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“Mutual fund a safer investment INDEX PART I 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction to Mutual Fund 3. Industrial background. 4. Company Profile PART II 5. Research Design / Methodology. a. Project Idea b.Objectives c. Duration of the Project d. Need for study e. Research Methodology f. Proposed outcome g. Benefits/ Limitations of Mutual Fund Babasbapatilfreepptmba.com Page 1
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Page 1: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

INDEX

PART I

1 Executive Summary

2 Introduction to Mutual Fund

3 Industrial background

4 Company Profile

PART II

5 Research Design Methodology

a Project Idea

b Objectives

c Duration of the Project

d Need for study

e Research Methodology

f Proposed outcome

g Benefits Limitations of Mutual Fund

6 Recommendation

7 Conclusion

8 Bibliography

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Executive Summary

Mutual Fund investment is the fastest growing investment industry in

the present scenario and it needs to be properly supported with educating

the investor community which is not aware of Mutual Fund as it is of

other forms of investment patterns like those of Fixed Deposits Savings

Accounts Postal Deposits Recurring Deposits Insurance plans Stocks

etc

The strength of ViVi securities lies in the qualitative manpower Indian

Mutual Fund investment is picking up fast which has already happened in

countries like US UK France etc the recent trends have shown that

private ltd companies are doing far better as compared to Government PSUrsquos

in India which was not the case few years earlier and this implies that people

are more attracted towards Mutual Funds investment as compared to other

form of the investments

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Research Design

Organization

ViVi Securities Belgaum

Nature of Business

Shares and Stock Broking services

Topic of the study

ldquoMutual fund a safer investmentrdquo

Need for the Study

Association of mutual fund in India

Asset Management company

Objectives of the study

Organisation study

To understand the concept of Mutual fund its working and various types of

mutual fund

To study the performance of various schemes

To compare the performance of four mid cap funds

To study the risk involved in MFs

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Research Methodology

Study of mutual fund market

Collection of data

Secondary data data Fact sheets of SBI Kotak Tata and Sundaram Mutual

Funds collected through various web-sites Magazines Journals and newspaper

Analysis of data

Preparation of project report

Scope of the project

The scope of the project is limited to analysis of mid cap mutual funds

Proposed Outcome

Avoids hassle free investments

Avoids time consumption for research

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Introduction to Mutual Fund

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 ldquomutualrdquo the fund belongs to all

investors Investor bears in the same proportion as the amount of the

contribution make a single investorrsquos ownership of the fund 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 mdash 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 same proportion as their contribution bears to

the total contributions of all investors put together

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 ldquosharesrdquo of a joint stock company in which case the purchase

makes the investor a part owner of the company and its assets

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TYPES OF MUTUAL FUNDS

Mutual funds can be classified in different ways according to their

investment objectives their constitution as follows

Equity Fund

Debt Income Funds

Balanced Funds

Liquid Money Market Funds

Closed Ended funds

Open Ended Funds

Load Funds

No Load Funds

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CLASSIFICATION BASED ON INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

Funds can be classified according to their investment objectives on 4 main

categories as they best reflect the risk and returns associated with investing

in mutual funds

1 EQUITY FUNDS

Equity funds invest a major portion of their corpus in equity shares issued by companies

acquired directly in initial public offerings or through the secondary market Equity funds

would be exposed to the equity price fluctuation risk at the market level at the industry

or sector level and at the company-specific level Equity funds Net Asset Values

fluctuate with all these price movements these price movements are caused by all kinds

of external repayment as in case of debt instruments Hence Equity Funds are generally

considered at the higher end of the risk spectrum among all funds available in the market

On the other hand unlike debt instruments that offer fixed amounts of repayments

equities can appreciate in value in line with the issuerrsquos earnings potential and so offer

the greatest potential for growth in capital

Equity Funds adopt different investment strategies resulting in different levels of risk

Hence they are generally separated into different types in terms of their investment

styles Below are some of the major types of equity funds arranged in order of higher to

lower risk level

a Aggressive Growth Funds

b Growth Funds

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c Specialty Funds

1 Sector Funds

2 Offshore Funds

3 Small-Cap Equity Funds

4 Option Income funds

All AMCrsquos have floated this type of funds Prominent examples include JM Equity Fund

Morgan Stanley Growth Fund Mastergain 92 Birla Advantage Fund Sun FampC Value

Fund Kothari Pioneer Prima fund etc

2 DEBTINCOME FUNDS

Debt Funds invest in debt instruments issued not only by governments but also by

private companies banks and financial institutions and other entities such as

infrastructure companiesutilities By investing in debt these funds target low risk and

stable income for the investor as their key objectives However as compared to the

money market funds they do have a higher price fluctuation risk since they invest in

longer-term securities Similarly as compared to Gilt Funds general debt funds do have a

higher risk of default by their borrowers

1 Debt funds are largely considered as Income Funds as they do not target capital

appreciation look for high current income and therefore distribute a substantial part of

their surplus to investors Income funds that target returns substantially above market

levels can face more risks Different investment objectives set by the fund managers

would result in different risk profiles

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3 BALANCED FUNDS

These are funds that invest both in equity shares and income bearing instruments

Then idea is to reduce the volatility of the fund while providing some upside for capital

appreciation There is some flexibility in changing the asset composition between equity

and debt and the fund managers exploit this to buy the best asset class at each time

Prominent balanced funds include JM Balanced Fund Alliance 95 Tata Twin Option

Balanced and GIC balanced funds Govt has announced special concessions for funds

with more that 50 of the assets invested in equity So for next three years the dividend

will be taxed neither in the hands of the investor nor in the hands of the funds

4 LIQUID MONEY MARKET FUNDS

Often considered to be at the order of risk level Money Market Funds invest in securities

of a short-term nature which generally means securities of less than one-year maturity

The typical short term interest bearing instruments these funds invest in include

Treasure Bills issued by Governments Certificates of Deposit issued by banks and

Commercial Paper issued by companies In India Money Market Mutual Funds also

invests in the inter bank call money market

The major strengths of money market funds are the liquidity and safety of principal that

the investors can normally expect from short-term investments These funds invest in

highly liquid money market instruments They have emerged as an alternative for savings

and short term fixed deposit accounts Regulations for managing liquid funds are more

flexible than those for managing money market funds Hence they are more popular than

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the latter Eg Birla Cash Plus Prudential Liquid Fund Templeton India Liquid fund UTI

fund UTI Money Market Funds JM Liquid fund

CLASSIFICATION BASED ON CONSTITUTION OBJECTIVE

1 OPEN END-CLOSED END FUNDS

An open-end fund is one that has units available for sale and repurchase at all time An

investor can buy or redeem units from the fund itself at a price based on the Net Asset

Value (NAV) per unit NAV per unit is obtained by dividing the amount of the market

value of the fundrsquos assets (plus accrued income minus the fundrsquos liabilities) by the

number of units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or down every

time the fund issued new units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or

down every time the fund issued new units or repurchases existing units In other words

the lsquounit capitalrsquo of an open-end mutual fund is not fixed but variable The fund size and

its total investment amount go up if more new subscriptions come in from new investors

than redemptions by existing investors the fund shrinks when redemptions of units

exceed fresh subscriptions

Note that an open-end fund is not obliged to keep sellingissuing new units at all times

and many successful funds stop issuing further subscriptions from new investors after

they reach a certain size and think they cannot manage a larger fund without adversely

affecting profitability On the other hand an open-end fund rarely denies to its investors

the facility to redeem existing units subject to certain obvious conditions For example

redemption is only possible after the investorrsquos cheque for initial subscription has cleared

or until after any ldquolook-in periodrdquo specified by the fund is over or only after the specified

redemption period for collection of funds

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Unlike an open-end fund the lsquounit capitalrsquo of a closed-end fund is fixed as it makes a

one-time sale of a fixed number of units Later on unlike open-end funds closed-end

funds do not allow investors to buy or redeem units directly from the funds However to

provide the much closed-end funds get themselves listed on a stock exchange Trading

through a stock exchange enables investors to buy or sell units of a closed-end mutual

fund from each other through a stockbroker in the same fashion as buying or selling

shares of a company The fundrsquos units may be traded at a discount or premium to NAV

based on investorrsquos perceptions about the fundrsquos future performance and other market

factors affecting the demand for or supply of the fundrsquos units

2 LOAD AND NO-LOAD FUNDS

Marketing of a new mutual fund scheme involves initial expenses These expenses may

be recovered from the investors in different ways at different time Three usual ways in

which a fundrsquos sales expenses may be recovered from the investors are

I At the time of investorrsquos entry into the fundscheme by deducting a specific amount

from his initial contribution or

2 By charging the fundscheme with a fixed amount each year during the stated number

of years or

3 At the time of the investorrsquos exit from the fundscheme by deducting a specified

amount from the redemption proceeds payable to the investor

These charges made by the fund managers to the investors to cover distribution expenses

are often called a ldquofront-end or entry-loadrdquo This is the first case above The load amount

charged to the scheme over a period of time is called a ldquodeferred loadrdquo This is the third

case above Some funds may also charge different amount of loads to the investors

depending upon how many years the investor has stayed with the fund the longer the

investor stays with the fund less the amount of ldquoexit loadrdquo he is charged This is called

ldquocontingent deferred sales chargerdquo

Note that the front-end load amount is deducted from the initial contributionpurchase

amount paid by the incoming investor thus reducing his initial investment amount

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Similarly exit loads would reduce the redemption proceeds paid out to the outgoing

investor If the sales charge is made on a deferred basis directly to the scheme the

amount of the load may not be apparent to the investor as the schemersquos NAV would

reflect the net amount after the deferred load

Funds that charge front-end back-end or deferred loads are called load funds Funds that

make no such charges or loads for sales expenses are called no-load funds

In India SEBI has defined a ldquoloadrsquo as the one-time fee payable by the investor to allow

the fund to meet initial issue expenses including brokersrsquoagentsdistributorsrsquo

commissions advertising and marketing expenses SEBI definition of a load fund would

include all funds that charge a front-end load which is in line with the internationally

used definition However SE would consider a fund to be ldquoa no-loadrdquo fund if an AMC

absorbs these initial marketing expenses and does not charge the fund-a situation that is

somewhat special to India and not widely prevalent elsewhere Internationally a fund

even when it does not make a front-end load would still be considered a load fund if it

charges an exit load or a deferred sales load

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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

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Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Executive Summary

Mutual Fund investment is the fastest growing investment industry in

the present scenario and it needs to be properly supported with educating

the investor community which is not aware of Mutual Fund as it is of

other forms of investment patterns like those of Fixed Deposits Savings

Accounts Postal Deposits Recurring Deposits Insurance plans Stocks

etc

The strength of ViVi securities lies in the qualitative manpower Indian

Mutual Fund investment is picking up fast which has already happened in

countries like US UK France etc the recent trends have shown that

private ltd companies are doing far better as compared to Government PSUrsquos

in India which was not the case few years earlier and this implies that people

are more attracted towards Mutual Funds investment as compared to other

form of the investments

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Research Design

Organization

ViVi Securities Belgaum

Nature of Business

Shares and Stock Broking services

Topic of the study

ldquoMutual fund a safer investmentrdquo

Need for the Study

Association of mutual fund in India

Asset Management company

Objectives of the study

Organisation study

To understand the concept of Mutual fund its working and various types of

mutual fund

To study the performance of various schemes

To compare the performance of four mid cap funds

To study the risk involved in MFs

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Research Methodology

Study of mutual fund market

Collection of data

Secondary data data Fact sheets of SBI Kotak Tata and Sundaram Mutual

Funds collected through various web-sites Magazines Journals and newspaper

Analysis of data

Preparation of project report

Scope of the project

The scope of the project is limited to analysis of mid cap mutual funds

Proposed Outcome

Avoids hassle free investments

Avoids time consumption for research

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Introduction to Mutual Fund

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 ldquomutualrdquo the fund belongs to all

investors Investor bears in the same proportion as the amount of the

contribution make a single investorrsquos ownership of the fund 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 mdash 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 same proportion as their contribution bears to

the total contributions of all investors put together

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 ldquosharesrdquo of a joint stock company in which case the purchase

makes the investor a part owner of the company and its assets

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TYPES OF MUTUAL FUNDS

Mutual funds can be classified in different ways according to their

investment objectives their constitution as follows

Equity Fund

Debt Income Funds

Balanced Funds

Liquid Money Market Funds

Closed Ended funds

Open Ended Funds

Load Funds

No Load Funds

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CLASSIFICATION BASED ON INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

Funds can be classified according to their investment objectives on 4 main

categories as they best reflect the risk and returns associated with investing

in mutual funds

1 EQUITY FUNDS

Equity funds invest a major portion of their corpus in equity shares issued by companies

acquired directly in initial public offerings or through the secondary market Equity funds

would be exposed to the equity price fluctuation risk at the market level at the industry

or sector level and at the company-specific level Equity funds Net Asset Values

fluctuate with all these price movements these price movements are caused by all kinds

of external repayment as in case of debt instruments Hence Equity Funds are generally

considered at the higher end of the risk spectrum among all funds available in the market

On the other hand unlike debt instruments that offer fixed amounts of repayments

equities can appreciate in value in line with the issuerrsquos earnings potential and so offer

the greatest potential for growth in capital

Equity Funds adopt different investment strategies resulting in different levels of risk

Hence they are generally separated into different types in terms of their investment

styles Below are some of the major types of equity funds arranged in order of higher to

lower risk level

a Aggressive Growth Funds

b Growth Funds

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c Specialty Funds

1 Sector Funds

2 Offshore Funds

3 Small-Cap Equity Funds

4 Option Income funds

All AMCrsquos have floated this type of funds Prominent examples include JM Equity Fund

Morgan Stanley Growth Fund Mastergain 92 Birla Advantage Fund Sun FampC Value

Fund Kothari Pioneer Prima fund etc

2 DEBTINCOME FUNDS

Debt Funds invest in debt instruments issued not only by governments but also by

private companies banks and financial institutions and other entities such as

infrastructure companiesutilities By investing in debt these funds target low risk and

stable income for the investor as their key objectives However as compared to the

money market funds they do have a higher price fluctuation risk since they invest in

longer-term securities Similarly as compared to Gilt Funds general debt funds do have a

higher risk of default by their borrowers

1 Debt funds are largely considered as Income Funds as they do not target capital

appreciation look for high current income and therefore distribute a substantial part of

their surplus to investors Income funds that target returns substantially above market

levels can face more risks Different investment objectives set by the fund managers

would result in different risk profiles

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3 BALANCED FUNDS

These are funds that invest both in equity shares and income bearing instruments

Then idea is to reduce the volatility of the fund while providing some upside for capital

appreciation There is some flexibility in changing the asset composition between equity

and debt and the fund managers exploit this to buy the best asset class at each time

