its lesson.
Major Mutual Fund Companies in India:
HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd (AMC) was incorporated under the Companies
Act, 1956, on December 10, 1999, and was approved to act as an Asset Management
Company for the HDFC Mutual Fund by SEBI vide its letter dated June 30, 2000. HDFC
Mutual Fund was setup with two sponsors namely Housing Development Finance
Corporation Limited and Standard Life Investments Limited.
iii) Unit Trust of India Mutual Fund
UTI Asset Management Company Private Limited, established in Jan 14, 2003,
manages the UTI Mutual Fund with the support of UTI Trustee Company Private
Limited. UTI Asset Management Company presently manages a corpus of over
Rs.20000 Crores. The sponsors of UTI Mutual Fund are Bank of Baroda (BOB), Punjab
National Bank (PNB), State Bank of India (SBI), and Life Insurance Corporation of India
(LIC). The schemes of UTI Mutual Fund are Liquid Funds, Income Funds, Asset
Management Funds, Index Funds, Equity Funds and Balance Funds.
The mutual fund of ICICI is a joint venture with Prudential Plc. of America, one of the
largest life insurance companies in the US of A. Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund was
setup on 13th of October, 1993 with two sponsors, Prudential Plc. and ICICI Ltd. The
Trustee Company formed is Prudential ICICI Trust Ltd. and the AMC is Prudential ICICI
Asset Management Company Limited incorporated on 22nd of June, 1993.
Reliance Mutual Fund (RMF) was established as trust under Indian Trusts Act, 1882.
The sponsor of RMF is Reliance Capital Limited and Reliance Capital Trustee Co.
Limited is the Trustee. It was registered on June 30, 1995 as Reliance Capital Mutual
Fund which was changed on March 11, 2004. Reliance Mutual Fund was formed for
launching of various schemes under which units are issued to the Public with a view to
contribute to the capital market and to provide investors the opportunities to make
investmentsindiversifiedsecurities.
ABN AMRO Mutual Fund was setup on April 15, 2004 with ABN AMRO Trustee (India)
Pvt. Ltd. as the Trustee Company. The AMC, ABN AMRO Asset Management (India)
Ltd. was incorporated on November 4, 2003. Deutsche Bank AG is the custodian of
ABN AMRO Mutual Fund.
The group, Franklin Templeton Investments is a California (USA) based company with a
global AUM of US$ 409.2 bn. (as of April 30, 2005). It is one of the largest financial
services groups in the world. Investors can buy or sell the Mutual Fund through their
financial advisor or through mail or through their website. They have Open end
Diversified Equity schemes, Open end Sector Equity schemes, Open end Hybrid
schemes, Open end Tax Saving schemes, Open end Income and Liquid schemes,
Closed end Income schemes and Open end Fund of Funds schemes to offer.
Morgan Stanley is a worldwide financial services company and its leading in the market
in securities, investment management and credit services. Morgan Stanley Investment
Management (MISM) was established in the year 1975. It provides customized asset
management services and products to governments, corporations, pension funds and
non-profit organizations. Its services are also extended to high net worth individuals and
retail investors. In India it is known as Morgan Stanley Investment Management Private
Limited (MSIM India) and its AMC is Morgan Stanley Mutual Fund (MSMF).
xvii) Escorts Mutual Fund
Escorts Mutual Fund was setup on April 15, 1996 with Escorts Finance Limited as its
sponsor. The Trustee Company is Escorts Investment Trust Limited. Its AMC was
incorporated on December 1, 1995 with the name Escorts Asset Management Limited.
Alliance Capital Mutual Fund was setup on December 30, 1994 with Alliance Capital
Management Corp. of Delaware (USA) as sponsor. The Trustee is ACAM Trust
Company Pvt. Ltd. and AMC, the Alliance Capital Asset Management India Private Ltd.
with the corporate office in Mumbai.
Life Insurance Corporation of India set up LIC Mutual Fund on 19th June 1989. It
contributed Rs. 2 Crores towards the corpus of the Fund. LIC Mutual Fund was
constituted as a Trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trust Act, 1882. .
The Company started its business on 29th April 1994. The Trustees of LIC Mutual Fund
have appointed Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Company Ltd as the
Investment Managers for LIC Mutual Fund.
SEBI
The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulatory authority for all the
mutual funds sponsored by the public/private sector banks, financial institutions, private
sector companies, non- banking finance companies and foreign institutional investors.
SEBI has laid down the rules and regulations regarding the obligations of the entities
involves in a mutual fund, its establishment and launch of different schemes,
investments and valuation, financial reporting, conduct and operations of mutual funds.
Intermediaries
They act as a link between the mutual fund companies and the investors. The
intermediaries include brokers, sub- brokers, and investment houses. The other
intermediary- registrar and transfer agents perform activities, which are associated with
maintaining records concerning units already issued or to be issued by the company.
The registrar also performs other activities such as dividend payment, investor
grievance, etc.
Investors
Investors subscribe to the units issued by the mutual funds in the hope of getting a
return commensurate with the risk involved. SEBI protects the interest of the investors
through the guidelines laid down under SEBI (Disclosure and Investor Protection)
Guidelines, 2000. The mutual fund investor mainly includes individual, HUF, corporate
and trusts.
There are many types of mutual funds available to the investor. However, these different
types of funds can be grouped into certain classifications for better understanding.
Structure of a Mutual Fund
SOURCE: http://amfiindia.com
AMFI is an apex body of all Asset Management Companies (AMC), which has been
registered with SEBI. Till date all the AMCs are that have launched mutual fund
schemes are its members. It functions under the supervision and guidelines of its Board
of Directors.
Association of Mutual Funds India has brought down the Indian Mutual Fund Industry
to a professional and healthy market with ethical lines enhancing and maintaining
standards. It follows the principle of both protecting and promoting the interests of
mutual funds as well as their unit holder
The Association of Mutual Funds of India works with 30 registered AMCs of the country.
It has certain defined objectives, which juxtaposes the guidelines of its Board of
Directors. The objectives are as follows:
This mutual fund association of India maintains high professional and ethical
standards in all areas of operation of the industry. It also recommends and
promotes the top class business practices and code of conduct which is followed
by members and related people engaged in the activities of mutual fund and
asset management. The agencies that are by any means connected or involved.
In the field of capital markets and financial services also involved in this code of
conduct of the association.
AMFI interacts with SEBI and works according to SEBIs guidelines in the mutual
fund Industry.
At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate
information’s on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research
either directly or in association with other bodies.
Regulatory Aspects:
• The Asset management company shall launch no schemes unless the trustees
approve such scheme and a copy of the offer has been filed with the Board.
• Every mutual fund shall along with the offer documents of each scheme pay filing
fees.
