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Research, Pune I would like to thank and express my gratitude towards Mr.
Rajesh Kumar (Project Guide) for assigning me such a worthwhile topic “Analysis
Minakshi D. Mane
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Project was carried out for study and analysing the investment in mutual
In this Project report I have made an analysis that what is the Investment
Pattern, What is the Prospect and How Mutual funds have emerged a better
Investment option in India Recent Years giving the Investor Higher returns, Liquidity,
Safety against Traditional Investment avenues like Bank-FD, Post office Saving,
With the Growth of The Indian economy Due to various economic Factors
Foreign direct investment and foreign Institutional Investment, the Indian Companies
So, the Market Capitalization of the Indian companies has grown which has
resulting in a building of a strong capital market. People are also now more willing to
invest and are ready to take risk. All this Development has proved to be a good
offers a Wide array of Schemes to suit the Customers Different Investment Objective
To examine whether mutual funds are really having a better prospect in India.
The scope of the study is to Inform & guide the investor about the various
mutual fund schemes & helps them to select the best scheme as per their requirement.
Investors are the customers of the different mutual fund schemes during my
OF
KOTAK MAHINDRA
INTRODUCTION
The Kotak Mahindra Group was born in 1985 as Kotak Capital Management
Finance Limited. Industrialists Harish Mahindra and Anand Mahindra took a stake in
1986, and that's when the company changed its name to Kotak Mahindra Finance
Limited.
Since then it's been a steady and confident journey to growth and success.
1986 Kotak Mahindra Finance Limited starts the activity of Bill Discounting.
1987 Kotak Mahindra Finance Limited enters the Lease and Hire Purchase
market.
1991 The Investment Banking Division is started, takes over FICOM, one of
India’s largest financial retail marketing networks.
1992 Enrtes the Funds Syndication sector.
1996 The Auto Finance Business is hived off into a separate company – Kotak
Mahindra Prime Limited (formerly known as Kotak Mahindra Primus Limited).
Kotak Mahindra
1998 Enters the mutual fund market with the launch of Kotak Asset Management
Company.
2000 Kotak Mahindra ties up with Old Mutual plc. for the Life Insurance
Buisness.
2003 Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd. converts to a commercial bank.- the first
Indian company
to do so.
2004 Launches India Growth Fund, a private equity fund. Kotak Group realigns
joint venture
in Ford Credit; Buys Kotak Mahindra Prime and sells Ford credit Kotak
Mahindra.
Launches a real estate fund also.
2006 Brought the 25% stake held by Goldmam Sachs in Kotak Mahindra Capital
Company
Corporate Identity:
Ltd which was established in 1985, was converted into a bank – Kotak Mahindra
Bank Ltd in March 2003 becoming the first Indian company to convert into a Bank.
It’s banking operations offers a central platform for customer relationships across the
group’s various businesses. The bank has a presence in the Commercial Vehicles,
Retail Finance, Corporate Banking, Treasury and Housing Finance.
Investment Bank and a Primary Dealer (PD) approved by the RBI. KMCC's core
business areas include Equity Issuances, Mergers & Acquisitions, Structured Finance
Kotak Securities:
distribution house in India. Over the years Kotak Securities has been one of the
leading investment broking houses catering to the needs of both institutional and non-
institutional investor categories with presence all over the country through franchisees
Primus Lmited) has been formed with the objective of financing the retail and
wholesale trade of passenger and multi utility vehicles in India. KMP offers
customers retail finance for both new as well as used cars and wholesale finance to
dealers in the automobile trade. KMP continues to be among the leading car finance.
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited sponsors KMAMC. Which is the one of India’s
fastest growing banks? KMAMC made a beginning in the mutual fund with the
launch of first scheme in December 1998, KMAMC now offer in various products
complete financial solutions that encompass every sphere of life. From commercial
The group has a net worth of around Rs.3,200 crores and employs around
10,800 employees across its various businesses servicing around 2.6 million customer
offices and satellite offices across 300 cities and towns in India and offices in New
subsidiary of KMBL, is the Asset Manager for Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
(KMMF). KMAMC started operations in December 1998 and has over 4 Lac
Management:
dissemination of information to its investors and unit holders. The Kotak Mahindra
meetings are conducted to review the operations and performance of the company.
Employees:
conduct for all its officers. It has a clearly defined prohibition on insider trading
policy and regulations. The management believes in the principles of propriety and
utmost care is taken while handling public money, making proper and adequate
disclosures.