Prominent balanced funds include JM Balanced Fund Alliance 95 Tata Twin Option

Balanced and GIC balanced funds Govt has announced special concessions for funds

with more that 50 of the assets invested in equity So for next three years the dividend

will be taxed neither in the hands of the investor nor in the hands of the funds

4 LIQUID MONEY MARKET FUNDS

Often considered to be at the order of risk level Money Market Funds invest in securities

of a short-term nature which generally means securities of less than one-year maturity

The typical short term interest bearing instruments these funds invest in include

Treasure Bills issued by Governments Certificates of Deposit issued by banks and

Commercial Paper issued by companies In India Money Market Mutual Funds also

invests in the inter bank call money market

The major strengths of money market funds are the liquidity and safety of principal that

the investors can normally expect from short-term investments These funds invest in

highly liquid money market instruments They have emerged as an alternative for savings

and short term fixed deposit accounts Regulations for managing liquid funds are more

flexible than those for managing money market funds Hence they are more popular than

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the latter Eg Birla Cash Plus Prudential Liquid Fund Templeton India Liquid fund UTI

fund UTI Money Market Funds JM Liquid fund

CLASSIFICATION BASED ON CONSTITUTION OBJECTIVE

1 OPEN END-CLOSED END FUNDS

An open-end fund is one that has units available for sale and repurchase at all time An

investor can buy or redeem units from the fund itself at a price based on the Net Asset

Value (NAV) per unit NAV per unit is obtained by dividing the amount of the market

value of the fundrsquos assets (plus accrued income minus the fundrsquos liabilities) by the

number of units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or down every

time the fund issued new units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or

down every time the fund issued new units or repurchases existing units In other words

the lsquounit capitalrsquo of an open-end mutual fund is not fixed but variable The fund size and

its total investment amount go up if more new subscriptions come in from new investors

than redemptions by existing investors the fund shrinks when redemptions of units

exceed fresh subscriptions

Note that an open-end fund is not obliged to keep sellingissuing new units at all times

and many successful funds stop issuing further subscriptions from new investors after

they reach a certain size and think they cannot manage a larger fund without adversely

affecting profitability On the other hand an open-end fund rarely denies to its investors

the facility to redeem existing units subject to certain obvious conditions For example

redemption is only possible after the investorrsquos cheque for initial subscription has cleared

or until after any ldquolook-in periodrdquo specified by the fund is over or only after the specified

redemption period for collection of funds

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Unlike an open-end fund the lsquounit capitalrsquo of a closed-end fund is fixed as it makes a

one-time sale of a fixed number of units Later on unlike open-end funds closed-end

funds do not allow investors to buy or redeem units directly from the funds However to

provide the much closed-end funds get themselves listed on a stock exchange Trading

through a stock exchange enables investors to buy or sell units of a closed-end mutual

fund from each other through a stockbroker in the same fashion as buying or selling

shares of a company The fundrsquos units may be traded at a discount or premium to NAV

based on investorrsquos perceptions about the fundrsquos future performance and other market

factors affecting the demand for or supply of the fundrsquos units

2 LOAD AND NO-LOAD FUNDS

Marketing of a new mutual fund scheme involves initial expenses These expenses may

be recovered from the investors in different ways at different time Three usual ways in

which a fundrsquos sales expenses may be recovered from the investors are

I At the time of investorrsquos entry into the fundscheme by deducting a specific amount

from his initial contribution or

2 By charging the fundscheme with a fixed amount each year during the stated number

of years or

3 At the time of the investorrsquos exit from the fundscheme by deducting a specified

amount from the redemption proceeds payable to the investor

These charges made by the fund managers to the investors to cover distribution expenses

are often called a ldquofront-end or entry-loadrdquo This is the first case above The load amount

charged to the scheme over a period of time is called a ldquodeferred loadrdquo This is the third

case above Some funds may also charge different amount of loads to the investors

depending upon how many years the investor has stayed with the fund the longer the

investor stays with the fund less the amount of ldquoexit loadrdquo he is charged This is called

ldquocontingent deferred sales chargerdquo

Note that the front-end load amount is deducted from the initial contributionpurchase

amount paid by the incoming investor thus reducing his initial investment amount

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Similarly exit loads would reduce the redemption proceeds paid out to the outgoing

investor If the sales charge is made on a deferred basis directly to the scheme the

amount of the load may not be apparent to the investor as the schemersquos NAV would

reflect the net amount after the deferred load

Funds that charge front-end back-end or deferred loads are called load funds Funds that

make no such charges or loads for sales expenses are called no-load funds

In India SEBI has defined a ldquoloadrsquo as the one-time fee payable by the investor to allow

the fund to meet initial issue expenses including brokersrsquoagentsdistributorsrsquo

commissions advertising and marketing expenses SEBI definition of a load fund would

include all funds that charge a front-end load which is in line with the internationally

used definition However SE would consider a fund to be ldquoa no-loadrdquo fund if an AMC

absorbs these initial marketing expenses and does not charge the fund-a situation that is

somewhat special to India and not widely prevalent elsewhere Internationally a fund

even when it does not make a front-end load would still be considered a load fund if it

charges an exit load or a deferred sales load

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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

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Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 3: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Research Design

Organization

ViVi Securities Belgaum

Nature of Business

Shares and Stock Broking services

Topic of the study

ldquoMutual fund a safer investmentrdquo

Need for the Study

Association of mutual fund in India

Asset Management company

Objectives of the study

Organisation study

To understand the concept of Mutual fund its working and various types of

mutual fund

To study the performance of various schemes

To compare the performance of four mid cap funds

To study the risk involved in MFs

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Research Methodology

Study of mutual fund market

Collection of data

Secondary data data Fact sheets of SBI Kotak Tata and Sundaram Mutual

Funds collected through various web-sites Magazines Journals and newspaper

Analysis of data

Preparation of project report

Scope of the project

The scope of the project is limited to analysis of mid cap mutual funds

Proposed Outcome

Avoids hassle free investments

Avoids time consumption for research

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Introduction to Mutual Fund

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 ldquomutualrdquo the fund belongs to all

investors Investor bears in the same proportion as the amount of the

contribution make a single investorrsquos ownership of the fund 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 mdash 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 same proportion as their contribution bears to

the total contributions of all investors put together

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 ldquosharesrdquo of a joint stock company in which case the purchase

makes the investor a part owner of the company and its assets

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TYPES OF MUTUAL FUNDS

Mutual funds can be classified in different ways according to their

investment objectives their constitution as follows

Equity Fund

Debt Income Funds

Balanced Funds

Liquid Money Market Funds

Closed Ended funds

Open Ended Funds

Load Funds

No Load Funds

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CLASSIFICATION BASED ON INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

Funds can be classified according to their investment objectives on 4 main

categories as they best reflect the risk and returns associated with investing

in mutual funds

1 EQUITY FUNDS

Equity funds invest a major portion of their corpus in equity shares issued by companies

acquired directly in initial public offerings or through the secondary market Equity funds

would be exposed to the equity price fluctuation risk at the market level at the industry

or sector level and at the company-specific level Equity funds Net Asset Values

fluctuate with all these price movements these price movements are caused by all kinds

of external repayment as in case of debt instruments Hence Equity Funds are generally

considered at the higher end of the risk spectrum among all funds available in the market

On the other hand unlike debt instruments that offer fixed amounts of repayments

equities can appreciate in value in line with the issuerrsquos earnings potential and so offer

the greatest potential for growth in capital

Equity Funds adopt different investment strategies resulting in different levels of risk

Hence they are generally separated into different types in terms of their investment

styles Below are some of the major types of equity funds arranged in order of higher to

lower risk level

a Aggressive Growth Funds

b Growth Funds

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c Specialty Funds

1 Sector Funds

2 Offshore Funds

3 Small-Cap Equity Funds

4 Option Income funds

All AMCrsquos have floated this type of funds Prominent examples include JM Equity Fund

Morgan Stanley Growth Fund Mastergain 92 Birla Advantage Fund Sun FampC Value

Fund Kothari Pioneer Prima fund etc

2 DEBTINCOME FUNDS

Debt Funds invest in debt instruments issued not only by governments but also by

private companies banks and financial institutions and other entities such as

infrastructure companiesutilities By investing in debt these funds target low risk and

stable income for the investor as their key objectives However as compared to the

money market funds they do have a higher price fluctuation risk since they invest in

longer-term securities Similarly as compared to Gilt Funds general debt funds do have a

higher risk of default by their borrowers

1 Debt funds are largely considered as Income Funds as they do not target capital

appreciation look for high current income and therefore distribute a substantial part of

their surplus to investors Income funds that target returns substantially above market

levels can face more risks Different investment objectives set by the fund managers

would result in different risk profiles

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3 BALANCED FUNDS

These are funds that invest both in equity shares and income bearing instruments

Then idea is to reduce the volatility of the fund while providing some upside for capital

appreciation There is some flexibility in changing the asset composition between equity

and debt and the fund managers exploit this to buy the best asset class at each time

Prominent balanced funds include JM Balanced Fund Alliance 95 Tata Twin Option

Balanced and GIC balanced funds Govt has announced special concessions for funds

with more that 50 of the assets invested in equity So for next three years the dividend

will be taxed neither in the hands of the investor nor in the hands of the funds

4 LIQUID MONEY MARKET FUNDS

Often considered to be at the order of risk level Money Market Funds invest in securities

of a short-term nature which generally means securities of less than one-year maturity

The typical short term interest bearing instruments these funds invest in include

Treasure Bills issued by Governments Certificates of Deposit issued by banks and

Commercial Paper issued by companies In India Money Market Mutual Funds also

invests in the inter bank call money market

The major strengths of money market funds are the liquidity and safety of principal that

the investors can normally expect from short-term investments These funds invest in

highly liquid money market instruments They have emerged as an alternative for savings

and short term fixed deposit accounts Regulations for managing liquid funds are more

flexible than those for managing money market funds Hence they are more popular than

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the latter Eg Birla Cash Plus Prudential Liquid Fund Templeton India Liquid fund UTI

fund UTI Money Market Funds JM Liquid fund

CLASSIFICATION BASED ON CONSTITUTION OBJECTIVE

1 OPEN END-CLOSED END FUNDS

An open-end fund is one that has units available for sale and repurchase at all time An

investor can buy or redeem units from the fund itself at a price based on the Net Asset

Value (NAV) per unit NAV per unit is obtained by dividing the amount of the market

value of the fundrsquos assets (plus accrued income minus the fundrsquos liabilities) by the

number of units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or down every

time the fund issued new units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or

down every time the fund issued new units or repurchases existing units In other words

the lsquounit capitalrsquo of an open-end mutual fund is not fixed but variable The fund size and

its total investment amount go up if more new subscriptions come in from new investors

than redemptions by existing investors the fund shrinks when redemptions of units

exceed fresh subscriptions

Note that an open-end fund is not obliged to keep sellingissuing new units at all times

and many successful funds stop issuing further subscriptions from new investors after

they reach a certain size and think they cannot manage a larger fund without adversely

affecting profitability On the other hand an open-end fund rarely denies to its investors

the facility to redeem existing units subject to certain obvious conditions For example

redemption is only possible after the investorrsquos cheque for initial subscription has cleared

or until after any ldquolook-in periodrdquo specified by the fund is over or only after the specified

redemption period for collection of funds

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Unlike an open-end fund the lsquounit capitalrsquo of a closed-end fund is fixed as it makes a

one-time sale of a fixed number of units Later on unlike open-end funds closed-end

funds do not allow investors to buy or redeem units directly from the funds However to

provide the much closed-end funds get themselves listed on a stock exchange Trading

through a stock exchange enables investors to buy or sell units of a closed-end mutual

fund from each other through a stockbroker in the same fashion as buying or selling

shares of a company The fundrsquos units may be traded at a discount or premium to NAV

based on investorrsquos perceptions about the fundrsquos future performance and other market

factors affecting the demand for or supply of the fundrsquos units

2 LOAD AND NO-LOAD FUNDS

Marketing of a new mutual fund scheme involves initial expenses These expenses may

be recovered from the investors in different ways at different time Three usual ways in

which a fundrsquos sales expenses may be recovered from the investors are

I At the time of investorrsquos entry into the fundscheme by deducting a specific amount

from his initial contribution or

2 By charging the fundscheme with a fixed amount each year during the stated number

of years or

3 At the time of the investorrsquos exit from the fundscheme by deducting a specified

amount from the redemption proceeds payable to the investor

These charges made by the fund managers to the investors to cover distribution expenses

are often called a ldquofront-end or entry-loadrdquo This is the first case above The load amount

charged to the scheme over a period of time is called a ldquodeferred loadrdquo This is the third

case above Some funds may also charge different amount of loads to the investors

depending upon how many years the investor has stayed with the fund the longer the

investor stays with the fund less the amount of ldquoexit loadrdquo he is charged This is called

ldquocontingent deferred sales chargerdquo

Note that the front-end load amount is deducted from the initial contributionpurchase

amount paid by the incoming investor thus reducing his initial investment amount

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Similarly exit loads would reduce the redemption proceeds paid out to the outgoing

investor If the sales charge is made on a deferred basis directly to the scheme the

amount of the load may not be apparent to the investor as the schemersquos NAV would

reflect the net amount after the deferred load

Funds that charge front-end back-end or deferred loads are called load funds Funds that

make no such charges or loads for sales expenses are called no-load funds

In India SEBI has defined a ldquoloadrsquo as the one-time fee payable by the investor to allow

the fund to meet initial issue expenses including brokersrsquoagentsdistributorsrsquo

commissions advertising and marketing expenses SEBI definition of a load fund would

include all funds that charge a front-end load which is in line with the internationally

used definition However SE would consider a fund to be ldquoa no-loadrdquo fund if an AMC

absorbs these initial marketing expenses and does not charge the fund-a situation that is

somewhat special to India and not widely prevalent elsewhere Internationally a fund

even when it does not make a front-end load would still be considered a load fund if it

charges an exit load or a deferred sales load

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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

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Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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Research Methodology