• The offer document shall contain disclosures which are adequate in order to
enable the investors to make informed investment decision including the
disclosure non maximum investments proposed to be made by the scheme in
the listed securities of the group companies of the sponsor. A close-ended
scheme shall be fully redeemed at the end of the maturity period. “Unless a
majority of the unit holders otherwise decide for its rollover by passing a
resolution”.
• The mutual fund and asset management company shall be liable to refund the
application money to the applicants:-
• If the mutual fund fails to receive the minimum subscription amount referred to in
clause (i) of sub- regulation.
• If the moneys received from the applicants for units are in excess of subscription
as referred to in clause (ii) of sub-regulation.
The offer document and advertisement materials shall not be misleading or contain any
statement or opinion, which are incorrect or false.
The price at which the units may be subscribed or sold the price at which such unit may
at any time be repurchased by the mutual fund shall be made available to the investors.
General Obligation:-
Every asset management company for each scheme shall keep and maintain
proper book of accounts, records and document, for each scheme so as to
explain its transaction and to disclose at any point of time the financial position of
each scheme and in particular give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the fund and intimate to the board the place where such books of accounts,
records and documents are maintained.
The financial year for all the scheme shall end as of March 31 of each year.
Every mutual fund or the asset management company shall prepare in respect of
each financial year an annual report and annual statement of accounts of the
schemes and the fund as specified in Eleventh Schedule.
Every mutual fund shall have the annual statement of accounts audited by an
auditor who is not in any way associated with the auditor of the asset
management comp
On and from the date of the suspension of the certificate or the approval, as the case
may be, the mutual fund, trustees or asset management company, during the period of
suspension and shall be subject to the direction of the Board with regard to any records,
documents, or securities that may be in its custody or control relating to its activities as
mutual funds, trustees or the asset management company.
o Number of foreign AMC’s is in the queue to enter the Indian markets like
Fidelity Investments, US based, with over US$1trillion assets under
management worldwide.
o Our saving rate is over 23%, highest in the world. Only channelizing these
savings in mutual funds sector is required.
o 'B' and 'C' class cities are growing rapidly. Today most of the mutual funds
are concentrating on the 'A' class cities. Soon they will find scope in the
growing cities.
o Mutual fund can penetrate rural like the Indian insurance industry with
simple and limited products.
II. Realize fund position by taking account of all receivables and realizations,
moving corporate actions involving declaration of dividends,etc to compensate
investors for their investments in units; and
III. Maintaining proper accounting and information for pricing the units and arriving
at net asset value (NAV), the information about the listed schemes and the
transactions of units in the secondary market. AMC has to feed back the
trustees about its fund management operations and has to maintain a perfect
information system.
CUSTODIANS OF MUTUAL FUNDS:-
Mutual funds run by the subsidiaries of the nationalized banks had their
respective sponsor banks as custodians like canara bank, SBI, PNB, etc. Foreign
banks with higher degree of automation in handling the securities have assumed
the role of custodians for mutual funds. With the establishment of stock Holding
Corporation of India the work of custodian for mutual funds is now being handled
by it for various mutual funds. Besides, industrial investment trust company acts
as sub-custodian for stock Holding Corporation of India for domestic schemes of
UTI, BOI MF, LIC MF, etc
Fee structure:-
Custodian charges range between 0.15% to 0.20% on the net value of the
customer’s holding for custodian services space is one important factor which
has fixed cost element.
RESPONSIBILITY OF CUSTODIANS:-
♦ Receipt and delivery of securities
♦ Holding of securities.
♦ Collecting income
♦ Holding and processing cost
♦ Corporate actions etc
FUNCTIONS OF CUSTOMERS
♦ Safe custody
♦ Trade settlement
♦ Corporate action
♦ Transfer agents
Investment norms:-
1. No mutual fund, under all its schemes can own more than five percent of any
company’s paid up capital carrying voting rights;
2. No mutual fund, under all its schemes taken together can invest more than 10
percent of its funds in shares or debentures or other instruments of any single
company;
3. No mutual fund, under all its schemes taken together can invest more than 15
percent of its fund in the shares and debentures of any specific industry, except
those schemes which are specifically floated for investment in one or more
specified industries in respect to which a declaration has been made in the offer
letter.
4. No individual scheme of mutual funds can invest more than five percent of its
corpus in any one company’s share;
5. Mutual funds can invest only in transferable securities either in the money or in
the capital market. Privately placed debentures, securitized debt, and other
unquoted debt, and other unquoted debt instruments holding cannot exceed 10
percent in the case of growth funds and 40 percent in the case of income funds.
A Mutual fund is a common pool of money into which investors place their
contributions that are to be invested in accordance with a stated objective. The
ownership of the fund is thus joint or “mutual”; the fund belongs to all investors. A single
investor’s ownership of the fund is in the same proportion as the amount of the
contribution made by him bears to the total amount of the fund.
A mutual fund uses the money collected from investors to buy those assets, which are
specifically permitted by its stated investment objective. Thus, an equity fund would buy
mainly equity assets-ordinary shares, preference shares, warrants, etc. a bond fund
would mainly buy debt instruments, such as debentures, bonds, or government
securities. It is these assets, which are owned by the investors in the proportion of their
investments.
When an investor subscribes to a mutual fund, he or she buys a part of the assets or
the pool of funds that are outstanding at that time. It is no different from buying “shares”
of a joint stock company, in which case the purchase makes the investor a part owner of
the company and its assets. In fact, in the USA, a mutual fund is constituted as an
investment company and an investor “buys in to the fund” meaning he buys the shares
of the fund. In India, a mutual fund id constituted as a trust an investor subscribes to the
“units” issued by the fund, which is where the term Unit Trust comes from. . Mutual
funds issues units to the investors in accordance with quantum of money invested by
them. Investors of Mutual funds are known as Unit Holders.
However, whether the investor gets funds shares or units is only a matter of legal
distinction. In any case, a mutual fund shareholder or unit holder is a part owner of the
fund’s assets. The term unit-holder includes the mutual fund account-holder or closed-
end fund shareholder. A unit holder in Unit Trust of India US-64 scheme is the same as
a UTI Master shareholder or an investor in an alliance
Each share or unit that an investor holds needs to be assigned a value. Since the units
held by investor evidence the ownership of the assets, the value of the total assets of
the fund when divided by the total number of units issued by the mutual fund gives us
the value of one unit. This is generally called the Net Asset Value (NAV) of one unit or
one share. The value of an investor’s part ownership is the determined by the NAV of
the number of units held.
