Chapter 17 1. Why are mutual funds popular with individual investors? Able to enjoy economies of scale by incurring lower transaction costs and commissions. Provide opportunities for small investors to invest in a liquid and diversified portfolio of financial securities. 2. What is the purpose of index funds? How does this differ from other equity mutual funds? Why are index funds growing in popularity? Index funds are funds in which managers buy securities in proportions similar to those
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(ICB) became the pioneer in launching mutual funds in the capital market in the country. It was a milestone step for investors in our capital market. The then first private organisation‚ AIMS‚ evolved its professional mechanism in 1999 for organising mutual funds in Bangladesh. Mutual funds grew slowly over the period of time and had only been close-ended since beginning of its operation in the capital market. In 2010‚ also the first-ever open-end mutual fund was floated in the capital market by the
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financial instruments‚ because of which‚ mutual funds have emerged as a popular choice for an average investor. To the time-constrained investor‚ mutual funds provide a professionally managed collective investment vehicle that pools money from many such investors together to achieve a targeted objective through investments into asset classes like equity‚ debt and gold. However‚ while still being one of the simplest forms of investment‚ in recent times mutual funds have become a bit more complicated. With
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Essay on The Concept of Mutual Fund The Mutual Fund concept is based upon the "rationalistic " choice of investment portfolio. Minimization of risks‚ maximization of yield and liquidity are the objectives of investment. Individual investors have to make strenuous efforts to achieve a rational choice of securities for minimizing risks and maximizing yield. The task becomes difficult for the individual investors who are not so well informed‚ whereas a Mutual Fund possesses the resources and expertise
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Comparative Analysis on Mutual Fund Scheme With reference to Sundaram finance Ltd. Report submitted in partial fulfillment of POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE This is to certify that XXXXX has completed the project titled “Comparative analysis on the mutual fund scheme” from Sundaram finance Ltd under my guidance completed the project successfully‚ for the partial fulfillment of the course: Dissertation in term= 3rd of the post Graduate Diploma
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Islamic Equity Mutual Fund Performance in Malaysia: Risk and Return Analysis Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad Universiti Teknologi MARA‚ Kelantan nmaheran@kltn.uitm.edu.my Masliza Mokhtar Universiti Teknologi MARA‚ Kelantan masliza@yahoo.com Abstract Mutual funds in Malaysia have experienced a considerable growth over the last decade in terms of the number of funds offered and the volume of capital managed by unit trust management companies. A higher growth can be expected due to a strong participation
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SCOPE AND GROWTH OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA Erstwhile UTI was bifurcated into UTI Mutual Fund and the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India effective from February 2003. The Assets under management of the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India has therefore been excluded from the total assets of the industry as a whole from February 2003 onwards.Investement in Indian Matual Market The Indian mutual fund industry has significantly high ownership from the institutional investors
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Mutual Fund Performance in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Monthly Returns Md. Hashibul Hassan* Tahmina Akhter† Abstract Extensive research has evaluated mutual fund performance in different financial markets which led to mixed results (Soderlind et al.‚ 2000; Korkeamaki and Smythe‚ 2004); however‚ very limited work has been done to evaluate Bangladeshi mutual funds. This paper focused on measuring risk adjusted performance of 13 closed end mutual funds on the basis of monthly Net Asset Value. For
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CHAPTER IV INVESTMENT PATTERN OF INDIAN MUTUAL FUNDS This chapter analyses the investment patterns of the Ind~anmutual fund industry as a whole in general‚ the pnvate mutual funds and UTI in particular An attempt is also made in this chapter to compare across the d~fferent mutual funds on the pattern of their deployment of funds. The most Important activity In a mutual fund and operation is management of funds Fund managers acquire sk~lls expertise over a period of time. They need to have knowledge
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A Project report On PROCESS OF HOME LOAN FINANCING BY BANK UNDERTAKEN IN HDFC BANK LTD. As partial fulfillment for the award of MBA degree under B.R. Ambedkar Agra University Agra U.P. ( 2007 – 09) Under the guidance of: Mr. Vivek Drivedi Submitted By Km. Krishna Jaiswal Roll No- 22 SETH PADAM CHAND JAIN INSTITUTE OF COMMERCE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ECONOMICS‚ AGRA 1 CERTIFICATE To whom it may concern This is to certify that Km. Krishna Jaiswal‚ Roll No. 22 of MBA is a Bonafide
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