Study of mutual fund market

Collection of data

Secondary data data Fact sheets of SBI Kotak Tata and Sundaram Mutual

Funds collected through various web-sites Magazines Journals and newspaper

Analysis of data

Preparation of project report

Scope of the project

The scope of the project is limited to analysis of mid cap mutual funds

Proposed Outcome

Avoids hassle free investments

Avoids time consumption for research

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Introduction to Mutual Fund

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 ldquomutualrdquo the fund belongs to all

investors Investor bears in the same proportion as the amount of the

contribution make a single investorrsquos ownership of the fund 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 mdash 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 same proportion as their contribution bears to

the total contributions of all investors put together

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 ldquosharesrdquo of a joint stock company in which case the purchase

makes the investor a part owner of the company and its assets

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TYPES OF MUTUAL FUNDS

Mutual funds can be classified in different ways according to their

investment objectives their constitution as follows

Equity Fund

Debt Income Funds

Balanced Funds

Liquid Money Market Funds

Closed Ended funds

Open Ended Funds

Load Funds

No Load Funds

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CLASSIFICATION BASED ON INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

Funds can be classified according to their investment objectives on 4 main

categories as they best reflect the risk and returns associated with investing

in mutual funds

1 EQUITY FUNDS

Equity funds invest a major portion of their corpus in equity shares issued by companies

acquired directly in initial public offerings or through the secondary market Equity funds

would be exposed to the equity price fluctuation risk at the market level at the industry

or sector level and at the company-specific level Equity funds Net Asset Values

fluctuate with all these price movements these price movements are caused by all kinds

of external repayment as in case of debt instruments Hence Equity Funds are generally

considered at the higher end of the risk spectrum among all funds available in the market

On the other hand unlike debt instruments that offer fixed amounts of repayments

equities can appreciate in value in line with the issuerrsquos earnings potential and so offer

the greatest potential for growth in capital

Equity Funds adopt different investment strategies resulting in different levels of risk

Hence they are generally separated into different types in terms of their investment

styles Below are some of the major types of equity funds arranged in order of higher to

lower risk level

a Aggressive Growth Funds

b Growth Funds

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c Specialty Funds

1 Sector Funds

2 Offshore Funds

3 Small-Cap Equity Funds

4 Option Income funds

All AMCrsquos have floated this type of funds Prominent examples include JM Equity Fund

Morgan Stanley Growth Fund Mastergain 92 Birla Advantage Fund Sun FampC Value

Fund Kothari Pioneer Prima fund etc

2 DEBTINCOME FUNDS

Debt Funds invest in debt instruments issued not only by governments but also by

private companies banks and financial institutions and other entities such as

infrastructure companiesutilities By investing in debt these funds target low risk and

stable income for the investor as their key objectives However as compared to the

money market funds they do have a higher price fluctuation risk since they invest in

longer-term securities Similarly as compared to Gilt Funds general debt funds do have a

higher risk of default by their borrowers

1 Debt funds are largely considered as Income Funds as they do not target capital

appreciation look for high current income and therefore distribute a substantial part of

their surplus to investors Income funds that target returns substantially above market

levels can face more risks Different investment objectives set by the fund managers

would result in different risk profiles

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3 BALANCED FUNDS

These are funds that invest both in equity shares and income bearing instruments

Then idea is to reduce the volatility of the fund while providing some upside for capital

appreciation There is some flexibility in changing the asset composition between equity

and debt and the fund managers exploit this to buy the best asset class at each time

Prominent balanced funds include JM Balanced Fund Alliance 95 Tata Twin Option

Balanced and GIC balanced funds Govt has announced special concessions for funds

with more that 50 of the assets invested in equity So for next three years the dividend

will be taxed neither in the hands of the investor nor in the hands of the funds

4 LIQUID MONEY MARKET FUNDS

Often considered to be at the order of risk level Money Market Funds invest in securities

of a short-term nature which generally means securities of less than one-year maturity

The typical short term interest bearing instruments these funds invest in include

Treasure Bills issued by Governments Certificates of Deposit issued by banks and

Commercial Paper issued by companies In India Money Market Mutual Funds also

invests in the inter bank call money market

The major strengths of money market funds are the liquidity and safety of principal that

the investors can normally expect from short-term investments These funds invest in

highly liquid money market instruments They have emerged as an alternative for savings

and short term fixed deposit accounts Regulations for managing liquid funds are more

flexible than those for managing money market funds Hence they are more popular than

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the latter Eg Birla Cash Plus Prudential Liquid Fund Templeton India Liquid fund UTI

fund UTI Money Market Funds JM Liquid fund

CLASSIFICATION BASED ON CONSTITUTION OBJECTIVE

1 OPEN END-CLOSED END FUNDS

An open-end fund is one that has units available for sale and repurchase at all time An

investor can buy or redeem units from the fund itself at a price based on the Net Asset

Value (NAV) per unit NAV per unit is obtained by dividing the amount of the market

value of the fundrsquos assets (plus accrued income minus the fundrsquos liabilities) by the

number of units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or down every

time the fund issued new units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or

down every time the fund issued new units or repurchases existing units In other words

the lsquounit capitalrsquo of an open-end mutual fund is not fixed but variable The fund size and

its total investment amount go up if more new subscriptions come in from new investors

than redemptions by existing investors the fund shrinks when redemptions of units

exceed fresh subscriptions

Note that an open-end fund is not obliged to keep sellingissuing new units at all times

and many successful funds stop issuing further subscriptions from new investors after

they reach a certain size and think they cannot manage a larger fund without adversely

affecting profitability On the other hand an open-end fund rarely denies to its investors

the facility to redeem existing units subject to certain obvious conditions For example

redemption is only possible after the investorrsquos cheque for initial subscription has cleared

or until after any ldquolook-in periodrdquo specified by the fund is over or only after the specified

redemption period for collection of funds

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Unlike an open-end fund the lsquounit capitalrsquo of a closed-end fund is fixed as it makes a

one-time sale of a fixed number of units Later on unlike open-end funds closed-end

funds do not allow investors to buy or redeem units directly from the funds However to

provide the much closed-end funds get themselves listed on a stock exchange Trading

through a stock exchange enables investors to buy or sell units of a closed-end mutual

fund from each other through a stockbroker in the same fashion as buying or selling

shares of a company The fundrsquos units may be traded at a discount or premium to NAV

based on investorrsquos perceptions about the fundrsquos future performance and other market

factors affecting the demand for or supply of the fundrsquos units

2 LOAD AND NO-LOAD FUNDS

Marketing of a new mutual fund scheme involves initial expenses These expenses may

be recovered from the investors in different ways at different time Three usual ways in

which a fundrsquos sales expenses may be recovered from the investors are

I At the time of investorrsquos entry into the fundscheme by deducting a specific amount

from his initial contribution or

2 By charging the fundscheme with a fixed amount each year during the stated number

of years or

3 At the time of the investorrsquos exit from the fundscheme by deducting a specified

amount from the redemption proceeds payable to the investor

These charges made by the fund managers to the investors to cover distribution expenses

are often called a ldquofront-end or entry-loadrdquo This is the first case above The load amount

charged to the scheme over a period of time is called a ldquodeferred loadrdquo This is the third

case above Some funds may also charge different amount of loads to the investors

depending upon how many years the investor has stayed with the fund the longer the

investor stays with the fund less the amount of ldquoexit loadrdquo he is charged This is called

ldquocontingent deferred sales chargerdquo

Note that the front-end load amount is deducted from the initial contributionpurchase

amount paid by the incoming investor thus reducing his initial investment amount

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Similarly exit loads would reduce the redemption proceeds paid out to the outgoing

investor If the sales charge is made on a deferred basis directly to the scheme the

amount of the load may not be apparent to the investor as the schemersquos NAV would

reflect the net amount after the deferred load

Funds that charge front-end back-end or deferred loads are called load funds Funds that

make no such charges or loads for sales expenses are called no-load funds

In India SEBI has defined a ldquoloadrsquo as the one-time fee payable by the investor to allow

the fund to meet initial issue expenses including brokersrsquoagentsdistributorsrsquo

commissions advertising and marketing expenses SEBI definition of a load fund would

include all funds that charge a front-end load which is in line with the internationally

used definition However SE would consider a fund to be ldquoa no-loadrdquo fund if an AMC

absorbs these initial marketing expenses and does not charge the fund-a situation that is

somewhat special to India and not widely prevalent elsewhere Internationally a fund

even when it does not make a front-end load would still be considered a load fund if it

charges an exit load or a deferred sales load

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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Introduction to Mutual Fund

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 ldquomutualrdquo the fund belongs to all

investors Investor bears in the same proportion as the amount of the

contribution make a single investorrsquos ownership of the fund 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 mdash 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 same proportion as their contribution bears to

the total contributions of all investors put together

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 ldquosharesrdquo of a joint stock company in which case the purchase

makes the investor a part owner of the company and its assets

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TYPES OF MUTUAL FUNDS

Mutual funds can be classified in different ways according to their

investment objectives their constitution as follows

Equity Fund

Debt Income Funds

Balanced Funds

Liquid Money Market Funds

Closed Ended funds

Open Ended Funds

Load Funds

No Load Funds

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CLASSIFICATION BASED ON INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

Funds can be classified according to their investment objectives on 4 main

categories as they best reflect the risk and returns associated with investing

in mutual funds

1 EQUITY FUNDS

Equity funds invest a major portion of their corpus in equity shares issued by companies

acquired directly in initial public offerings or through the secondary market Equity funds

would be exposed to the equity price fluctuation risk at the market level at the industry

or sector level and at the company-specific level Equity funds Net Asset Values

fluctuate with all these price movements these price movements are caused by all kinds

of external repayment as in case of debt instruments Hence Equity Funds are generally

considered at the higher end of the risk spectrum among all funds available in the market

On the other hand unlike debt instruments that offer fixed amounts of repayments

equities can appreciate in value in line with the issuerrsquos earnings potential and so offer

the greatest potential for growth in capital

Equity Funds adopt different investment strategies resulting in different levels of risk

Hence they are generally separated into different types in terms of their investment

styles Below are some of the major types of equity funds arranged in order of higher to

lower risk level

a Aggressive Growth Funds

b Growth Funds

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c Specialty Funds

1 Sector Funds

2 Offshore Funds

3 Small-Cap Equity Funds

4 Option Income funds

All AMCrsquos have floated this type of funds Prominent examples include JM Equity Fund

Morgan Stanley Growth Fund Mastergain 92 Birla Advantage Fund Sun FampC Value

Fund Kothari Pioneer Prima fund etc

2 DEBTINCOME FUNDS

Debt Funds invest in debt instruments issued not only by governments but also by

private companies banks and financial institutions and other entities such as

infrastructure companiesutilities By investing in debt these funds target low risk and

stable income for the investor as their key objectives However as compared to the

money market funds they do have a higher price fluctuation risk since they invest in

longer-term securities Similarly as compared to Gilt Funds general debt funds do have a

higher risk of default by their borrowers

1 Debt funds are largely considered as Income Funds as they do not target capital

appreciation look for high current income and therefore distribute a substantial part of

their surplus to investors Income funds that target returns substantially above market

levels can face more risks Different investment objectives set by the fund managers

would result in different risk profiles

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3 BALANCED FUNDS

These are funds that invest both in equity shares and income bearing instruments

Then idea is to reduce the volatility of the fund while providing some upside for capital

appreciation There is some flexibility in changing the asset composition between equity

and debt and the fund managers exploit this to buy the best asset class at each time

Prominent balanced funds include JM Balanced Fund Alliance 95 Tata Twin Option

Balanced and GIC balanced funds Govt has announced special concessions for funds

with more that 50 of the assets invested in equity So for next three years the dividend

will be taxed neither in the hands of the investor nor in the hands of the funds

4 LIQUID MONEY MARKET FUNDS

Often considered to be at the order of risk level Money Market Funds invest in securities

of a short-term nature which generally means securities of less than one-year maturity

The typical short term interest bearing instruments these funds invest in include

Treasure Bills issued by Governments Certificates of Deposit issued by banks and

Commercial Paper issued by companies In India Money Market Mutual Funds also

invests in the inter bank call money market

The major strengths of money market funds are the liquidity and safety of principal that

the investors can normally expect from short-term investments These funds invest in

highly liquid money market instruments They have emerged as an alternative for savings

and short term fixed deposit accounts Regulations for managing liquid funds are more

flexible than those for managing money market funds Hence they are more popular than

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the latter Eg Birla Cash Plus Prudential Liquid Fund Templeton India Liquid fund UTI

fund UTI Money Market Funds JM Liquid fund

CLASSIFICATION BASED ON CONSTITUTION OBJECTIVE

1 OPEN END-CLOSED END FUNDS

An open-end fund is one that has units available for sale and repurchase at all time An

investor can buy or redeem units from the fund itself at a price based on the Net Asset

Value (NAV) per unit NAV per unit is obtained by dividing the amount of the market

value of the fundrsquos assets (plus accrued income minus the fundrsquos liabilities) by the

number of units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or down every

time the fund issued new units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or

down every time the fund issued new units or repurchases existing units In other words

the lsquounit capitalrsquo of an open-end mutual fund is not fixed but variable The fund size and

its total investment amount go up if more new subscriptions come in from new investors

than redemptions by existing investors the fund shrinks when redemptions of units

exceed fresh subscriptions

Note that an open-end fund is not obliged to keep sellingissuing new units at all times

and many successful funds stop issuing further subscriptions from new investors after

they reach a certain size and think they cannot manage a larger fund without adversely

affecting profitability On the other hand an open-end fund rarely denies to its investors

the facility to redeem existing units subject to certain obvious conditions For example

redemption is only possible after the investorrsquos cheque for initial subscription has cleared

or until after any ldquolook-in periodrdquo specified by the fund is over or only after the specified

redemption period for collection of funds

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Unlike an open-end fund the lsquounit capitalrsquo of a closed-end fund is fixed as it makes a

one-time sale of a fixed number of units Later on unlike open-end funds closed-end

funds do not allow investors to buy or redeem units directly from the funds However to

provide the much closed-end funds get themselves listed on a stock exchange Trading

through a stock exchange enables investors to buy or sell units of a closed-end mutual

fund from each other through a stockbroker in the same fashion as buying or selling

shares of a company The fundrsquos units may be traded at a discount or premium to NAV

based on investorrsquos perceptions about the fundrsquos future performance and other market

factors affecting the demand for or supply of the fundrsquos units

2 LOAD AND NO-LOAD FUNDS

Marketing of a new mutual fund scheme involves initial expenses These expenses may

be recovered from the investors in different ways at different time Three usual ways in

which a fundrsquos sales expenses may be recovered from the investors are

I At the time of investorrsquos entry into the fundscheme by deducting a specific amount

from his initial contribution or

2 By charging the fundscheme with a fixed amount each year during the stated number

of years or

3 At the time of the investorrsquos exit from the fundscheme by deducting a specified

amount from the redemption proceeds payable to the investor

These charges made by the fund managers to the investors to cover distribution expenses

are often called a ldquofront-end or entry-loadrdquo This is the first case above The load amount

charged to the scheme over a period of time is called a ldquodeferred loadrdquo This is the third

case above Some funds may also charge different amount of loads to the investors

depending upon how many years the investor has stayed with the fund the longer the

investor stays with the fund less the amount of ldquoexit loadrdquo he is charged This is called

ldquocontingent deferred sales chargerdquo

Note that the front-end load amount is deducted from the initial contributionpurchase

amount paid by the incoming investor thus reducing his initial investment amount

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Similarly exit loads would reduce the redemption proceeds paid out to the outgoing

investor If the sales charge is made on a deferred basis directly to the scheme the

amount of the load may not be apparent to the investor as the schemersquos NAV would

reflect the net amount after the deferred load

Funds that charge front-end back-end or deferred loads are called load funds Funds that

make no such charges or loads for sales expenses are called no-load funds

In India SEBI has defined a ldquoloadrsquo as the one-time fee payable by the investor to allow

the fund to meet initial issue expenses including brokersrsquoagentsdistributorsrsquo

commissions advertising and marketing expenses SEBI definition of a load fund would

include all funds that charge a front-end load which is in line with the internationally

used definition However SE would consider a fund to be ldquoa no-loadrdquo fund if an AMC

absorbs these initial marketing expenses and does not charge the fund-a situation that is

somewhat special to India and not widely prevalent elsewhere Internationally a fund

even when it does not make a front-end load would still be considered a load fund if it

charges an exit load or a deferred sales load

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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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TYPES OF MUTUAL FUNDS