Example: If the value of a fund’s assets stands at Rs 1000 and it has 10 investors who
have bought 10 units each, the total numbers of units issued are 100, and the value of
one unit is Rs 10 (1000/100). If a single investor in fact owns 3 units, the value of his
ownership of the fund will be Rs 30 (1000/100*3). Note that the value of the fund’s
investments will keep fluctuating with the market price movements, causing the NAV
also fluctuate. For example, if the value of our funds assets increased from Rs 1000 to
Rs 1200, the value of our investors holding of 3 units (1200/100*3) Rs 36. The
investment value can go up and down, depending on the market value of the fund’s
assets.
The flow chart below describes broadly the working of a mutual fund:
SOURCE: AMFI
i) Portfolio Diversification
Mutual Funds spread the investment across different securities (stocks, bonds, money
market instruments, real estate, fixed deposits etc.) by investing in a number of
companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors (auto, textile,
information technology etc.). This kind of a diversification may add to the stability of
your returns and reduces the risk with far less money than you can do on your own. For
example during one period of time equities might underperform but bonds and money
market instruments might do well enough to offset the effect of a slump in the equity
markets.
iv) Liquidity
In open-end schemes, the investor gets the money back promptly at net asset value
related prices from the Mutual Fund. In closed-end schemes, the units can be sold on a
stock exchange at the prevailing market price or the investor can avail of the facility of
direct repurchase at NAV related prices by the Mutual Fund.
v) Affordability
Investors individually may lack sufficient funds to invest in high-grade stocks. A mutual
fund because of its large corpus allows even a small investor to take the benefit of its
investment strategy.
vi) Variety
Mutual funds offer a tremendous variety of schemes. This variety is beneficial in two
ways: first, it offers different types of schemes to investors with different needs and risk
appetites; secondly, it offers an opportunity to an investor to invest sums across a
variety of schemes, both debt and equity.
vii) Tax Benefits
In case of Individuals and Hindu Undivided Families a deduction up to Rs. 9,000 from
the Total Income will be admissible in respect of income from investments specified in
Section 80L, including income from Units of the Mutual Fund. Units of the schemes are
not subject to Wealth-Tax and Gift-Tax.
viii) Transparency
Open-ended mutual funds disclose their Net Asset Value (NAV) daily and the entire
portfolio monthly. This level of transparency, where the investor himself sees the
underlying assets bought with his money, is unmatched by any other financial
instrument.
While the benefits of investing through mutual funds far outweigh the disadvantages, an
investor and his advisor will do well to be aware of few shortcomings of using the
mutual fund as an investment vehicle.
i) No Tailor-made-Portfolios
Investing through funds means, the investor delegates the decision of investing through
which securities to fund manager. The very high-net-worth individuals or large
corporates may find this as a constraint in achieving their objectives. However this
constraint can be overcome to some extent by offering families of schemes to investor,
within the same fund.
i) Open-ended Funds
An open-end fund is one that is available for subscription all through the year. These do
not have a fixed maturity. Investors can conveniently buy and sell units at Net Asset
Value (NAV) related prices. Hence, the unit capital of the schemes keeps changing
each day. Such schemes thus offer very high liquidity to investors and are becoming
increasingly popular in India. Please note that an open-ended fund is NOT obliged to
keep selling/issuing new units at all times, and may stop issuing further subscription to
new investors. On the other hand, an open-ended fund rarely denies to its investor the
facility to redeem existing units.
By Investment Objective
i) Growth Funds
The aim of growth funds is to provide capital appreciation over the medium to long-
term. Such schemes normally invest a majority of their corpus in equities. It has been
proven that returns from stocks, have outperformed most other kind of investments held
over the long term. Growth schemes are ideal for investors having a long-term outlook
seeking growth over a period of time.
v) Gilt Fund
These funds invest exclusively in government securities. Government securities have
no default risk. NAVs of these schemes also fluctuate due to change in interest rates
and economic factors as is the case with income or debt oriented schemes.
i) Load Funds
A Load Fund is one that charges a commission for entry or exit. That is, each time you
buy or sell units in the fund, a commission will be payable. Typically entry and exit loads
range from 1% to 2%. It could be worth paying the load, if the fund has a good
performance history.
Other Schemes
Offer Document
When an AMC or a Fund Sponsor wishes to launch a new mutual fund scheme, they
are required to formulate the details of the schemes and register it with SEBI before
announcing the scheme and inviting the investors to subscribe to the fund. Launch of a
new mutual fund scheme is called a New Fund Offer (NFO). The document containing
the details of the new fund offer that the AMC or the Sponsor prepares and circulates to
the prospective investors is called the Offer Document.
Offer Document issued by mutual funds serve the same purpose of inviting investors
and giving them the information about the new fund offer. The offer document of the
closed-end fund is issued only once at the time of issue, as the units are normally not
re-purchasable for investors. But, the open-end fund could issue and repurchase units
on an ongoing basis. This means that the offer document of the open-end funds is valid
for all the time, until amended, though it will be first issued at the time of launch of the
scheme. SEBI requires the offer document of the open-end fund to be revised every two
years.
Dividend Payout Option: Investors who choose the dividend payout option
on their investments will receive dividends as and when such dividends are
declared by the scheme. Dividends are paid out to the investors in the form of
warrants or are directly credited to the investor’s bank account.
Growth Option: The investors who do not want to receive any part of profits
of the mutual fund before its redemption. Rather they want to retain the profits
made in the pool and want their returns to grow by being compounded.
Whenever they need to get some money or profits back, they would sell a part of
their units. This is Growth Option.
• Purchases:
• Redemption:
Liquid fund
• Purchases:
• Redemption
For the purpose of NAV calculation, the day on which NAV is calculated by a fund is
known as the Valuation Date. NAV of all schemes must be calculated and published
at least every Wednesday for Closed-end schemes and daily for Open-end
schemes. The day’s NAV must be posted on AMFI website by 8:00 p.m. that day.
This applies to both Open-end & Closed-end schemes.
Pricing Of Units
Although NAV per unit defines the fair value of the investor’s holding in the fund, the
fund may not repurchase the investor’s units at the same price as NAV. There can be
entry or exit loads. The Sale price is NAV + Entry Load and the Repurchase price is
NAV – Exit Load. SEBI requires that fund must ensure that repurchase price is not
lower than 93% of NAV (95% in the case of a closed-end fund). On the other side, the
fund may sell new units at a price that is different from the NAV, but the sale price
cannot be higher than 107% of NAV. Also, the difference between the repurchase price
and the sale price of the unit is not permitted to exceed 7% of the sale price.
Sale Price: Applicable NAV * (1 + Entry Load)
Repurchase Price: Applicable NAV * (1 – Exit Load)
For no load schemes, the AMC may charge an additional management fee up to
1% of weekly average net assets outstanding in the accounting year.