All personnel at KMMFC ltd. are made aware of the dos and don’ts as part of
the Dealing policy laid down by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
ethics, the Code of Conduct, information security, Internet and e-mail usage and a
Mahindra Mutual Fund Company Ltd. gives top priority to compliance in true letter
INTRODUCTION:
1. Global Scenario
2. Indian Scenario
1. Global Scenario
Mutual funds have emerged as relatively new attraction option for the
Government bond’s and investment in the share are no longer very attractive, because
Govt. Deposit’s give lesser return and stock market is very much volatile which
So, all this has resulted into the emergence of mutual funds which
opportunity for small investor. As financial market become more sophisticated and
The popularity of mutual fund can be imagined from the fact the Birth
place of Mutual fund - The U.S.A. The fund industry has already overtaken the
banking industry, with more money under mutual fund management than Deposited
with banks.
INDIAN SCENARIO:
Indian investor. A new phenomenon has started under which more saving now being
entrusted to the funds. Despite the expected continuing growth in the industry, Mutual
Hence, it is important that the investor , the mutual fund agent/ Distributor,
Financial planner, investment advisor and even the fund employee acquire the better
knowledge of what mutual fund are, what they can do for investor and what they
cannot, and how they function Differently from other financial intermediaries such as
Bank’s.
market in 1980’s with investment flowing into Equity and Debt instrument, besides
With greater volatility in the stock market’s many investor who brought
highly price share lost money and withdrew from the market together. Even those
investor who continued as direct investor in the stock market realized that the key to
successful.
Besides, selecting the securities with growth and income potential from the
capital market involved careful research and monitoring of the market, which was not
investors to pool their money together with a predetermined investment objective. The
mutual fund will have a fund manager who is responsible for investing the pooled
money into specific securities (usually stocks or bonds). When you invest in a mutual
fund, you are buying shares (or portions) of the mutual fund and become a
cost efficient and very easy to invest in (you don’t have to figure out which stock or
bonds to buy). By pooling money together in a mutual fund, investors can purchase
stocks or bonds with much lower trading costs than if they tried to do it on their own.
A Mutual Fund is trust that pools the saving of a number of investments who
share a common financial goal. The money thus collected is then invested in capital
market instrument such as shares, debentures and other securities. The income earned
though these investment and the capital appreciation realised are shared by its unit
holders in proportion to the number of units owned by them. Thus a Mutual Fund is
the most suitable instrument for the capital man as it offers an opportunity to invest in
There are many entities involved and the diagram below illustrates the organisational
than one sponsor who is like promoter of company. The trustees of mutual fund hold
its property for the benefit of the unit holders. AMC approved by SEBI manages the
registered with SEBI holds the securities of various schemes of the fund in its
custody.
The Mutual fund itself is a trust registered under the Indian Trust Act, and is initiated
by a sponsor. The sponsor is the person who acts alone or with another corporate to
establish a mutual fund. The sponsor then appoints an AMC to manage the
Role of Sponsor:
History of positive After Tax Profit for 3out of 5 years including fifth year
The trustees are vested with the general power of superintendent and direction over
AMC. They monitor the performance and compliance of SEBI regulations by the
mutual fund. SEBI regulations require that at least two third of the directors of trustee
company or board of trustee must be independent i.e. they should not be associated
with the sponsor. Also, 50 per cent of the directions of AMC must be independent.
Trustees not liable for acts done in good faith and if they have exercised
Eligibility Conditions:
and safeguarding the securities owned within a mutual find. A mutual fund’s
custodian may act as mutual funds transfer agent, maintaining records of shareholders
mutual fund is essentially a large pool of funds from many different investors, it
requires a third-party custodian to hold and safeguard the securities that are mutually
owned by all the fund’s investors. This structure mitigates the risk of dishonest
activity by separating the fund manager from the physical securities and investor
records.
Custodian / DP:
country.
Stock
companies include IBM, Microsoft, Ford, Coco-Cola, and General Mills. Stocks are
Bonds
Bonds are basically a chance for you to lend your money to the government or a
company. You can receive interest and your principle back over predetermined
amount of time. Bonds are the most common lending instrument traded on the market.
There are many other type of investments other than stocks and bonds (including
annuities, real estate, and precious metals), but the majority of mutual funds in stocks
and/or bonds.