Mutual funds can be classified in different ways according to their

investment objectives their constitution as follows

Equity Fund

Debt Income Funds

Balanced Funds

Liquid Money Market Funds

Closed Ended funds

Open Ended Funds

Load Funds

No Load Funds

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CLASSIFICATION BASED ON INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

Funds can be classified according to their investment objectives on 4 main

categories as they best reflect the risk and returns associated with investing

in mutual funds

1 EQUITY FUNDS

Equity funds invest a major portion of their corpus in equity shares issued by companies

acquired directly in initial public offerings or through the secondary market Equity funds

would be exposed to the equity price fluctuation risk at the market level at the industry

or sector level and at the company-specific level Equity funds Net Asset Values

fluctuate with all these price movements these price movements are caused by all kinds

of external repayment as in case of debt instruments Hence Equity Funds are generally

considered at the higher end of the risk spectrum among all funds available in the market

On the other hand unlike debt instruments that offer fixed amounts of repayments

equities can appreciate in value in line with the issuerrsquos earnings potential and so offer

the greatest potential for growth in capital

Equity Funds adopt different investment strategies resulting in different levels of risk

Hence they are generally separated into different types in terms of their investment

styles Below are some of the major types of equity funds arranged in order of higher to

lower risk level

a Aggressive Growth Funds

b Growth Funds

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c Specialty Funds

1 Sector Funds

2 Offshore Funds

3 Small-Cap Equity Funds

4 Option Income funds

All AMCrsquos have floated this type of funds Prominent examples include JM Equity Fund

Morgan Stanley Growth Fund Mastergain 92 Birla Advantage Fund Sun FampC Value

Fund Kothari Pioneer Prima fund etc

2 DEBTINCOME FUNDS

Debt Funds invest in debt instruments issued not only by governments but also by

private companies banks and financial institutions and other entities such as

infrastructure companiesutilities By investing in debt these funds target low risk and

stable income for the investor as their key objectives However as compared to the

money market funds they do have a higher price fluctuation risk since they invest in

longer-term securities Similarly as compared to Gilt Funds general debt funds do have a

higher risk of default by their borrowers

1 Debt funds are largely considered as Income Funds as they do not target capital

appreciation look for high current income and therefore distribute a substantial part of

their surplus to investors Income funds that target returns substantially above market

levels can face more risks Different investment objectives set by the fund managers

would result in different risk profiles

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3 BALANCED FUNDS

These are funds that invest both in equity shares and income bearing instruments

Then idea is to reduce the volatility of the fund while providing some upside for capital

appreciation There is some flexibility in changing the asset composition between equity

and debt and the fund managers exploit this to buy the best asset class at each time

Prominent balanced funds include JM Balanced Fund Alliance 95 Tata Twin Option

Balanced and GIC balanced funds Govt has announced special concessions for funds

with more that 50 of the assets invested in equity So for next three years the dividend

will be taxed neither in the hands of the investor nor in the hands of the funds

4 LIQUID MONEY MARKET FUNDS

Often considered to be at the order of risk level Money Market Funds invest in securities

of a short-term nature which generally means securities of less than one-year maturity

The typical short term interest bearing instruments these funds invest in include

Treasure Bills issued by Governments Certificates of Deposit issued by banks and

Commercial Paper issued by companies In India Money Market Mutual Funds also

invests in the inter bank call money market

The major strengths of money market funds are the liquidity and safety of principal that

the investors can normally expect from short-term investments These funds invest in

highly liquid money market instruments They have emerged as an alternative for savings

and short term fixed deposit accounts Regulations for managing liquid funds are more

flexible than those for managing money market funds Hence they are more popular than

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the latter Eg Birla Cash Plus Prudential Liquid Fund Templeton India Liquid fund UTI

fund UTI Money Market Funds JM Liquid fund

CLASSIFICATION BASED ON CONSTITUTION OBJECTIVE

1 OPEN END-CLOSED END FUNDS

An open-end fund is one that has units available for sale and repurchase at all time An

investor can buy or redeem units from the fund itself at a price based on the Net Asset

Value (NAV) per unit NAV per unit is obtained by dividing the amount of the market

value of the fundrsquos assets (plus accrued income minus the fundrsquos liabilities) by the

number of units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or down every

time the fund issued new units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or

down every time the fund issued new units or repurchases existing units In other words

the lsquounit capitalrsquo of an open-end mutual fund is not fixed but variable The fund size and

its total investment amount go up if more new subscriptions come in from new investors

than redemptions by existing investors the fund shrinks when redemptions of units

exceed fresh subscriptions

Note that an open-end fund is not obliged to keep sellingissuing new units at all times

and many successful funds stop issuing further subscriptions from new investors after

they reach a certain size and think they cannot manage a larger fund without adversely

affecting profitability On the other hand an open-end fund rarely denies to its investors

the facility to redeem existing units subject to certain obvious conditions For example

redemption is only possible after the investorrsquos cheque for initial subscription has cleared

or until after any ldquolook-in periodrdquo specified by the fund is over or only after the specified

redemption period for collection of funds

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Unlike an open-end fund the lsquounit capitalrsquo of a closed-end fund is fixed as it makes a

one-time sale of a fixed number of units Later on unlike open-end funds closed-end

funds do not allow investors to buy or redeem units directly from the funds However to

provide the much closed-end funds get themselves listed on a stock exchange Trading

through a stock exchange enables investors to buy or sell units of a closed-end mutual

fund from each other through a stockbroker in the same fashion as buying or selling

shares of a company The fundrsquos units may be traded at a discount or premium to NAV

based on investorrsquos perceptions about the fundrsquos future performance and other market

factors affecting the demand for or supply of the fundrsquos units

2 LOAD AND NO-LOAD FUNDS

Marketing of a new mutual fund scheme involves initial expenses These expenses may

be recovered from the investors in different ways at different time Three usual ways in

which a fundrsquos sales expenses may be recovered from the investors are

I At the time of investorrsquos entry into the fundscheme by deducting a specific amount

from his initial contribution or

2 By charging the fundscheme with a fixed amount each year during the stated number

of years or

3 At the time of the investorrsquos exit from the fundscheme by deducting a specified

amount from the redemption proceeds payable to the investor

These charges made by the fund managers to the investors to cover distribution expenses

are often called a ldquofront-end or entry-loadrdquo This is the first case above The load amount

charged to the scheme over a period of time is called a ldquodeferred loadrdquo This is the third

case above Some funds may also charge different amount of loads to the investors

depending upon how many years the investor has stayed with the fund the longer the

investor stays with the fund less the amount of ldquoexit loadrdquo he is charged This is called

ldquocontingent deferred sales chargerdquo

Note that the front-end load amount is deducted from the initial contributionpurchase

amount paid by the incoming investor thus reducing his initial investment amount

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Similarly exit loads would reduce the redemption proceeds paid out to the outgoing

investor If the sales charge is made on a deferred basis directly to the scheme the

amount of the load may not be apparent to the investor as the schemersquos NAV would

reflect the net amount after the deferred load

Funds that charge front-end back-end or deferred loads are called load funds Funds that

make no such charges or loads for sales expenses are called no-load funds

In India SEBI has defined a ldquoloadrsquo as the one-time fee payable by the investor to allow

the fund to meet initial issue expenses including brokersrsquoagentsdistributorsrsquo

commissions advertising and marketing expenses SEBI definition of a load fund would

include all funds that charge a front-end load which is in line with the internationally

used definition However SE would consider a fund to be ldquoa no-loadrdquo fund if an AMC

absorbs these initial marketing expenses and does not charge the fund-a situation that is

somewhat special to India and not widely prevalent elsewhere Internationally a fund

even when it does not make a front-end load would still be considered a load fund if it

charges an exit load or a deferred sales load

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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

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Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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CLASSIFICATION BASED ON INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

Funds can be classified according to their investment objectives on 4 main

categories as they best reflect the risk and returns associated with investing

in mutual funds

1 EQUITY FUNDS

Equity funds invest a major portion of their corpus in equity shares issued by companies

acquired directly in initial public offerings or through the secondary market Equity funds

would be exposed to the equity price fluctuation risk at the market level at the industry

or sector level and at the company-specific level Equity funds Net Asset Values

fluctuate with all these price movements these price movements are caused by all kinds

of external repayment as in case of debt instruments Hence Equity Funds are generally

considered at the higher end of the risk spectrum among all funds available in the market

On the other hand unlike debt instruments that offer fixed amounts of repayments

equities can appreciate in value in line with the issuerrsquos earnings potential and so offer

the greatest potential for growth in capital

Equity Funds adopt different investment strategies resulting in different levels of risk

Hence they are generally separated into different types in terms of their investment

styles Below are some of the major types of equity funds arranged in order of higher to

lower risk level

a Aggressive Growth Funds

b Growth Funds

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c Specialty Funds

1 Sector Funds

2 Offshore Funds

3 Small-Cap Equity Funds

4 Option Income funds

All AMCrsquos have floated this type of funds Prominent examples include JM Equity Fund

Morgan Stanley Growth Fund Mastergain 92 Birla Advantage Fund Sun FampC Value

Fund Kothari Pioneer Prima fund etc

2 DEBTINCOME FUNDS

Debt Funds invest in debt instruments issued not only by governments but also by

private companies banks and financial institutions and other entities such as

infrastructure companiesutilities By investing in debt these funds target low risk and

stable income for the investor as their key objectives However as compared to the

money market funds they do have a higher price fluctuation risk since they invest in

longer-term securities Similarly as compared to Gilt Funds general debt funds do have a

higher risk of default by their borrowers

1 Debt funds are largely considered as Income Funds as they do not target capital

appreciation look for high current income and therefore distribute a substantial part of

their surplus to investors Income funds that target returns substantially above market

levels can face more risks Different investment objectives set by the fund managers

would result in different risk profiles

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3 BALANCED FUNDS

These are funds that invest both in equity shares and income bearing instruments

Then idea is to reduce the volatility of the fund while providing some upside for capital

appreciation There is some flexibility in changing the asset composition between equity

and debt and the fund managers exploit this to buy the best asset class at each time

Prominent balanced funds include JM Balanced Fund Alliance 95 Tata Twin Option

Balanced and GIC balanced funds Govt has announced special concessions for funds

with more that 50 of the assets invested in equity So for next three years the dividend

will be taxed neither in the hands of the investor nor in the hands of the funds

4 LIQUID MONEY MARKET FUNDS

Often considered to be at the order of risk level Money Market Funds invest in securities

of a short-term nature which generally means securities of less than one-year maturity

The typical short term interest bearing instruments these funds invest in include

Treasure Bills issued by Governments Certificates of Deposit issued by banks and

Commercial Paper issued by companies In India Money Market Mutual Funds also

invests in the inter bank call money market

The major strengths of money market funds are the liquidity and safety of principal that

the investors can normally expect from short-term investments These funds invest in

highly liquid money market instruments They have emerged as an alternative for savings

and short term fixed deposit accounts Regulations for managing liquid funds are more

flexible than those for managing money market funds Hence they are more popular than

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the latter Eg Birla Cash Plus Prudential Liquid Fund Templeton India Liquid fund UTI

fund UTI Money Market Funds JM Liquid fund

CLASSIFICATION BASED ON CONSTITUTION OBJECTIVE

1 OPEN END-CLOSED END FUNDS

An open-end fund is one that has units available for sale and repurchase at all time An

investor can buy or redeem units from the fund itself at a price based on the Net Asset