Total Expenses:
Total Expenses charged by the AMC to a scheme, excluding issue or redemption
expenses but including investment management & advisory fees, are subject to
the following limits:
On the first Rs.100 Crores of daily or average weekly net assets 2.5%
On the next Rs.300 Crores of daily or average weekly net assets 2.25%
On the next Rs.300 Crores of daily or average weekly net assets 2.0%
On the balance of daily or average weekly net assets 1.75%
On the first Rs.100 Crores of daily or average weekly net assets 2.25%
On the next Rs.300 Crores of daily or average weekly net assets 2.0%
On the next Rs.300 Crores of daily or average weekly net assets 1.75%
On the balance of daily or average weekly net assets 1.5%
Investment Plans
The term “investment plans” generally refers to the portfolio flexibility that the funds to
investors offering different ways to invest or reinvest. The different investment plans are
an important consideration in the investment decision, because they determine the level
of flexibility available to the investor. Also, the investment plan offered by a fund allows
the investors freedom with respect to investing one time or at regular intervals, making
transfers to different schemes within the same fund family, or receiving income at
specified intervals or accumulating distributions. These are some of the investment
plans offered by mutual funds in India:
Performance Evaluation
Risk
Returns
Liquidity
Expense Ratio
Composition of Portfolio
Investing in mutual funds as with any security, does not come without risk. One of the
most basic economic principles is that risk and reward are directly correlated. In other
words, the greater the potential risk, the greater the potential return. The types of risk
commonly associated with mutual funds are:
Market Risk:
Market risk relate to the market value of a security in the future. Market prices fluctuate
and are susceptible to economic and financial trends, supply and demand, and many
other factors that cannot be precisely predicted or controlled.
Political Risk:
Changes in the tax laws, trade regulations, administered prices etc. is some of the
many political factors that create market risk. Although collectively, as citizens, we have
indirect control through the power of our vote, individually as investors, we have virtually
no control.
Inflation Risk:
Inflation or purchasing power risk, relates to the uncertainty of the future purchasing
power of the invested rupees. The risk is the increase in cost of the goods and services,
as measured by the Consumer Price Index.
Interest Rate Risk:
Interest Rate risk relates to the future changes in interest rates. For instance, if an
investor invests in a long term debt mutual fund scheme and interest rate increase, the
NAV of the scheme will fall because the scheme will be end up holding debt offering
lowest interest rates.
Business Risk:
Business Risk is the uncertainty concerning the future existence, stability and
profitability of the issuer of the security. Business Risk is inherent in all business
ventures. The future financial stability of a company can not be predicted or guaranteed,
nor can the price of its securities. Adverse changes in business circumstances will
reduce the market price of the company’s equity resulting in proportionate fall in the
NAV of mutual fund scheme, which has invested in the equity of such a company.
Economic Risk :
Economic Risk involves uncertainty in the economy, which, in turn can have an
adverse effect on a company’s business. For instance, if monsoons fall in a year, equity
stocks of agriculture bases companies will fall and NAVs of mutual funds, which have
invested in such stocks, will fall proportionately.
There are 3 different methods with the help of which we can measure the risk.
HOW LONG TO KEEP INVESTMENT TO GET MAXIMUM RETURNS
Technically open-ended funds you can withdraw your investments even within a
week, but to get desired returns positive time frame is required are:
Funds Returns
Tax Provisions
Income earned by any mutual fund registered with SEBI (Mutual Fund)
Regulation, 1996 is fully exempt from tax under section 10 (23D) of the IT act.
Dividend Distribution Tax is payable by the fund on its distributions and out of its
income, the investor pays indirectly since the fund’s NAV and the value his
investment will come down by the amount of tax paid by the fund.
The fund cannot avoid the tax even if the investor chooses to reinvest the
distribution back into the fund.
Example: The fund will still pay Rs.10.20 tax on the announced distribution, even
if the investor chooses to reinvest his dividends in the concerned scheme.
• If units are held for more than 12 months, they will be treated as short
term capital asset, otherwise as long term capital asset.
• If the units were held for over one year, the investor gets the benefit of
“Indexation”, which means his purchase price is marked up by an
inflation index, so his capital gain amount is less than otherwise.
Purchase Price of a long term capital asset after indexation is
computed as:
Restrictions on Investments
A mutual fund scheme shall not invest more than 15% of its NAV in debt
instruments issued by a single issuer, which are rated not below investment
grade by a credit rating agency authorized to carry out such activity under the
Act. Such investment limit may be extended to 20% of the NAV of the scheme
with the prior approval of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Asset
Management Company.
A mutual fund scheme shall not invest more than 10% of its NAV in unrated debt
instruments issued by a single issuer and the total investment in such
instruments shall not exceed 25% of the NAV of the scheme. All such
investments shall be made with the prior approval of the Board of Trustees and
the Board of Asset Management Company.
No mutual fund under all its schemes should own more than 10% of any
company's paid up capital carrying voting rights.
Such transfers are done at the prevailing market price for quoted instruments on
spot basis. The securities so transferred shall be in conformity with the
investment objective of the scheme to which such transfer has been made.
A scheme may invest in another scheme under the same asset management
company or any other mutual fund without charging any fees, provided that
aggregate inter scheme investment made by all schemes under the same
management or in schemes under the management of any other asset
management company shall not exceed 5% of the net asset value of the mutual
fund.
The initial issue expenses in respect of any scheme may not exceed 6% of the
funds raised under that scheme.
Every mutual fund shall buy and sell securities on the basis of deliveries and
shall in all cases of purchases, take delivery of relative securities and in all cases
of sale, deliver the securities and shall in no case put itself in a position whereby
it has to make short sale or carry forward transaction.
Every mutual fund shall, get the securities purchased or transferred in the name
of the mutual fund on account of the concerned scheme, wherever investments
are intended to be of long-term nature.
No mutual fund scheme shall make any investment in;
• Any unlisted security of an associate or group company of
the sponsor; or
• Any security issued by way of private placement by
an associate or group company of the sponsor; or
• The listed securities of group companies of the
sponsor which is in excess of 30% of the net assets
(of all the schemes of a mutual fund)
No mutual fund scheme shall invest more than 10 per cent of its NAV in the
equity shares or equity related instruments of any company. Provided that, the
limit of 10% shall not be applicable for investments in index fund or sector or
industry specific scheme.
A mutual fund scheme shall not invest more than 5% of its NAV in the equity shares or
equity related investments in case of open-ended scheme and 10% of its NAV in case
of close-ended scheme.
Benjamin Graham advocates 50/50 split between equities & bonds, the common
approach to start with. When value of equities goes up, balance can be restored
by liquidating part of the equity portfolio and vice versa. This is the basic
defensive or conservative investment approach. But it is good to get half a return
of a rising market and to avoid the full losses of a falling market.