1. Get Focused
Investing in individual stock can be fun because each company has a unique
story. However, it is important for people to focus on making money. Investing isn’t a
game. Your financial future depends on where you hard earned dollars and it
2. Diversification
Diversification is the idea of spreading out your money across many different
types of instruments. When one investment is down another might be up. Choosing to
The most basic level of diversification is to buy multiple stocks rather than
just one stock. Mutual funds are set up to buy many stocks (even hundreds or
thousands). Beyond that, you can diversify even more by purchasing different kinds
of stocks, then adding bonds then international, and so on. It could take you week to
buy all these investments but if you purchased a few mutual funds you could be done
at an especially inexpensive price. It would be a bit cocky to think that you know
These managers have been around the industry for long time and have the
academic credentials to a back it up. Saying you could outperform a mutual fund
manager is similar to a football fan sitting on their couch saying “I could have made
Even if some of us are better at picking stocks than a professional and their
support staff, most of us would not want to spend the amount of time it takes to
4. Efficiency
advantage of economies of scale. With large sums of money to invest, they often trade
5. Ease of use
Can you imagine keeping track of portfolio consisting of hundreds of stocks?
The bookkeeping duties involved with stocks are much more complicated than
owning a mutual fund. If you are doing your own taxes, or are short on time, this can
be a big deal.
6. Liquidity
If you find yourself in need of money in a short amount of time, mutual funds
are highly liquid. Simply put in your order during the day and when the market closes
a check will be sent to you or you can have it wired to a bank account. Stocks can be
much more difficult depending on what kinds of stocks you are investing in. CD’s
offer no liquidity (not without a hefty fee) and bonds can be difficult, too. Some
mutual funds also carry check writing privileges, which means you can actually write
checks from the account, similar to your checking account at the bank.
7. Cost
Mutual funds are excellent for the new investors because you can invest small
amounts of money and you can invest at regular intervals with no trading costs. Stock
investing, however, carries high transaction fees making it difficult for the small
investors to make money. If an investor wanted to put in 1000 a month into stocks and
the broker charged 150 per transaction, their investment is automatically down 15
percent every time they invest. That is not good way to start off!
Wealthy stock investors get special treatment from brokers and wealthy bank account
holders get special treatment from banks, but mutual funds are non-discriminatory. It
doesn’t matter whether you have 50 or 500,000 you are getting the exact same
8. Risk
In general, mutual funds carry much lower risk than stocks. This is primarily due to
diversification (as mentioned above). Certain mutual funds can be riskier than
individual stocks, but you have to go out of your way to find them. With stocks, one
worry is that the company you are investing in goes bankrupt. With mutual funds, that
chance is next to nil. Since mutual funds typically hold anywhere from 25-5000
I won’t argue that you shouldn’t ever invest in individual stocks, but I hope you see
the advantages of using mutual funds and make the right choice for the money that
DISADVANTAGES
1. Fluctuating Returns
Mutual funds are like many other investments without a guaranteed return: there is
always the possibility that the value of your mutual fund will depreciate. Unlike fixed-
income products, such as bonds and Treasury bills, mutual funds experience price
fluctuations along with the stocks that make up the fund. When deciding on a
particular fund to buy, you need to research the risks involved - just because a
professional manager is looking after the fund, that doesn't mean the performance will
be stellar.
Another important thing to know is that mutual funds are not guaranteed by the U.S.
government, so in the case of dissolution, you won't get anything back. This is
especially important for investors in money market funds. Unlike a bank deposit, a
mutual fund will not be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
As you know already, mutual funds pool money from thousands of investors, so
everyday investors are putting money into the fund as well as withdrawing
funds typically have to keep a large portion of their portfolios as cash. Having ample
cash is great for liquidity, but money sitting around as cash is not working for you and
3. Costs
Mutual funds provide investors with professional management, but it comes at a cost.
Funds will typically have a range of different fees that reduce the overall payout. In
mutual funds, the fees are classified into two categories: shareholder fees and annual
operating fees.
The shareholder fees, in the forms of loads and redemption fees are paid directly by
shareholders purchasing or selling the funds. The annual fund operating fees are
charged as an annual percentage - usually ranging from 1-3%. These fees are assessed
to mutual fund investors regardless of the performance of the fund. As you can
imagine, in years when the fund doesn't make money, these fees only magnify losses.