Value (NAV) per unit NAV per unit is obtained by dividing the amount of the market

value of the fundrsquos assets (plus accrued income minus the fundrsquos liabilities) by the

number of units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or down every

time the fund issued new units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or

down every time the fund issued new units or repurchases existing units In other words

the lsquounit capitalrsquo of an open-end mutual fund is not fixed but variable The fund size and

its total investment amount go up if more new subscriptions come in from new investors

than redemptions by existing investors the fund shrinks when redemptions of units

exceed fresh subscriptions

Note that an open-end fund is not obliged to keep sellingissuing new units at all times

and many successful funds stop issuing further subscriptions from new investors after

they reach a certain size and think they cannot manage a larger fund without adversely

affecting profitability On the other hand an open-end fund rarely denies to its investors

the facility to redeem existing units subject to certain obvious conditions For example

redemption is only possible after the investorrsquos cheque for initial subscription has cleared

or until after any ldquolook-in periodrdquo specified by the fund is over or only after the specified

redemption period for collection of funds

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Unlike an open-end fund the lsquounit capitalrsquo of a closed-end fund is fixed as it makes a

one-time sale of a fixed number of units Later on unlike open-end funds closed-end

funds do not allow investors to buy or redeem units directly from the funds However to

provide the much closed-end funds get themselves listed on a stock exchange Trading

through a stock exchange enables investors to buy or sell units of a closed-end mutual

fund from each other through a stockbroker in the same fashion as buying or selling

shares of a company The fundrsquos units may be traded at a discount or premium to NAV

based on investorrsquos perceptions about the fundrsquos future performance and other market

factors affecting the demand for or supply of the fundrsquos units

2 LOAD AND NO-LOAD FUNDS

Marketing of a new mutual fund scheme involves initial expenses These expenses may

be recovered from the investors in different ways at different time Three usual ways in

which a fundrsquos sales expenses may be recovered from the investors are

I At the time of investorrsquos entry into the fundscheme by deducting a specific amount

from his initial contribution or

2 By charging the fundscheme with a fixed amount each year during the stated number

of years or

3 At the time of the investorrsquos exit from the fundscheme by deducting a specified

amount from the redemption proceeds payable to the investor

These charges made by the fund managers to the investors to cover distribution expenses

are often called a ldquofront-end or entry-loadrdquo This is the first case above The load amount

charged to the scheme over a period of time is called a ldquodeferred loadrdquo This is the third

case above Some funds may also charge different amount of loads to the investors

depending upon how many years the investor has stayed with the fund the longer the

investor stays with the fund less the amount of ldquoexit loadrdquo he is charged This is called

ldquocontingent deferred sales chargerdquo

Note that the front-end load amount is deducted from the initial contributionpurchase

amount paid by the incoming investor thus reducing his initial investment amount

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Similarly exit loads would reduce the redemption proceeds paid out to the outgoing

investor If the sales charge is made on a deferred basis directly to the scheme the

amount of the load may not be apparent to the investor as the schemersquos NAV would

reflect the net amount after the deferred load

Funds that charge front-end back-end or deferred loads are called load funds Funds that

make no such charges or loads for sales expenses are called no-load funds

In India SEBI has defined a ldquoloadrsquo as the one-time fee payable by the investor to allow

the fund to meet initial issue expenses including brokersrsquoagentsdistributorsrsquo

commissions advertising and marketing expenses SEBI definition of a load fund would

include all funds that charge a front-end load which is in line with the internationally

used definition However SE would consider a fund to be ldquoa no-loadrdquo fund if an AMC

absorbs these initial marketing expenses and does not charge the fund-a situation that is

somewhat special to India and not widely prevalent elsewhere Internationally a fund

even when it does not make a front-end load would still be considered a load fund if it

charges an exit load or a deferred sales load

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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

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Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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c Specialty Funds

1 Sector Funds

2 Offshore Funds

3 Small-Cap Equity Funds

4 Option Income funds

All AMCrsquos have floated this type of funds Prominent examples include JM Equity Fund

Morgan Stanley Growth Fund Mastergain 92 Birla Advantage Fund Sun FampC Value

Fund Kothari Pioneer Prima fund etc

2 DEBTINCOME FUNDS

Debt Funds invest in debt instruments issued not only by governments but also by

private companies banks and financial institutions and other entities such as

infrastructure companiesutilities By investing in debt these funds target low risk and

stable income for the investor as their key objectives However as compared to the

money market funds they do have a higher price fluctuation risk since they invest in

longer-term securities Similarly as compared to Gilt Funds general debt funds do have a

higher risk of default by their borrowers

1 Debt funds are largely considered as Income Funds as they do not target capital

appreciation look for high current income and therefore distribute a substantial part of

their surplus to investors Income funds that target returns substantially above market

levels can face more risks Different investment objectives set by the fund managers

would result in different risk profiles

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3 BALANCED FUNDS

These are funds that invest both in equity shares and income bearing instruments

Then idea is to reduce the volatility of the fund while providing some upside for capital

appreciation There is some flexibility in changing the asset composition between equity

and debt and the fund managers exploit this to buy the best asset class at each time

Prominent balanced funds include JM Balanced Fund Alliance 95 Tata Twin Option

Balanced and GIC balanced funds Govt has announced special concessions for funds

with more that 50 of the assets invested in equity So for next three years the dividend

will be taxed neither in the hands of the investor nor in the hands of the funds

4 LIQUID MONEY MARKET FUNDS

Often considered to be at the order of risk level Money Market Funds invest in securities

of a short-term nature which generally means securities of less than one-year maturity

The typical short term interest bearing instruments these funds invest in include

Treasure Bills issued by Governments Certificates of Deposit issued by banks and

Commercial Paper issued by companies In India Money Market Mutual Funds also

invests in the inter bank call money market

The major strengths of money market funds are the liquidity and safety of principal that

the investors can normally expect from short-term investments These funds invest in

highly liquid money market instruments They have emerged as an alternative for savings

and short term fixed deposit accounts Regulations for managing liquid funds are more

flexible than those for managing money market funds Hence they are more popular than

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the latter Eg Birla Cash Plus Prudential Liquid Fund Templeton India Liquid fund UTI

fund UTI Money Market Funds JM Liquid fund

CLASSIFICATION BASED ON CONSTITUTION OBJECTIVE

1 OPEN END-CLOSED END FUNDS

An open-end fund is one that has units available for sale and repurchase at all time An

investor can buy or redeem units from the fund itself at a price based on the Net Asset

Value (NAV) per unit NAV per unit is obtained by dividing the amount of the market

value of the fundrsquos assets (plus accrued income minus the fundrsquos liabilities) by the

number of units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or down every

time the fund issued new units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or

down every time the fund issued new units or repurchases existing units In other words

the lsquounit capitalrsquo of an open-end mutual fund is not fixed but variable The fund size and

its total investment amount go up if more new subscriptions come in from new investors

than redemptions by existing investors the fund shrinks when redemptions of units

exceed fresh subscriptions

Note that an open-end fund is not obliged to keep sellingissuing new units at all times

and many successful funds stop issuing further subscriptions from new investors after

they reach a certain size and think they cannot manage a larger fund without adversely

affecting profitability On the other hand an open-end fund rarely denies to its investors

the facility to redeem existing units subject to certain obvious conditions For example

redemption is only possible after the investorrsquos cheque for initial subscription has cleared

or until after any ldquolook-in periodrdquo specified by the fund is over or only after the specified

redemption period for collection of funds

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Unlike an open-end fund the lsquounit capitalrsquo of a closed-end fund is fixed as it makes a

one-time sale of a fixed number of units Later on unlike open-end funds closed-end

funds do not allow investors to buy or redeem units directly from the funds However to

provide the much closed-end funds get themselves listed on a stock exchange Trading

through a stock exchange enables investors to buy or sell units of a closed-end mutual

fund from each other through a stockbroker in the same fashion as buying or selling

shares of a company The fundrsquos units may be traded at a discount or premium to NAV

based on investorrsquos perceptions about the fundrsquos future performance and other market

factors affecting the demand for or supply of the fundrsquos units

2 LOAD AND NO-LOAD FUNDS

Marketing of a new mutual fund scheme involves initial expenses These expenses may

be recovered from the investors in different ways at different time Three usual ways in

which a fundrsquos sales expenses may be recovered from the investors are

I At the time of investorrsquos entry into the fundscheme by deducting a specific amount

from his initial contribution or

2 By charging the fundscheme with a fixed amount each year during the stated number

of years or

3 At the time of the investorrsquos exit from the fundscheme by deducting a specified

amount from the redemption proceeds payable to the investor

These charges made by the fund managers to the investors to cover distribution expenses

are often called a ldquofront-end or entry-loadrdquo This is the first case above The load amount

charged to the scheme over a period of time is called a ldquodeferred loadrdquo This is the third

case above Some funds may also charge different amount of loads to the investors

depending upon how many years the investor has stayed with the fund the longer the

investor stays with the fund less the amount of ldquoexit loadrdquo he is charged This is called

ldquocontingent deferred sales chargerdquo

Note that the front-end load amount is deducted from the initial contributionpurchase

amount paid by the incoming investor thus reducing his initial investment amount

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Similarly exit loads would reduce the redemption proceeds paid out to the outgoing

investor If the sales charge is made on a deferred basis directly to the scheme the

amount of the load may not be apparent to the investor as the schemersquos NAV would

reflect the net amount after the deferred load

Funds that charge front-end back-end or deferred loads are called load funds Funds that

make no such charges or loads for sales expenses are called no-load funds

In India SEBI has defined a ldquoloadrsquo as the one-time fee payable by the investor to allow

the fund to meet initial issue expenses including brokersrsquoagentsdistributorsrsquo

commissions advertising and marketing expenses SEBI definition of a load fund would

include all funds that charge a front-end load which is in line with the internationally

used definition However SE would consider a fund to be ldquoa no-loadrdquo fund if an AMC

absorbs these initial marketing expenses and does not charge the fund-a situation that is

somewhat special to India and not widely prevalent elsewhere Internationally a fund

even when it does not make a front-end load would still be considered a load fund if it

charges an exit load or a deferred sales load

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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 16

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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3 BALANCED FUNDS

These are funds that invest both in equity shares and income bearing instruments

Then idea is to reduce the volatility of the fund while providing some upside for capital

appreciation There is some flexibility in changing the asset composition between equity

and debt and the fund managers exploit this to buy the best asset class at each time

Prominent balanced funds include JM Balanced Fund Alliance 95 Tata Twin Option

Balanced and GIC balanced funds Govt has announced special concessions for funds

with more that 50 of the assets invested in equity So for next three years the dividend

will be taxed neither in the hands of the investor nor in the hands of the funds

4 LIQUID MONEY MARKET FUNDS

Often considered to be at the order of risk level Money Market Funds invest in securities

of a short-term nature which generally means securities of less than one-year maturity

The typical short term interest bearing instruments these funds invest in include

Treasure Bills issued by Governments Certificates of Deposit issued by banks and

Commercial Paper issued by companies In India Money Market Mutual Funds also

invests in the inter bank call money market

The major strengths of money market funds are the liquidity and safety of principal that

the investors can normally expect from short-term investments These funds invest in

highly liquid money market instruments They have emerged as an alternative for savings

and short term fixed deposit accounts Regulations for managing liquid funds are more

flexible than those for managing money market funds Hence they are more popular than

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the latter Eg Birla Cash Plus Prudential Liquid Fund Templeton India Liquid fund UTI

fund UTI Money Market Funds JM Liquid fund

CLASSIFICATION BASED ON CONSTITUTION OBJECTIVE

1 OPEN END-CLOSED END FUNDS

An open-end fund is one that has units available for sale and repurchase at all time An

investor can buy or redeem units from the fund itself at a price based on the Net Asset

Value (NAV) per unit NAV per unit is obtained by dividing the amount of the market

value of the fundrsquos assets (plus accrued income minus the fundrsquos liabilities) by the

number of units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or down every

time the fund issued new units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or

down every time the fund issued new units or repurchases existing units In other words

the lsquounit capitalrsquo of an open-end mutual fund is not fixed but variable The fund size and

its total investment amount go up if more new subscriptions come in from new investors

than redemptions by existing investors the fund shrinks when redemptions of units

exceed fresh subscriptions

Note that an open-end fund is not obliged to keep sellingissuing new units at all times

and many successful funds stop issuing further subscriptions from new investors after

they reach a certain size and think they cannot manage a larger fund without adversely

affecting profitability On the other hand an open-end fund rarely denies to its investors

the facility to redeem existing units subject to certain obvious conditions For example

redemption is only possible after the investorrsquos cheque for initial subscription has cleared

or until after any ldquolook-in periodrdquo specified by the fund is over or only after the specified

redemption period for collection of funds

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Unlike an open-end fund the lsquounit capitalrsquo of a closed-end fund is fixed as it makes a

one-time sale of a fixed number of units Later on unlike open-end funds closed-end

funds do not allow investors to buy or redeem units directly from the funds However to

provide the much closed-end funds get themselves listed on a stock exchange Trading

through a stock exchange enables investors to buy or sell units of a closed-end mutual

fund from each other through a stockbroker in the same fashion as buying or selling

shares of a company The fundrsquos units may be traded at a discount or premium to NAV

based on investorrsquos perceptions about the fundrsquos future performance and other market

factors affecting the demand for or supply of the fundrsquos units

2 LOAD AND NO-LOAD FUNDS

Marketing of a new mutual fund scheme involves initial expenses These expenses may

be recovered from the investors in different ways at different time Three usual ways in

which a fundrsquos sales expenses may be recovered from the investors are

I At the time of investorrsquos entry into the fundscheme by deducting a specific amount

from his initial contribution or

2 By charging the fundscheme with a fixed amount each year during the stated number

of years or

3 At the time of the investorrsquos exit from the fundscheme by deducting a specified

amount from the redemption proceeds payable to the investor

These charges made by the fund managers to the investors to cover distribution expenses

are often called a ldquofront-end or entry-loadrdquo This is the first case above The load amount

charged to the scheme over a period of time is called a ldquodeferred loadrdquo This is the third

case above Some funds may also charge different amount of loads to the investors

depending upon how many years the investor has stayed with the fund the longer the

investor stays with the fund less the amount of ldquoexit loadrdquo he is charged This is called

ldquocontingent deferred sales chargerdquo

Note that the front-end load amount is deducted from the initial contributionpurchase

amount paid by the incoming investor thus reducing his initial investment amount

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Similarly exit loads would reduce the redemption proceeds paid out to the outgoing

investor If the sales charge is made on a deferred basis directly to the scheme the

amount of the load may not be apparent to the investor as the schemersquos NAV would

reflect the net amount after the deferred load

Funds that charge front-end back-end or deferred loads are called load funds Funds that

make no such charges or loads for sales expenses are called no-load funds

In India SEBI has defined a ldquoloadrsquo as the one-time fee payable by the investor to allow

the fund to meet initial issue expenses including brokersrsquoagentsdistributorsrsquo

commissions advertising and marketing expenses SEBI definition of a load fund would

include all funds that charge a front-end load which is in line with the internationally

used definition However SE would consider a fund to be ldquoa no-loadrdquo fund if an AMC

absorbs these initial marketing expenses and does not charge the fund-a situation that is

somewhat special to India and not widely prevalent elsewhere Internationally a fund

even when it does not make a front-end load would still be considered a load fund if it

charges an exit load or a deferred sales load

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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 24

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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the latter Eg Birla Cash Plus Prudential Liquid Fund Templeton India Liquid fund UTI

fund UTI Money Market Funds JM Liquid fund

CLASSIFICATION BASED ON CONSTITUTION OBJECTIVE

1 OPEN END-CLOSED END FUNDS

An open-end fund is one that has units available for sale and repurchase at all time An

investor can buy or redeem units from the fund itself at a price based on the Net Asset