50/50 Portfolio of Mutual Funds
Graham’s 50/50 is the basic asset allocation. Bogle recommends adjusting the
percentages for each group in terms of their lifecycle phases. During the
Accumulation Phase, an investor would be building assets by periodic
investments of capital & reinvestment of all dividends received. During the
Distribution Phase, he will stop adding assets and start receiving dividends as
income. Considered with conjunction with the investor’s age, he recommends the
following strategic allocations:
Cash Funds 5%
Bogle gives a nice rule of thumb for asset allocation: Debt portion of an investor’s
portfolio should be equal to his age. For Example: A 30 year old investor will make
70/30 (Equity/Debt) Asset Allocation, and 50 year will make a 50/50 (Asset/Debt) Asset
Allocation.
Investors tend to constantly compare one form of investment with another. There are 2
kinds of comparisons possible among different investment options.
1. By Nature of Investment: Investor look for the Best returns on different options.
However, to determine which option is better, the comparison should be made in
terms of other benefits that the investor ought to look for in any investment.
Important Points:
However, Kotak 30 took a below average risk and delivered an above average
return, while Kotak Opportunities took an average risk to get the high returns. So,
don’t just look at the NAV also consider the risks-returns of the fund.
A fund with more stars does not indicate a higher return when compared with the
rest. All it means is that you will get a good return without putting your money at
too much risk.
ICICI Prudential Liquid Fund has a 4-star rating while ICICI Prudential Growth
Fund has a 3-star rating. However, the fund with the 3-star rating has a higher
NAV (109.08) than the one with the 4-star rating (11.73).
HDFC Top 200 has an NAV of 140.47 while UTI Infrastructure has an NAV of
36.60
This does not necessarily mean that HDFC Top 200 is offering a higher risk since
the return is higher.
In fact, according to the ratings, HDFC Top 200, a 5-star fund has a low risk while
UTI Infrastructure, a 5-star fund has an average risk.
• At least five funds, keen on investing in natural resources, are set to hit the
market, as per documents filed with the stock market regulator SEBI. There are
two funds from ING and one each from Mirae Asset Management, Tata AMC
and HSBC MF.
• Systematic Transfer Plan (STP) helps in reaching the financial goals by investing
a fixed sum in the chosen fund for a pre-determined number of installments. STP
offers an investor the security of a liquid fund while trying to enhance returns by
investing a part of the funds in equity. This helps mitigate any risk arising from
volatility or improve the fund’s returns in a boom. Thus, an investor can match his
risk appetite with that of the equity scheme.
• Most fund houses are already offering this STP facility to investors. In the first
week of May, JP Morgan AMC launched Optimiser Systematic transfer plan,
wherein investors can invest a lump sum in JP Morgan India Liquid Fund or JP
Morgan India Liquid Plus Fund through STP. An amount predetermined by the
investor would be transferred periodically (daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly)
from this fund to any of the existing equity schemes managed by JP Morgan
Mutual Fund.
• To cash the bullish growth of the entertainment & media industry in the country
financial institutions are rolling out a slew of mutual funds focusing on these
spaces.
• Many of the funds will cover a wide range of areas within the entertainment
arena such as retail, shopping malls, mobile content providers, lifestyle beyond
the conventional media like television, film, print advertising and multiplex.
• Global media giants like Viacom, Walt Disney, BBC, J C Decaux and Astro are
already in the country or looking at it. The industry has already witnessed deals
such as Walt Disney-UTV, Blackstone-Eenadu and Adlabs-ADAG (Anil Dhirubhai
Ambani Group).
• A brand image is very important for mutual funds and investors base their
decisions on known and dependable brands. Brand-building exercises are
mostly taken up by foreign players and big industrial houses which have deep
pockets, while fund houses with lower corpus can only attract investors by
showing good performance.
• Fund mobilisation trend in mutual funds space suggests that brand play an
important role in helping fund houses attract investors initially although in the
long term it boils down to the performance of the schemes.
• Country's MF industry holds immense potential for the existing as well as the
new players entering or those envisaging an entry into the space, but firms with a
strong brand presence definitely has a competitive advantage.
The asset base of the industry has grown by 7.33% to Rs. 567601.98 Crores.
Compared to the last month, April has been great for the mutual fund industry as
28 AMCs out of 34 posted positive growth in their AAUM. Reliance Mutual Fund
has topped the chart with an AAUM of Rs 96,386.40 Crores. ICICI Prudential MF
and UTI MF continue to be at the second and third position respectively.
• The nominee would be able to continue investing in the scheme without having
to make any further contribution. The cost of life insurance premium will be borne
by the AMC.
Impact on Mutual Fund Industry of the Union Budget
Impact
• This is expected to increase the disposable income in the hands of the
individuals to some extent which could translate into increased retail
investments in mutual funds.
Impact
• Since long term capital gains tax has been left unchanged, this hike in short
term capital gains tax could encourage long-term investments which augur well
to the development of the concept of “long term” in the Indian Mutual Fund
industry, which is conspicuous by its absence but which is coveted by the fund
industry given the greater flexibility that this provides in fund’s management.
• At the same time since the short term capital gains tax is still lower than the
income tax slabs of typical capital market investors, it is not
expected to cause too many investors to turn away from mutual funds.
Incentives for equities should be continued and the status quo on long-term
capital gain tax and STT should be maintained.
Section 80 C deduction for tax saving should be raised from the current limit of
Rs 1 lakh and Equity Linked Saving Schemes from mutual funds should be given
the benefit of the same.
• KYC is an acronym for “Know your Client”, a term commonly used for Client
Identification Process. SEBI has prescribed certain requirements relating to KYC
norms for Financial Institutions and Financial Intermediaries including Mutual
Funds to ‘know’ their clients. This would be in the form of verification of identity
and address, financial status, occupation and such other personal information.
Applicant must be KYC compliant while investing with any SEBI registered
Mutual Fund.
• The provisions of The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), has
made it mandatory for all Mutual Funds to comply with the ‘Know Your Client’
(KYC) norms of the applicants desirous of subscribing to their ‘units’. In this
regard, it has been mandated to create the necessary infrastructure in order to
handle the KYC on behalf of the Mutual Fund Industry.
• As a result, all applicants will now have to submit their PAN card copy (which
serves as Proof of Identity (PoI)) and Proof of Address (PoA) only once to the
designated Point of Service (PoS) centers spread across the country. After
confirming the credentials of the investor, the PoS issues KYC acknowledgement
letter that needs to be submitted along with the mutual fund investments.
Dividend distribution taxes on Money Market Mutual Funds which was increased
last year should be brought back to earlier levels.
Impact
• The competitiveness of mutual funds vis-à-vis ULIPs in the investment basket of
investors is expected to increase somewhat.
As per the taxation laws in force as at the date of the Offer Document, some broad
income tax implications of investing in the units of the Scheme are stated below. The
information so stated is based on the Mutual Fund's understanding of the tax laws in
force as of the date of the Offer Document, which have been confirmed by its auditors.
The information stated below is only for the purposes of providing general information to
the investors and is neither designed nor intended tobe a substitute for professional tax
advice. As the tax consequences are specific to each investor and in view of the
changing tax laws, each investor is advised to consult his or her or its own tax
consultant with respect to the specific tax implications arising out of his or her or its
participation in the Scheme.
Implications of the Income-tax Act, 1961 as amended by the Finance Act, 2006
To the Unit holders
In accordance with the provisions of section 10(35)(a) of the Act, income received by all
categories of unit holders in respect of units of the Fund will be exempt from income-tax
in their hands.
Exemption from income tax under section 10(35) of the Act would, however, not apply
to any income arising from the transfer of these units.
As per the provisions of section 2(42A) of the Act, a unit of a Mutual Fund, held by the
investor as a capital asset, is considered to be a short-term capital asset, if it is held for
12 months or less from the date of its acquisition by the unit holder. Accordingly, if the
unit is held for a period of more than 12 months, it is treated as a long-term capital
asset.
Capital gains on transfer of units will be computed after taking into account the cost of
their acquisition. While calculating long-term capital gains, such cost will be indexed by
using the cost inflation index notified by the Government of India.
Individuals and HUFs, are granted a deduction from total income, under section 80C of
the Act upto Rs. 100,000, in respect of specified investments made during the year
As per Section 10(38) of the Act, long-term capital gains arising from the sale of unit of
an equity oriented fund entered into in a recognized stock exchange or sale of such unit
of an equity oriented fund to the mutual fund would be exempt from income-tax,
provided such transaction of sale is chargeable to securities transaction tax.
Pursuant to an amendment made in the Finance Act, 2006, effective 1 April 2006,
companies would be required to include such long term capital gains in computing the
book profits and minimum alternated tax liability under section 115JB of the Act.
As per Section 111A of the Act, short-term capital gains from the sale of unit of an
equity oriented fund entered into in a recognized stock exchange or sale of such unit of
an equity oriented fund to the mutual fund would be taxed at 10 per cent, provided such
transaction of sale is chargeable to securities transaction tax.
In case of resident individual, if the income from short term capital gains is less than
the maximum amount not chargeable to tax, then there will be no tax payable.
Further, in case of individuals/ HUFs, being residents, where the total income excluding
short-term capital gains is below the maximum amount not chargeable to tax1, then the
difference between the current maximum amount not chargeable to tax and total
income excluding short-term capital gains, shall be adjusted from short-term capital
gains. Therefore only the balance short term capital gains will be liable to income tax at
the rate of 10 percent plus surcharge, if applicable and education cess.
Non-residents
In case of non-resident unit holder who is a resident of a country with which India has
signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (which is in force) income tax is
payable at the rates provided in the Act, as discussed above, or the rates provided in
the such agreement, if any, whichever is more beneficial to such non-resident unit
holder.
Investment by Minors
Where sale / repurchase is made during the minority of the child, tax will be levied on
either of the parents, whose income is greater, where the said income is not covered by
the exception in the proviso to section 64(1A) of the Act. When the child attains majority,
such tax liability will be on the child.
Each Unit holder is advised to consult his / her or its own professional tax advisor
before claiming set off of long-term capital loss arising on sale / repurchase of units of
an equity oriented fund referred to above, against long-term capital gains arising on
sale of other assets.
Short-term capital loss suffered on sale / repurchase of units shall be available for set
off against both long-term and short-term capital gains arising on sale of other assets
and balance short-term capital loss shall be carried forward for set off against capital
gains in subsequent years.
Capital gains arising to a unit holder on repurchase of units by the Fund should attract
tax withholding as under:
No tax needs to be withheld from capital gains arising to a FII on the basis of the
provisions of section 196D of the Act.
In case of non-resident unit holder who is a resident of a country with which India has
signed a double taxation avoidance agreement (which is in force) the tax should be
deducted at source under section 195 of the Act at the rate provided in the Finance Act
of the relevant year or the rate provided in the said agreement, whichever is beneficial
to such non-resident unit holder. However, such a nonresident unit holder will be
required to provide appropriate documents to the Fund, to be entitled to the beneficial
rate provided under such agreement.
No tax needs to be withheld from capital gains arising to a resident unit holder on the
basis of the Circular no. 715 dated 8 August 1995 issued by the CBDT.
Subject to the above, the provisions relating to tax withholding in respect of gains
arising from the sale of units of the various schemes of the fund are as under:
No tax is required is to be withheld from long term capital gains arising from sale of
units in equity oriented fund schemes, that are subject to securities transaction tax.
In respect of short-term capital gains arising to foreign companies (including Overseas
Corporate Bodies), the Fund is required to deduct tax at source at the rate of 10.46 per
cent (10 per cent tax plus 2.5 per cent surcharge thereon plus additional surcharge of 2
per cent by way of education cess on the tax plus surcharge). In respect of short-term
capital gains arising to non-resident individual unit holders, the Fund is required to
deduct tax at source at the rate of 11.22 per cent (10 per cent tax plus 10 per cent
surcharge thereon2 plus additional surcharge of 2 per cent by way of education cess on
the tax plus surcharge).
Units held under the Schemes of the Fund are not treated as assets within the
meaning of section 2(ea) of the Wealth Tax Act, 1957 and therefore, not liable to wealth-
tax.
Nature of Transaction Current tax rate Tax rate effective (%) 1 June 2006 (%) Delivery
based purchase transaction in equity shares or units of equity oriented fund entered in a
recognized stock exchange 0.1 0.125 Delivery based sale transaction in equity shares
or units of equity oriented fund entered in a recognized stock exchange 0.1 0.125 Non-
delivery based sale transaction in equity shares or units of equity oriented fund entered
in a recognized stock exchange. 0.02 0.025 Sale of units of an equity oriented fund to
the mutual fund 0.2 0.25 Value of taxable securities transaction in case of units shall be
the price at which such units are purchased or sold.
A deduction in respect of securities transaction tax paid is not permitted for the purpose
of computation of business income or capital gains.
However, if the total income of an assesses includes any business income arising from
taxable securities transactions, he shall be entitled to a rebate3 from income-tax of an
amount equal to the securities transaction tax paid by him in respect of the taxable
securities transactions entered during the course of his business.