Value (NAV) per unit NAV per unit is obtained by dividing the amount of the market

value of the fundrsquos assets (plus accrued income minus the fundrsquos liabilities) by the

number of units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or down every

time the fund issued new units outstanding The number of units outstanding goes up or

down every time the fund issued new units or repurchases existing units In other words

the lsquounit capitalrsquo of an open-end mutual fund is not fixed but variable The fund size and

its total investment amount go up if more new subscriptions come in from new investors

than redemptions by existing investors the fund shrinks when redemptions of units

exceed fresh subscriptions

Note that an open-end fund is not obliged to keep sellingissuing new units at all times

and many successful funds stop issuing further subscriptions from new investors after

they reach a certain size and think they cannot manage a larger fund without adversely

affecting profitability On the other hand an open-end fund rarely denies to its investors

the facility to redeem existing units subject to certain obvious conditions For example

redemption is only possible after the investorrsquos cheque for initial subscription has cleared

or until after any ldquolook-in periodrdquo specified by the fund is over or only after the specified

redemption period for collection of funds

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Unlike an open-end fund the lsquounit capitalrsquo of a closed-end fund is fixed as it makes a

one-time sale of a fixed number of units Later on unlike open-end funds closed-end

funds do not allow investors to buy or redeem units directly from the funds However to

provide the much closed-end funds get themselves listed on a stock exchange Trading

through a stock exchange enables investors to buy or sell units of a closed-end mutual

fund from each other through a stockbroker in the same fashion as buying or selling

shares of a company The fundrsquos units may be traded at a discount or premium to NAV

based on investorrsquos perceptions about the fundrsquos future performance and other market

factors affecting the demand for or supply of the fundrsquos units

2 LOAD AND NO-LOAD FUNDS

Marketing of a new mutual fund scheme involves initial expenses These expenses may

be recovered from the investors in different ways at different time Three usual ways in

which a fundrsquos sales expenses may be recovered from the investors are

I At the time of investorrsquos entry into the fundscheme by deducting a specific amount

from his initial contribution or

2 By charging the fundscheme with a fixed amount each year during the stated number

of years or

3 At the time of the investorrsquos exit from the fundscheme by deducting a specified

amount from the redemption proceeds payable to the investor

These charges made by the fund managers to the investors to cover distribution expenses

are often called a ldquofront-end or entry-loadrdquo This is the first case above The load amount

charged to the scheme over a period of time is called a ldquodeferred loadrdquo This is the third

case above Some funds may also charge different amount of loads to the investors

depending upon how many years the investor has stayed with the fund the longer the

investor stays with the fund less the amount of ldquoexit loadrdquo he is charged This is called

ldquocontingent deferred sales chargerdquo

Note that the front-end load amount is deducted from the initial contributionpurchase

amount paid by the incoming investor thus reducing his initial investment amount

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Similarly exit loads would reduce the redemption proceeds paid out to the outgoing

investor If the sales charge is made on a deferred basis directly to the scheme the

amount of the load may not be apparent to the investor as the schemersquos NAV would

reflect the net amount after the deferred load

Funds that charge front-end back-end or deferred loads are called load funds Funds that

make no such charges or loads for sales expenses are called no-load funds

In India SEBI has defined a ldquoloadrsquo as the one-time fee payable by the investor to allow

the fund to meet initial issue expenses including brokersrsquoagentsdistributorsrsquo

commissions advertising and marketing expenses SEBI definition of a load fund would

include all funds that charge a front-end load which is in line with the internationally

used definition However SE would consider a fund to be ldquoa no-loadrdquo fund if an AMC

absorbs these initial marketing expenses and does not charge the fund-a situation that is

somewhat special to India and not widely prevalent elsewhere Internationally a fund

even when it does not make a front-end load would still be considered a load fund if it

charges an exit load or a deferred sales load

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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

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Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

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JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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Unlike an open-end fund the lsquounit capitalrsquo of a closed-end fund is fixed as it makes a

one-time sale of a fixed number of units Later on unlike open-end funds closed-end

funds do not allow investors to buy or redeem units directly from the funds However to

provide the much closed-end funds get themselves listed on a stock exchange Trading

through a stock exchange enables investors to buy or sell units of a closed-end mutual

fund from each other through a stockbroker in the same fashion as buying or selling

shares of a company The fundrsquos units may be traded at a discount or premium to NAV

based on investorrsquos perceptions about the fundrsquos future performance and other market

factors affecting the demand for or supply of the fundrsquos units

2 LOAD AND NO-LOAD FUNDS

Marketing of a new mutual fund scheme involves initial expenses These expenses may

be recovered from the investors in different ways at different time Three usual ways in

which a fundrsquos sales expenses may be recovered from the investors are

I At the time of investorrsquos entry into the fundscheme by deducting a specific amount

from his initial contribution or

2 By charging the fundscheme with a fixed amount each year during the stated number

of years or

3 At the time of the investorrsquos exit from the fundscheme by deducting a specified

amount from the redemption proceeds payable to the investor

These charges made by the fund managers to the investors to cover distribution expenses

are often called a ldquofront-end or entry-loadrdquo This is the first case above The load amount

charged to the scheme over a period of time is called a ldquodeferred loadrdquo This is the third

case above Some funds may also charge different amount of loads to the investors

depending upon how many years the investor has stayed with the fund the longer the

investor stays with the fund less the amount of ldquoexit loadrdquo he is charged This is called

ldquocontingent deferred sales chargerdquo

Note that the front-end load amount is deducted from the initial contributionpurchase

amount paid by the incoming investor thus reducing his initial investment amount

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Similarly exit loads would reduce the redemption proceeds paid out to the outgoing

investor If the sales charge is made on a deferred basis directly to the scheme the

amount of the load may not be apparent to the investor as the schemersquos NAV would

reflect the net amount after the deferred load

Funds that charge front-end back-end or deferred loads are called load funds Funds that

make no such charges or loads for sales expenses are called no-load funds

In India SEBI has defined a ldquoloadrsquo as the one-time fee payable by the investor to allow

the fund to meet initial issue expenses including brokersrsquoagentsdistributorsrsquo

commissions advertising and marketing expenses SEBI definition of a load fund would

include all funds that charge a front-end load which is in line with the internationally

used definition However SE would consider a fund to be ldquoa no-loadrdquo fund if an AMC

absorbs these initial marketing expenses and does not charge the fund-a situation that is

somewhat special to India and not widely prevalent elsewhere Internationally a fund

even when it does not make a front-end load would still be considered a load fund if it

charges an exit load or a deferred sales load

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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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Similarly exit loads would reduce the redemption proceeds paid out to the outgoing

investor If the sales charge is made on a deferred basis directly to the scheme the

amount of the load may not be apparent to the investor as the schemersquos NAV would

reflect the net amount after the deferred load

Funds that charge front-end back-end or deferred loads are called load funds Funds that

make no such charges or loads for sales expenses are called no-load funds

In India SEBI has defined a ldquoloadrsquo as the one-time fee payable by the investor to allow

the fund to meet initial issue expenses including brokersrsquoagentsdistributorsrsquo

commissions advertising and marketing expenses SEBI definition of a load fund would

include all funds that charge a front-end load which is in line with the internationally

used definition However SE would consider a fund to be ldquoa no-loadrdquo fund if an AMC

absorbs these initial marketing expenses and does not charge the fund-a situation that is

somewhat special to India and not widely prevalent elsewhere Internationally a fund

even when it does not make a front-end load would still be considered a load fund if it

charges an exit load or a deferred sales load

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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

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Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

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JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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Industrial Background

Concept of Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund is an American Concept and the terms ldquoInvestments Trustrdquo Investment

Companyrdquo ldquoMutual Fundrdquo ldquoMoney Fundrdquo etc are being used interchangeably in

American Literature Investment Company as defined in the US Investment company Act

1940 is any issuer that is or holds out as being engaged primarily or proposes to engage

primarily in the business of investing reinvesting or trading in securities is engaged or

proposes to the business of issuing face amount of certificates of the installment type or

has been engaged in such business and has any such certificates outstanding is engaged

or proposes to engage in the business of investing reinvesting owning holding or

trading in securities and bounds or proposes to acquire investment securities having a

value exceeding 40 of the value of such issuerrsquos total assets(exclusive of government of

securities and a cash items) on an unconsidered basis

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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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The profits or losses are shared by the investors in proportion to their

investments The mutual fund normally comes out with number of schemes

with different objectives which are launched from time to time A Mutual

fund is required to be registered with Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) which regulates securities markets before it can collect funds

from the public

As the countries first and foremost mutual fund Unit Trust of India has

played significant supportive role in this process As a pioneering garner

larger household savings It responded innovatively to the needs of

investment and income goals of different strata of society Under one roof

there are schemes for every one in the family from the newborn child to old

and retired individuals The Unit Trust has lunched schemes to cater to

varying notions of savers Thus there are saving schemes for those who

prefer safe and steadily rising returns There are also high growth schemes

for those who can wait and are prepared to take some risk with UTI

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

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1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

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Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

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JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 15: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

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With a view to providing a wider choice to small investors the Government

amended Banking Regulation Act to permit commercial banks to launch

mutual fund India Considering the fact that the household sector has a

dominant share in the aggregate net savings of the economy banks in their

quest for mobilizing the community savings into productive avenues have

found in mutual funds a lucrative opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE

FOUNDATION OF VENTURA

Founded in 1994 by Chartered Accountants Sajid Malik and Hemant Majethia They are the first generation entrepreneurs and are the principal promoters of Ventura A dedicated and efficient team of senior managers assists Mr Majethia the CEO of the company

ABOUT VENTURA

Ventura is one of the leading Commodity and Financial Futures Brokers with a strong and established market reputation spanning over 12 years

Ventura Securities Ltd is a leading stock broking organization promoted and managed by professionals having exceptional knowledge of Capital Market We recognize in our operating philosophy that the key to our business is service which will result in total satisfaction to our clients

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Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Ventura is a full-service domestic brokerage house providing value-based advisory services to Institutions (Foreign and Domestic) High Net Worth and Retail Investors with its core area of operations being stock-broking We have considerable strength and domain knowledge in the booming derivatives market

Ventura has achieved a reputation for innovative and unbiased research along with excellent technical analysis and execution capabilities Not only has Ventura provided value-added services to the gamut of India-based funds it has also developed the advice-driven business of high net worth and corporate clients

PHILOSOPHY

To propel corporate growth we have clear focus to service our clients with undivided attention hence we do not carry on any proprietary trading or investment

Vision

To create an all India network of brokersrsquo relationship and build the distribution strength of Ventura

TRACK RECORD

In a short time span we have achieved substantial success in its core business activity We owe our success to our unique business building strategy plan components of which are

A differentiated positioning Selective geographic spread Flexible and lean operating structure High quality people

Why ventura

Our services are offered under total confidentiality and integrity with the sole purpose of maximizing returns for our clients

We operate on an alert and well-defined system in risk management and settlement mechanism Such as EXPERTISE

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Current news and views analysis trends during market hours Daily newsletter and its implications on events affecting the economy and stock markets Long-term investment avenues trading strategy on Index and specific companies and Risk averse investment through derivative product mix

Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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Live market commentary through - ldquoPointerrdquo- customised on line chat room mainly to cater to upcountry outlets a pioneering effort and a runaway successful product

Derivatives - Trading strategies in Future and Options straddle calls to minimize risks and maximize returns

On-line trading and Depository services to cater our retail clients are on the anvil and should commence shortly

Research - An integrated system of research approach is to constantly look out for value in the market place based on intrinsic worth of the Company Industry with necessary skills to analyse markets indices and stocks from a technical perspective to feed our army of retails clients

Networking Regular touch with Institutional Investors (Foreign and Domestic) to gauge understand and interpret markets sentiments This we see as a value addition for our outstation clients who are very far away from the fulcrum of action

Products and servicesWe aim to add value and provide our clients with an unrivalled and specialised

service which reflects the expertise and efficiency of our dedicated support teams

Expertise and innovation

We put our clients needs first and extend a highly personalised service through dedicated dealers Our combination of service technology flexibility and experience makes our back-office second-to-none

Information and research

No broking house is complete without the ability to provide detailed relevant and timely information and research Our research department produces reports covering all of the major exchanges and products

Offerings

Daily pointer Sms facility Client preview site

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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

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1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

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Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

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JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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Demat services Wider networking Weekly report and product notes Internet online trading

About ViVi Securities Belgaum Branch

The Belgaum branch was started on 21st June 2004 with the capital of Rs 5

lakh And the average volumes 25 to 3 crores and it has around 700

customers at present and its advertisement is mainly word of mouth

Objectives

Good services

Proper guidance to investor

Maximize its returns

This branch offers trading in

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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

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1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

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Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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NSE

BSE

Derivatives

Mutual fund

Commodity exchange

Demat services

MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE

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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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The structure of mutual fund consists of

Sponsor

Sponsor is the person who acting alone or in combination with another body corporate establishes a mutual fund Sponsor must contribute at least 40 of the net worth of the Investment Managed and meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operation of the Schemes beyond the initial contribution made by it towards setting up of the Mutual Fund

Trust

The Mutual Fund is constituted as a trust in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Trusts Act 1882 by the Sponsor The trust deed is registered under the Indian Registration Act 1908

Trustee

Trustee is usually a company (corporate body) or a Board of Trustees (body of individuals) The main responsibility of the Trustee is to safeguard the interest of the unit holders and ensure that the AMC functions in the interest of investors and in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996 the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Offer Documents of the respective Schemes

Asset Management Company (AMC)

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The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The Trustee as the Investment Manager of the Mutual Fund appoints the AMC The AMC is required to be approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to act as an asset management company of the Mutual Fund Atleast 50 of the directors of the AMC are independent directors who are not associated with the Sponsor in any manner The AMC must have a net worth of atleast 10 crore at all times

Registrar and Transfer Agent

The AMC if so authorized by the Trust Deed appoints the Registrar and Transfer Agent to the Mutual Fund The Registrar processes the application form redemption requests and dispatches account statements to the unit holders The Registrar and Transfer agent also handles communications with investors and updates investor records

Benefits of Mutual Fund investment

Professional ManagementMutual Funds provide the services of experienced and skilled professionals backed by a dedicated investment research team that analyses the performance and prospects of companies and selects suitable investments to achieve the objectives of the scheme

DiversificationMutual Funds invest in a number of companies across a broad cross-section of industries and sectors This diversification reduces the risk because seldom do all stocks decline at the same time and in the same proportion You achieve this diversification through a Mutual Fund with far less money than you can do on your own

Convenient AdministrationInvesting in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries delayed payments and follow up with brokers and companies MutualFunds save your time and make investing easy and convenient

Return PotentialOver a medium to long-term Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities

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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 30

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 33

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 34

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

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Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

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JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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Low CostsMutual Funds are a relatively less expensive way to invest compared to directly investing in the capital markets because the benefits of scale in brokerage custodial and other fees translate into lower costs for investors

DEMERITS OF INVESTMENTS IN MUTUAL FUNDS

No control over the costs

Since investors do not directly monitor the funds operations they cannot control the costs effectively Regulators therefore usually limit the expenses of mutual funds

No tailor-made portfolios

Mutual fund portfolios are created and marketed by AMCrsquos into which investors invest They cannot create tailor made portfolios

Managing a portfolio of funds

As the number of mutual funds increases in order to tailor a portfolio for him an investor may be holding a portfolio of funds with the costs of monitoring them and using them being incurred by him

Benefits of investing in Mutual Funds

1 Qualified and experienced professionals manage Mutual Funds

Generally investors by themselves may have reasonable capability

but to assess a financial instrument a professional analytical approach

is required in addition to access to research and information and time

and methodology to make sound investment decisions and keep

monitoring them

2 Since Mutual Funds make investments in a number of stocks the

resultant diversification reduces risk They provide the small investors

with an opportunity to invest in a larger basket of securities

3 The investor is spared the time and effort of tracking investments

collecting income etc from various issuers etc

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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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4 It is possible to invest in small amounts as and when the investor has

surplus funds to invest

5 Mutual Funds are registered with SEBI SEBI monitors the activities

of Mutual Funds

6 In case of open-ended funds the investment is very liquid as it can be

redeemed at any time with the fund unlike direct investment in

stocksbonds

Risks involved in investing in Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds do not provide assured returns Their returns are linked to their

performance They invest in shares debentures and deposits All these investments

involve an element of risk The unit value may vary depending upon the performance of

the company and companies may default in payment of interestprincipal on their

debenturesbondsdeposits Besides this the government may come up with new

regulation which may affect a particular industry or class of industries All these factors

influence the performance of Mutual Funds

Market RiskSometimes prices and yields of all securities rise and fall Broad outside influences affecting the market in general lead to this This is true may it be big corporations or smaller mid-sized companies This is known as Market Risk A Systematic Investment Plan (ldquoSIPrdquo) that works on the concept of Rupee Cost Averaging (ldquoRCArdquo) might help mitigate this risk

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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

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HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

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HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

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ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

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JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

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Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

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Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

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Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

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Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

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Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

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Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

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Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

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Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

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Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

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Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

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Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

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Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

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UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

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Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

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1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

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Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

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JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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PoliticalGovernment Policy Risk

Changes in government policy and political decision can change the investment environment They can create a favorable environment for investment or vice versa

Inflation RiskInflation is the loss of purchasing power over time A lot of times people make conservative investment decisions to protect their capital but end up with a sum of money that can buy less than what the principal could at the time of the investment This happens when inflation grows faster than the return on your investment A well-diversified portfolio with some investment in equities might help mitigate this risk

Interest Rate RiskIn a free market economy interest rates are difficult if not impossible to predict Changes in interest rates affect the prices of bonds as well as equities If interest rates rise the prices of bonds fall and vice versa Equity might be negatively affected as well in a rising interest rate environment A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

Liquidity RiskLiquidity risk arises when it becomes difficult to sell the securities that one has purchased Liquidity Risk can be partly mitigated by diversification staggering of maturities as well as internal risk controls that lean towards purchase of liquid securities

Credit RiskThe debt servicing ability (may it be interest payments or repayment of principal) of a company through its cash flows determines the Credit Risk faced by you This credit risk is measured by independent rating agencies like CRISIL who rate companies and their paper A lsquoAAArsquo rating is considered the safest whereas a lsquoDrsquo rating is considered poor credit quality A well-diversified portfolio might help mitigate this risk

The different plans that Mutual Funds offer

Growth Plan

A growth plan is a plan under a scheme wherein the returns from investments are

reinvested and very few income distributions if any are made The investor thus only

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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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realises capital appreciation on the investment This plan appeals to investors in the high

income bracket Under the dividend plan income is distributed from time to time This

plan is ideal to those investors requiring regular income

Automatic Investment Plan

Under the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) also called Systematic Investment Plan

(SIP) the investor is given the option for investing in a specified frequency of months in

a specified scheme of the Mutual Fund for a constant sum of investment AIP allows the

investors to plan their savings through a structured regular monthly savings program

EntryExit Load

A Load is a charge which the AMC may collect on entry andor exit from a fund A load

is levied to cover the up-front cost incurred by the AMC for selling the fund It also

covers one time processing costs Some funds do not charge any entry or exit load These

funds are referred to as No Load Fund Funds usually charge an entry load ranging

between 100 and 200 Exit loads vary between 025 and 200

ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA (AMFI)

With the increase in mutual fund players in India a need for mutual fund

association in India was generated to function as a non-profit organization Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) was incorporated on 22nd August 1995

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 holders

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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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The objectives of Association of Mutual Funds in India

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 who 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 SEBIrsquos guidelines in the

mutual fund industry

Association of Mutual Fund of India does represent the Government of India the

Reserve Bank of India and other related bodies on matters relating to the Mutual

Fund Industry

It develops a team of well qualified and trained Agent distributors It implements

a programme of training and certification for all intermediaries and other engaged

in the mutual fund industry

AMFI undertakes all India awareness programme for investors in order to

promote proper understanding of the concept and working of mutual funds

At last but not the least association of mutual fund of India also disseminate

informationrsquos on Mutual Fund Industry and undertakes studies and research either

directly or in association with other bodies

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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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Name of the Asset Management Company

Name of the Asset Management Company

Website

ABN AMRO Asset Management (India) Ltd

httpwwwassetmanagementabnamrocoin

Benchmark Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwbenchmarkfundscom

Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbirlasunlifecom

BOB Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwbobmfcom

Canbank Investment Management Services Ltd

httpwwwcanbankmutualcom

DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwdbscholamutualfundcom

Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwdws-indiacom

DSP Merrill Lynch Fund httpwwwdspmlmutualfundcom

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Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Managers Ltd

Escorts Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwescortsmutualcom

Fidelity Fund Management PvtLtd

fidelitycoin

Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwfranklintempletonindiacom

HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwhdfcfundcom

HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwhsbcinvestmentscoin

ING Investment Management (India) Pvt Ltd

httpwwwingvysyamfcom

JM Financial Asset Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwjmfinancialmfcom

Jeevan Bima Sahayog Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwlicmutualcom

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwkotakmutualcom

Lotus India Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwlotusindiaamccom

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwmsgfindiacom

Principal Pnb Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwprincipalindiacom

Prudential ICICI Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwpruicicicom

Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwquantumamccom

Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd

httpwwwreliancemutualcom

Sahara Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsaharamutualcom

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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

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administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

httpwwwsbimfcom

Standard Chartered Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwstandardcharteredmfcom

Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwsundarambnpparibasin

Tata Asset Management Ltd httpwwwtatamutualfundcom

Taurus Asset Management Co Ltd

httpwwwtaurusmutualfundcom

UTI Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd

httpwwwutimfcom

Mutual Fund Globally

The money market mutual fund segment has a total corpus of $ 148 trillion in the US against a corpus of $ 100 million in India

Out of the top 10 mutual funds worldwide eight are bank- sponsored Only Fidelity and Capital are non-bank mutual funds in this group

In the US the total number of schemes is higher than that of the listed companies while in India we have just 277 schemes

Internationally mutual funds are allowed to go short In India fund managers do not have such leeway

In the US about 97 million households will manage their assets on-line by the year 2003 such a facility is not yet of avail in India

On- line trading is a great idea to reduce management expenses from the current 2 of total assets to about 075 of the total assets

Changes Taken Place

Lower Costs As per SEBI regulations bond funds can charge a maximum of 225 and equity funds can charge 25 as administrative fees Therefore if the

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 29

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

administrative costs are low the benefits are passed down and hence Mutual Funds are able to attract mire investors and increase their asset base

Better Advice Mutual funds could provide better advice to their investors through the Net rather than through the traditional investment routes Direct dealing with the fund could help the investor with their financial planning

New investors would prefer online Mutual funds can target investors who are young individuals and who are Net savvy since servicing them would be easier on the Net

Future of Mutual Fund

Mutual Funds sponsored by various public sector financial institutions have made considerable dent particularly in the sphere of resource mobilization during the short period of their existence This they have been able to achieve through launching of several scheme offering triple benefits of income liquidity and growth However they have so far confined their area of operations to urban areas leaving vast savings potentiality in rural hinterlands untapped By beneficences of rural a5reas and introducing them about the benefits of the schemes mutual funds can raise burgeoning amount of resources which can be gainfully employed for the national developmentAll this is possible only when the people have full confidence that their investments in mutual funds will remain safe To inspire such confidence it is necessary that the Government should enact a comprehensive legislation on the pattern of the UTI Act govern the operations of all the mutual funds

The asset base will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 30 to 35 over the next few years as investorrsquos shift their assets from banks and other traditional avenues Some of the older public and private sector players will either close shop or be taken over

Out of ten public sector players five will sell out close down or merge with stronger players in three to four years In the private sector this trend has already started with two mergers and one takeover Here too some of them will down their shutters in the near future to come

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 30

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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 31

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 32

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

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Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

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Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

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Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

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Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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But this does not mean there is no room for other players The market will witness a flurry of new players entering the arena There will be a large number of offers from various asset management companies in the time to come Some big names like Fidelity Principal Old Mutual etc are looking at Indian market seriously One important reason for it is that most major players already have presence here and hence these big names would hardly like to get left behind

The mutual fund industry is awaiting the introduction of derivatives in India as this would enable it to hedge its risk and this in turn would be reflected in its Net Asset Value (NAV)

SEBI is working out the norms for enabling the existing mutual fund schemes to trade in derivatives Importantly many market players have called on the Regulator to initiate the process immediately so that the mutual funds can implement the changes that are required to trade in Derivatives

COMPARISON OF MUTUAL FUND WITH OTHER INVESTMENT

Mutual Funds with Sharers

In case of investing in shares yoursquoll have to spend the time to study and learn the market

also you should learn to buy individual stocks because you maximize your gains by

investing in the leading stocks in the leading groups in the markets If you donrsquot want to

spend the time delegate it to a good diversified domestic stock fund The mutual fund

company has an investment manager for each scheme that decides upon where to invest

how to invests and when to invest He will take care of your investment

Mutual Funds with Fixed Deposit

In case of the fixed deposit the money which you have invested will lock in for certain

period until the fixed deposit matures That is before the lock in period you canrsquot remove

your money The returns on the fixed deposit are only the interest prescribed on it Where

as in the mutual fund investment there is exit option for every scheme by which you can

exit at any time Due to which your money will not be locked In the mutual fund

investment the returns are through the dividend and also the growth appreciation

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Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 36

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 37

Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Mutual funds are now also competing with commercial banks in the race for retail

investorrsquos savings and corporate float money The power shift towards mutual funds has

become obvious The basic fact lies that banks cannot be ignored and they will not close

down completely Their role as intermediaries cannot be ignored It is just that Mutual

Funds are going to change the way banks do business in the future

Banks vs Mutual Funds

BANKS MUTUAL FUNDSReturns Low BetterAdministrative exp High LowRisk Low ModerateInvestment options Less MoreNetwork High penetration Low but improvingLiquidity At a cost BetterQuality of assets Not transparent TransparentInterest calculation Minimum balance between 10th

amp 30th Of every monthEveryday

Guarantee Maximum Rs1 lakh on deposits None

INVESTORS SEVEN RULESHere are seven rules that go a long way in helping you meet your investment objectives

Know your risk profile

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Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

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Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 40

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 45

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Your investments should reflect your risk taking capacity Equity funds might lure when the market is rising and your neighbor is making money but if you are not cut out for the risk that accompanies it donrsquot bite the bait So check if the funds objective matches yours Invest only after you have found your match If you are racked by uncertainty seek exper4t advice from a qualified financial advisor

Identify your investment horizonInvest in an equity fund only if you are willing to stay on for at least two years For income and gilt funds have a one-year perspective at least Anything less than one year the only option among mutual funds is liquid funds

Read the offer document carefullyThe offer document contains essential details pertaining to the fund including the summary information (type of scheme the name of the Asset Management Company and price of units among other things) investment objectives and investment procedure financial information and risk factors

Go through the fund fact sheet Fund fact sheets give you valuable information of how the fund has performed in the past You can check the funds portfolio its diversification levels and its performance in the past The more fact sheets you examine the better

Diversify across fund housesIf you are routing a substantial sum through mutual funds you should diversify across fund houses That way you spread your risk

Do not chase incentivesDonrsquot get lured by investment incentives Some financial intermediaries give upfront incentives in the form of a percentage of your initial investment to invest in a particular fund Donrsquot buy it Your focus should be to find a fund that matches your investment needs and risk profile and is a performer

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 33

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 34

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 35

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 36

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 37

Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 38

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 39

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 40

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 41

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 42

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 45

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 34: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Track your investmentsOne easy way to keep track of your fund is to keep track of the intelligent investor rankings of mutual funds which are complied on a quarterly basis These rankings allow you to take note of your funds performance and risk profile and compare it across various time periods as well as across its peer set

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The net asset value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets fund net of its

liabilities In other words if the fund is dissolved or liquidated by selling off all the

assets in the fund this is the amount that the shareholders would collectively own This

gives rise to the concept of net asset value per unit which is the value represented by the

ownership of one unit in the fund It is calculated simply by dividing the net asset value

of the fund by the number of units

Calculation of NAV

The most important part of the calculation is the valuation of the assets owned by the

fund Once it is calculated the NAV is simply the net value of assets divided by the

number of units outstanding The detailed methodology for the calculation of the asset

value is given below

NAV= (Market valueof the schemersquos investment) + Other Assets (Including accrued

interest) + Unamortized issue expenses (only in case of schemes launched on load basis)

ndash All Liabilities except All Asset and liabilities are valued at the current prices

Details on the above items

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 34

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 35

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 36

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For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

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Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

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NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

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The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

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N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

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Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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For liquid sharesdebentures valuation is done on the basis of the last or closing market price on the principal exchange where the security is traded

For illiquid and unlisted andor thinly traded sharesdebentures the value has to be estimated For shares this could be the book value per share or an estimated market price if suitable benchmarks are available For debentures and bonds value is estimated on the basis of yields of comparable liquid securities after adjusting for illiquidity The value of fixed interest bearing securities moves in a direction opposite to interest rate changes Valuation of debentures and bonds is a big problem since most of them are unlisted and thinly traded This gives considerable leeway to the AMCs on valuation and some of the AMCs are believed to take advantage of this and adopt flexible valuation policies depending on the situation

Interest is payable on debenturesbonds on a periodic basis say every 6 months But with every passing day interest is said to be accrued at the daily interest rate which is calculated by dividing the periodic interest payment with the number of days in each period Thus accrued interest on a particular day is equal to the daily interest rate multiplied by the number of days since the last interest payment date Usually dividends are proposed at the time of the Annual General meeting and become due on the record date