As per Income Tax act 80c investment up to Rs 1,00,000 are eligible for deduction from
the gross total income hence reducing the total taxable income. For example if your
total annual income is Rs 3,00,000 and you invest Rs 1,00,000 in ELSS then your
taxable income will become Rs 2,00,000.
Previously there was an upper limit for investing in tax saving instruments like ELSS of
5,00,000. Only individuals with less than 5,00,000 annual income are allowed to invest
in tax saving instruments. But last year financial budget removed this restriction and
now any individual can invest in ELSS irrespective of their income level.
Main advantage of ELSS is its short lock-in period. Maturity period of NSC is 6
years and PPF is 15 years.
Since it is an equity linked scheme earning potential is very high.
Investor can opt for dividend option and get some gains during the lock-in period
Investor can opt for Systematic Investment Plan
Some ELSS schemes also offer personal accident death cover insurance
Provides 30 to 40% returns compared to 8% in NSC and PPF
Disadvantages of ELSS
Both Equity linked saving scheme and diversified equity scheme operates in same way.
Both are high return and high risk schemes. But there is a 3 year lock in period of ELSS
and it provides tax benefits too.
Best way to invest in ELSS is through Systematic Investment Plan(SIP). With SIP you
can invest a small amount every month for a specific time period. With SIP investor can
take advantage of fluctuations in the stock market. So investor will get more units when
the market is down and get less units when the market is up. For eg if you are investing
Rs 1000 every month and you will get 100 units for when Net Asset Value (NAV) is 10
and will get 50 units when NAV is 20. So investing a fixed sum regularly helps to cover
the market fluctuations by rupee costs averaging. Also most of the Asset Management
Companies (AMC) charges less entry load for SIP compared to normal purchase.
There are many tax-saving instruments, like NSC, PPF that have a fixed maturity
Period and give fixed returns on the amount invested. Conversely, ELSS is an
Equity linked tax-saving investment instrument.
Until the financial year 2004–05, section 88 of the Income Tax Act had fixed an overall
ceiling of Rs 100,000 for investments in tax-saving instruments, including a cap of Rs
10,000 for investment in ELSS.The investor would get a rebate based on his taxable
income. However, the budget for the financial year 2005–06 has scrapped section 88
and has replaced it with section 80C.Under this section, investments up to Rs 100,000
are eligible for deduction from gross total income and the ceiling on investment in ELSS
has been removed. This investment is deducted from the total income, hence reducing
the total taxable income. Assume that you have an annual gross income of Rs 400,000
and out of this you have invested Rs 100,000in tax-saving instruments. Say out of this
in the previous financial year you invested Rs 10,000 in ELSS, while in the current
financial year you invest the entire Rs 100,000, which is ten times the previous year’s
limit of Rs10, 000, in ELSS.
The most positive feature of this budget is that section 80C is applicable to all
Individuals regardless of their income level. Until last year, individuals with a gross
Total income of Rs 5,00,000 and above did not get any tax benefit under section 88.
However, tax benefits on ELSS investments are now open to all individuals
Irrespective of their income level.
Both ELSS and diversified equity schemes have the same risk profile. They are high
risk - high return investment avenues. The major difference is in terms of the mandatory
lock-in period of three years applicable to ELSS. It is always advisable for investments
in equity linked instruments to be for the long term, as it is only over this time frame that
equities have the potential to unlock value and outperform other comparable assets.
The lock-in period fixed for ELSS supports this view and also allows the fund manager
to plan a strategy that will be beneficial in the long-term. Various researches on mutual
funds have found that ELSS funds have shown impressive performances over three
years. The average three year Compounded Annualized Growth Rate (CAGR)
performance of leading five tax-saving funds and diversified equity funds is
58.7 per cent* and 57.08 per cent* as of December 31, 2005 respectively. And if you
consider the tax benefits associated with ELSS, their performance looks even
better than that of diversified equity funds.
In addition, some ELSS schemes offer additional benefit of Personal Accident Death
Insurance cover.
Since this is an equity-linked scheme, the earning potential is very high (although
at a higher risk) as compared to other tax-saving instruments. The Systematic
Investment Plan (SIP) is an effective way of investing in ELSS as the concept of
rupee cost averaging and the power of compounding work well.
The lock-in period is the shortest, three years, as compared to other tax saving
instruments. The maturity period for NSC and PPF is six years and 15 years
respectively.
Tax Benefit Sec 80c & Sec 10 Sec 80c Sec 80c
The performance of the top five funds in India over a period of three years. Past
performance may or may not be sustained in the future. Investors may note that
though as of now the Finance Act, 2005 does not tax any withdrawals from
ELSS, it may be possible that as and when the proposed EET system becomes
fully operational, any redemptions from ELSS may be subjected to tax. In order
to work out the roadmap for smoothly moving towards the EET system, the Bill
has proposed to set-up a committee of experts. Such committee will examine
the mix of savings instruments that would qualify under the new system and
propose suitable tax incidence. Investors should note the above before making
any investment under ELSS.
No. The amount cannot be withdrawn before the maturity period. However, ELSS is
Definitely beneficial as compared to other tax-saving instruments, as the lock-in period
is just three years compared to the maturity period of six years (NSC) and 15 years
(PPF) respectively. Also, the earning potential of ELSS is high, although at higher risk.
Premature withdrawal from other tax saving instruments is allowed on specific
Conditions. Investors can opt for the dividend option in ELSS; dividends are tax free,
thus ensuring some liquidity and the opportunity to capture gains during the lock-in
period.
Your risk appetite should at all times determine the total investments in tax-
saving funds. Don't go overboard in the segment simply because of the
opportunity to rake in impressive returns, thereby ignoring the risk involved.
Use the SIP route for investing in tax-saving funds. Not only does it do away with
the need for timing markets, but it also reduces the strain on your wallet at the
end of the financial year when most investors conduct their tax-planning
exercise.
The above table and chart reveals the factor about the investments of the investors.
Majority of the investments belongs to 40% of the investors invested in mutual funds
The above table and chart reveals the factor about the how the current income source
of the investors. Majority of the investors belongs to 50% i.e. 50 investors of their
current income source is moderately stable
Which statement best characterizes your expected earnings over the next 10
years:
I expect my future earnings:
A. to decrease 5%
The above table and chart reveals the investor’s expected future earnings from their
investments. Majority of the investors i.e. 60% investors expecting their future earnings
to increase at the rate of inflation.
How many dependents do you have (including spouse, children and elderly
parents you support)?