Mutual Fund Weightage to various sectors in March07

investment trend by various fund houses over the last 6 months

Sector Investment (Rs cr) Weightage

Engineering 1416939 142

BankingFinance 1271010 127

Information Technology 1183824 119

Oil amp Gas 770611 77

Automotive 673196 67

Cement 582206 58

Telecom 568310 57

Pharmaceuticals 553354 55

Manufacturing 532288 53

Metals amp Mining 497670 50

Media 318353 32

Chemicals 313107 31

Conglomerates 260340 26

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 36

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 37

Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 39

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 40

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Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

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Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

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Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

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Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Miscellaneous 199053 20

Services 183424 18

Utilities 177222 18

Consumer Non-Durables 177120 18

Food amp Beverage 146779 15

Tobacco 142023 14

Consumer Durables 17789 02

TOTAL 9984619 1000

Systematic Investment Plan - A plan for futurehellip

1048633 Investment - The basics We can define investment as the process of ldquoSacrificing something now for the prospect of gaining something laterrdquo The definition implies that there are three dimensions of an investment-time todayrsquos sacrifice and prospective gain Investment is a three-step process

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 36

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 37

Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 38

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 39

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 40

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 41

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 42

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 43

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 45

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 37: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

For example If Mr Xrsquos monthly consumption expenditure is Rs 20000 today and he wants to maintain the same standard of living when he retires What sum he will require if he is 30-year-old now Assuming five percent inflation he would need Rs 78400 a month when he retires at 58 Now to earn this amount every month from investment that earn 5 percent a year he would need to have saved Rs 188 Crore when he retires If he can put aside 20000 a month he can just invest them in bonds that earn 5 percent and reach the target in most non-volatile manner At the other extreme he could invest just Rs 4166 every month in equities Assuming 15 per cent returns this should generate the desired Rs 18 Crore Actually real strategy should be to take a middle path between these two extremes and allocate some portion of portfolio to both based on your own financial situation and risk taking ability Taking a cue from the above example systematic investment plan is the one which helps in achieving financial goal of an individual

1048633 What is a Systematic Investment PlanSystematic Investment Plan (SIP) is a disciplined way of investing where you invest fixed amounts at a regular frequency You often decide to start saving and investing regularly but get caught up in your day-to-day activities and forget investments SIP the time-tested investment approach helps bring in the much-needed discipline and has shown good results the world over

1048633 Benefits of SIP

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 37

Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Regular savings plan

Select of asset classes

Identifying ones financial goals

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 38

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 39

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 40

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 41

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 42

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 43

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 45

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

1048633 Rupee cost averaging 1048633 Power of compounding 1048633 Makes Investment a habit 1048633 Low Cost (No entry load)

1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging

X and Y who are on a trip to a riverbank decide to test their swimming skills X dives deep into the water kicks his legs splashes the water stroke hard shows all his skill to move faster than the current of the water Y decides just to remain afloat and allow the stream to take him along with it In the end to your surprise you find that Y has covered more distance than X The same applies to equity market also most of us try to time the market perfectly But this is difficult at best given the volatility of the stock markets Unfortunately it is impossible to consistently predict the markets and even experienced investment professionals find it hazardous to do so Nevertheless there is a proven investment strategy that can help you offset the volatility of the markets and turn it into an advantage This strategy is called Rupee Cost Averaging Below is the example to explain how it works nder systematic investment plan

Month Amount Invested (Rs)

Fluctuating Market

Rising Market Falling Market

Price Units Price Units Price Units 1 200000 1200 16667 1200 16667 1200 16667 2 200000 1500 13333 1400 14286 1000 20000

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 38

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 39

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 40

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 41

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 42

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 43

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 45

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 39: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

3 200000 900 22222 1600 12500 800 25000 4 200000 1500 13333 1800 11111 600 33333 Total 800000 5100 65556 6000 54564 3600 95000 Average cost per unit

Rs 1220(ie Rs 8000 65555 units)

Rs 1466(ie Rs 8000 54563 units)

Rs 842(ieRs 800095000 units)

Simply put Rupee Cost Averaging is a disciplined investment practice that takes the guesswork out of timing the markets The essence of this strategy is that more units are purchased automatically when prices are low and fewer units when prices are high Over time this result in the average cost per unit - the money you pay - being lower than the average price per unit

1048633 Power of compounding

Inflation can steadily erode the value of your income However long-term investing can provide returns that outpace inflation-through the power of compounding

Year after year any money that you invest may earn interest dividends or capital gains When you reinvest those earnings they help generate additional earnings those additional earnings help generate more earnings and so on This is called compounding

Let us take an example two friends X and Y are 20 years old X decides that he wants to start investing his money early to build himself a secure future and decides to save Rs 5000 monthly (ie Rs 60000 per annum) at the age of 20 Y feels that he is young and wants to enjoy his money for the time being Y wakes up late and decides to invest at the age of 35 years and decides to save Rs 10000 per month (ie Rs 120000 per annum) At the age of 60 years when they want to retire using an interest rate of 7 per annum X who had invested Rs 5000 monthly for 25 years has Rs 115 cr and Y who had invested Rs 10000 monthly for the same amount of time has Rs 57 lacs Please refer to the illustrations below for a better understanding

X (7)

Y (7)

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 39

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 40

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 41

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 42

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 43

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 45

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The key therefore lies in starting earlier and giving your investments a longer time to row Money starts multiplying more towards the end as explained by above example

1048633 Does SIP workhellip

Given below are some examples of how a SIP has worked in select Mutual Funds schemes

Templeton Schemes HDFC Schemes Blue-chip Fund Prima

Fund Growth Fund Equity

Fund Top 200

Monthly Investment

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Nos of Investment months

86 123 89 110 91

Total Investment 86000 123000 89000 110000 91000 Value of Investment 337410 549558 249501 518895 267978 Return on Investment

3769 2745 2723 33 29

COMPARISON BY NATURE OF INVESTMENTS

The table below compares the investment options with respect to Return Safety Volatility Liquidity and Convenience

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 40

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 41

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 42

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 43

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 45

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 41: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Investment Options

Return Safety Volatility Liquidity Convenience

Equity High Low High High orLow

Moderate

F1 Bonds Moderate High Moderate Moderate HighCorporateDebentures

Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low

CompanyFixedDeposits

Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Bank Deposits

Low High Low High High

PPF Moderate High Low Moderate HighLifeInsurance

Low High Low Low Moderate

Real estate High Moderate High Low LowMutualFunds

High High Moderate High High

Magnum Mid Cap Fund (SBI Mutual Fund)

Open Ended Equity Fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 41

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 42

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 43

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 45

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 42: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Date of Inception 17032005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34364Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Maharashtra Seamless Limited 600

India Cements Limited 548

Infotech Enterprises Limited 509

Thermax Limited 489

Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited 484

Skf India Limited 467

IVRCL Infrastructure amp Projects Limited 460

Opto Circuit Limited 455

Crompton Greaves Limited 427

Hotel Leela Venture Limited 377

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 42

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 43

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 45

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 43: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity90

cash10

others0

Equity cash others

Performance Report

Period Return

1 month -1284

3 months 615

6 months 2752

1yr 481

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 4789

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 43

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 45

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 44: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

12513

13514

14515

15516

16517

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 44

Date NAV

1562006 1412

1662006 1489

1962006 1541

2062006 1564

2162006 1611

2262006 1644

2362006 1646

2662006 1579

2762006 1555

2862006 1544

2962006 1547

3062006 1601

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 45

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 45: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Tata Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 15062005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs24942Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Dishman Pharmaceu amp Chem Ltd 431

Greaves Limited 406

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 404

Voltas Limited 387

Indian Hotels Co Limited 385

Nagarjuna Construction Limited 312

Ccl Products India Limited 284

Tamilnadu Newspreint amp Paper Ltd 281

EIH Limited 263

Hinduja Tmt Limited 250

Asset Allocation

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 45

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 46: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Asset Allocation

Equity96

Cash4

Others0

Equity Cash Others

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 128

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 1242

NAV Analysis

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 46

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 47: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

9

95

10

105

11

115

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 47

Date NAV

1562006 10072

1662006 10624

1962006 10862

2062006 10935

2162006 11202

2262006 11366

2362006 11262

2662006 10863

2762006 10844

2862006 10787

2962006 10864

3062006 11253

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 48: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Sundaram Select Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 19072002

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs99145Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Ansal Properties amp Industries Limited 467

Unitech Limited 410

Emami Limited 371

Madras Cements Limited 361

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited 308

Jaiprakash Associates Limited 296

Lakshmi Machine Works Limited 281

Bajaj Hindustan Limited 280

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd 258

Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd 220

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity66

cash34

Debt0

Others0

Equity cash Debt Others

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 48

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 49: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 766

3yr 759

5yr NA

SInception 7633

NAV Analysis

Kotak Mid Cap Fund

Open Ended Equity Fund

Date of Inception 28012005

Corpus (Assets Under Management) Rs34411Cr

Options Growth and Dividend

Top 10 holdings Deccan Chronicle Holdings 473

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 49

Date NAV

1562006 66507

1662006 68388

1962006 69852

2062006 70455

2162006 72081

2262006 737

2362006 73947

2662006 72454

2762006 71846

2862006 71696

2962006 7201

3062006 74075

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 50: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

JSW Steel 462

Jindal Steel amp Power 394

Tata Metaliks 371

Madras Cements 335

Television Eighteen 309

Mahaveer Spg Mills 297

Areva T amp D 289

Taj GVK Hotels amp Resorts 280

Bharat Earth Movers 278

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Equity92

cash8

0

0

Equity cash

Performance Report

Period Return

1yr 349

3yr NA

5yr NA

SInception 3448

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 50

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 51: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

NAV Analysis

125

13

135

14

145

15

155

156

166

196

206

216

226

236

266

276

286

296

306

Date

NA

V

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 51

Date NAV

1562006 13696

1662006 14293

1962006 14681

2062006 14672

2162006 15006

2262006 1533

2362006 15346

2662006 1488

2762006 14732

2862006 14565

2962006 14617

3062006 15102

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 52: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Comparison table of equity diversified midcap mutual funds

SBI TATA KOTAK SUNDARAM

Corpus Rs34364Cr Rs24942Cr Rs34411Cr Rs99145Cr

Asset Allocation Eq 90 Eq96 Eq 92 Eq 66Cash10 Cash4 Cash 8 Cash 34

Returns 1yr 481 1yr 128 1yr 349 1yr 766

SI 4789 SI1242 SI 3448 SI7633

NAV as on 15606 1412 10072 13696 66507

30606 1601 11253 15102 74075Change () 158688 1115228 1496504 73409Minimum Invt Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000 Rs5000Load Entry Exit

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

225Nil

By looking into the table we can say that Sundaram select mid cap mutual fund is

performing extremely well in the market It has large corpus And it has wide

diversification in investment By investing nearly one third (34) in cash market it is

actively gaining the opportunity of cash market Its diversified investment resulted in

good returns to the investors and increase in the NAV

By comparing these four equity diversified mid cap fundrsquos performance we can say

that the fundrsquos performance and its NAV depends on the following factors-

Its portfolio in which it has invested

The asset allocation of the fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 52

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

The sectors to which it has targeted

The bench mark of stock market index which it has taken as base

The common objective of all mid cap funds with slight difference in

words is to provide investors with opportunities for long term growth in capital along

with the liquidity of an open ended scheme by investing predominantly in a well-

diversified basket of equity stocks of companies whose market capitalization is

between Rs 200 crores to Rs 2000 crores and in debt and money market instruments

Out of above Sundaram Select Mid Cap is performing very well in the

market since inception It is ranked number one in returns by money control Even

we can say that Sundarm Select Mid Cap fund has started earlier than other three but

it has a very selective and diversified portfolio and its corpus is also huge compare

to other three It has also sustained its growth from inception

The reason for difference in NAV of each fund is its portfolio asset

allocation selection of sectors and proportion of investment in the selected sector

different options and different objective of the schemes etc

So while investing in any existing mutual fundrsquos scheme it is better to

look at its portfolio and also the performance but the present performance may not be

assured in future

Rate of Return =Price Change +Dividend

Received100

Purchase Price

The general equation used to calculate the compounded value

after N years is given below

A=P (1+I) to the power n

P = principal

I = Interest rate

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 53

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
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ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

N= number of years

Suggestions

Transparency Flexibility and Ease of understanding these core benefits of Mutual Funds need to be effectively communicated to the customers

Though being riskier in nature mutual funds returns sizable amount of returns to the investors this will play a role of enlightening new investors in the pool

The Mutual Fund Industry must convince the general public about the latest development (ie tax exemptions on dividends amp returns in Mutual Funds by the finance ministry) This would largely help to get clients

People generally want a reasonable return on their investment Majority of the investors try to see that their investments are secure In case of equity mutual funds both in the growth and dividend plans have been realizing more than 15-20 returns on a year-to-year basis This has uplifted the mutual fund

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 54

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 55: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Industry in the country This will largely attract people to invest in Mutual Funds

In the current scenario the bank are returning in the area of 45to 8 returns annum which are taxable On the other hand tax-free returns of minimum two digits in equity mutual funds are need of the day to beat inflation in our economy

By creating active awareness regarding the progress of Mutual Fund the Industry in India has seen tremendous growth in the last three years This should be further proceeded more aggressively

Conclusions

As per the study Mutual Fund has good future It is gaining importance in the

minds of consumers Common people are taking more interest in Mutual Funds along

with other conventional investment options But the service providers like ldquoViVi

Securitiesrdquo need to more educate the customers Midcap funds are more promising So

the companies need to promote these funds more in order to benefit the investor and gain

their confidence

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 55

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 56: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to Mutual Fund By AMFI

Brochures

Journals

Web Sites

wwwamfiindiacom

wwwVentura1com

wwwmoneycontrolcom

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 56

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip
Page 57: A project report on   mutual fund a safer investment

ldquoMutual fund a safer investment

Babasbapatilfreepptmbacom Page 57

  • COMPANY PROFILE
  • FOUNDATION OF VENTURA
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • Vision
  • TRACK RECORD
  • Why ventura
  • Products and services
    • Objectives
      • MUTUAL FUND STRUCTURE
      • INVESTORS SEVEN RULES
      • 1048633 Investment - The basics
      • 1048633 What is a Systematic Investment Plan
      • 1048633 Benefits of SIP
      • 1048633 Rupee Cost Averaging
      • 1048633 Power of compounding
      • 1048633 Does SIP workhellip

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