A. 0 10%
B. 1-2 70%
C. 3-4 15%
D. More than 4 05%
Interpretation
The above table and chart reveals the investors dependents. Majority of the investors
i.e. 70% of the investors have dependents 1 to 2 while others have 3 to 4 i.e. 15% and
0 i.e.10% and 5% i.e. more than 4
. Do you have sufficient liquid assets set aside in case of emergency? (Liquid assets
= cash + checking account + savings account + money market.
The above table chart reveals that the investors have liquid assets. Majority of the
investors i.e. 80% have emergency assets. While others have i.e. 20% have no liquid
assets.
B. 26-50% 50
C. 51-75% 20
Interpretation
The above table above graph reveals how many investors have invested in tax deferred
investment plan in their investable funds. Majority of the i.e.50% investors are i.e.26-
50% funds Invested in tax deferred plan.
When you think of your investments, which statement best characterizes your
feelings?
A. I want to be as sure as possible that my savings will not go down significantly.
30%
B. I prefer taking on a small amount of risk in order to gain higher expected returns.
35%
The above table and chart reveals that the investor think about the returns from their
investments. Majority of the i.e. 35% of the investors are like to take small amount of
risk in order to gain higher expected returns as well as the next 35% of the investors are
like to take substantial risk in order to gain higher expected returns. While others are
felling that their savings will not go down significantly.
When do you plan to begin withdrawing money from your investment accounts?
The above table and chart reveals that when the investor with drawing money from their
investments. Majority of the investors i.e. 50% wants to with draw money from their
investments 3 to 5 years while others wants to with draw above five years.
Do you prefer investments that provide steady returns without large fluctuations
in value?
Interpretation
The above table and chart reveals that the prefer investments that provide steady
returns with out large fluctuations in value. Majority of the investors i.e. 60% are thinking
provide steady returns. While others are i.e. 20% no, not really, and 15% yes, for the
most part and 5% no, definitely not.
How experienced are you at investing in individual stocks?
Interpretation
The above table and chart reveals that the investors are experienced at investing in
individual stocks. Majority of the i.e. 70% investors very inexperience at investing in
individual stocks. While others are 20% moderately experienced and 5% moderately
inexperienced and 5% of the investors are very experienced
B. 20% 60%
C. 30% 30%
Interpretation
The above table and chart reveals that the investors come under which income tax
bracket. Majority of the i.e. 60% investors come under 20% tax bracket. While others
30% are in to 30% And others 10% investors are come under 10% tax bracket.
What kind of investment u like? M.Fs.- 70% SHARES – 20% NA – 10%
Interpretation
The above table and chart reveals that the investors what kind of investment like to
invest. Majority of the i.e. 70% investors likes to invest in mutual funds. While others are
20% investors like to invest in shares and the others are don’t like to invest in mutual
funds and shares
What kind of life-insurance u like? Whole life - 36% money back – 10% NA – 4%
Interpretation
The above table and chart reveals that what kind of insurance the investors like.
Majority of the i.e. 70% of the investors like to take whole life insurance. While others
20% are wants to take money back insurance and others 10% are don’t want to take
any insurance.
Do u need a financial advisor? NO – 75% YES – 25%
Interpretation
The above table and chart reveals that the investors need financial advisor. Majority of
the i.e. 75% of the investors don’t want financial advisor while others i.e. 25% of the
investors need financial advisor.
Conclusion
After going through a two months summer training and survey, I have come to know
about different aspects of mutual funds and mutual funds industry. India is an emerging
market
This study and survey on mutual funds is a small eye hole to see the picture of mutual
funds industry in India. This provides almost clear view to the readers.
Mutual funds industry is enlarging its size in India. JVs, foreign JVs and acquisitions are
in trend. AUM has gone to $8 trillion, number of investors is rising, and number of AMCs
is going up. These changes are likely to happen. Indian monetary policy is supporting
new business. Private sector is aggressively participating in mutual funds business.
Numbers of schemes are much more than earlier.
With such shining sides, double digit inflation rate, bearish stock market, squeezing
liquidity and other dark sides putting pressure on consumers saving. This situation
pushes investors back from investment. They wait and hold cash rather than investing.
This study found that investors are willing to invest with high rate of return. They know
high return always adhere to high risk but market still is not in correction mode. It will
take time.
Industry need to revise its business strategy. Investor’s perception is not prioritized yet.
Instead of completing targets, advisors working under institutions should consider the
requirement of investors. We need to change pattern of selling mutual funds schemes
I hope this study will help readers to identify industry’s unidentified areas where they
need to work out.
Recommendations:
The most vital problem spotted is of ignorance. Investors should be made aware of the
benefits. Nobody will invest until and unless he is fully convinced. Investors should be
made to realize that ignorance is no longer bliss and what they are losing by not
investing.
Mutual funds offer a lot of benefit which no other single option could offer. But most of
the people are not even aware of what actually a mutual fund is? They only see it as
just another investment option. So the advisors should try to change their mindsets. The
advisors should target for more and more young investors. Young investors as well as
persons at the height of their career would like to go for advisors due to lack of
expertise and time.
The advisors may try to highlight some of the value added benefits of MFs such as tax
benefit, rupee cost averaging, and systematic transfer plan, rebalancing etc. these
benefits are not offered by other options singlehandedly. So these are enough to drive
the investors towards mutual funds. Investors could also try to increase the spectrum of
services offered.
One should diversify the investments between a few funds (the actual number depends
entirely on the amount of investment). This strategy ensures that the portfolio is not
dependent on the performance of one single fund. However, one needs to avoid over-
diversification as that would achieve nothing.
Investor can also plan like one mutual fund of diversified equity plan, second mutual
fund of balanced type and third one you can plan of debt type etc. In this manner the
money will get diversified, risk is reduced and the investor will get excellent profit.
Research Findings:
At the survey conducted upon 100 people, 40 people are already invested in
mutual funds. And 30 people are invested in insurance 20 people invested in
bank F.D.s and the remaining 10 people are invested in post office bonds.
Now, when those 60 people were asked about the reason of not investing in
mutual funds, Some people don’t have awareness about the mutual funds. Some
people don’t have interest for invest into mutual funds. These are the reasons I
got from the investors who are not invested in mutual funds.
In that 40 people who are invested already in mutual funds, some people don’t
know the total details about the mutual funds the reason got from them simply for
saving the tax.
Some of the people don’t know how to plan their financial planning but they don’t
want to take advices from the financial advisory services.
Some of the investors don’t have awareness about the funds but they are
invested in mutual funds finally they are getting loss
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Three LIC policies sold which is JEEVAN ANAND Sum Assured is5 LACS
And one is bajaj Allianz which is NUG THAT IS ULIP Policy Sum Assured is 1 lac
REFERENCES:
www.Amfyindia.com
www.moneycontrol.com
www.bse.com
www.valueresearchonline .com