4. Misleading Advertisements
The misleading advertisements of different funds can guide investors down the wrong
path. Some funds may be incorrectly labelled as growth funds, while others are
type of investment implied in their names. How the remaining assets are invested is
However, the different categories that qualify for the required 80% of the assets may
using names that are attractive and misleading. Instead of labelling itself a small cap,
a fund may be sold as a "growth fund". Or, the "Congo High-Tech Fund" could be
5. Evaluating Funds
Another disadvantage of mutual funds is the difficulty they pose for investors
interested in researching and evaluating the different funds. Unlike stocks, mutual
funds do not offer investors the opportunity to compare the P/E ratio, sales growth,
earnings per share, etc. A mutual fund's net asset value gives investors the total value
of the fund's portfolio less liabilities, but how do you know if one fund is better than
another?
always include the tagline "past results are not indicative of future returns". Be sure
not to pick funds only because they have performed well in the past - yesterday's big
When three Boston securities executives pooled their money together in 1924 to
create the first mutual fund, they had no idea how popular mutual funds would
become. The idea of pooling money together for investing purpose started in Europe
in the mid-1800s. The first pooled fund in the U.S. was created in 1893 for the faculty
and staff of Harvard University. On March 21st, 1924 the first official mutual fund
was born. It was called the Massachusetts Investors Trust After one year, the
In India the setting up of Unit Trust of India (UTI) in 1963 marked the advent of
mutual fund industry. Unit Trust of India was set up by an Act of Parliament. The
Purpose of establishing of Unit Trust of India was to give a fillip to the equity market.
However, in the initial years, the emphasis in UTI was on income product. Master
Share launched in 1986 ushered in the equity-oriented schemes in India. Unit Trust of
Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established on 1963 by an Act of Parliament. It was set
up by the Reserve Bank of India and functioned under the Regulatory and
administrative control of the Reserve Bank of India. In 1978 UTI was de-linked from
the RBI and the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) took over the
regulatory and administrative control in place of RBI. The first scheme launched by
UTI was Unit Scheme 1964. At the end of 1988 UTI had Rs.6 700crores of assets
under management.
1987 marked the entry of non- UTI, public sector mutual funds set up by public sector
banks and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC). SBI Mutual Fund was the first non- UTI Mutual Fund
established in June
1987 followed by Canbank Mutual Fund (Dec 87), Punjab National Bank Mutual
Fund (Aug 89), Indian Bank Mutual Fund (Nov 89), Bank of India (Jun 90), Bank of
Baroda Mutual Fund (Oct 92). LIC established its mutual fund in June 1989 while
At the end of 1993, the mutual fund industry had assets under management of Rs.47,
004 crores.
1993 was the year in which the first Mutual Fund Regulations came into being, under
which all mutual funds, except UTI were to be registered and governed. The erstwhile
Kothari Pioneer (now merged with Franklin Templeton) was the first private sector
mutual fund registered in July 1993. As at the end of January 2003, there were 33
mutual funds with total assets of Rs. 1, 21,805 crores. The Unit Trust of India with
Rs.44, 541 crores of assets under management was way ahead of other mutual funds
Fourth Phase – since February 2003:
In February 2003, following the repeal of the Unit Trust of India Act 1963 UTI was
bifurcated into two separate entities. One is the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India with assets under management of Rs.29,835 crores as at the end of
The second is the UTI Mutual Fund Ltd, sponsored by SBI, PNB, BOB and LIC. It is
registered with SEBI and functions under the Mutual Fund Regulations. With the
bifurcation of the erstwhile UTI which had in March 2000 more than Rs.76, 000
crores of assets
In India the setting up of Unit Trust of India (UTI) in 1963 marked the advent of
mutual fund industry. Unit Trust of India was set up by an Act of Parliament. The
Purpose of establishing of Unit Trust of India was to give a fillip to the equity market.
However, in the initial years, the emphasis in UTI was on income product. Master
Share launched in 1986 ushered in the equity-oriented schemes in India. Unit Trust of
Phase 5 (1999-2004):
UTI Act 1963 repealed in Feb 2003, UTI Mutual Fund becomes SEBI compliant,
Industry Profile:
Industry Structure
Wide varieties of Mutual Fund Schemes exist to cater to the needs such as financial
position, risk tolerance and return expectations etc. The table below gives an overview
By Structure
Close-ended Schemes
Interval Schemes
Growth Scheme
Income Scheme
Balanced Scheme
Special Schemes
1. Index Scheme
Open-ended Schemes do not have a fixed maturity period. Investors can buy or sell
units at NAV-related prices from and to the mutual fund on any business day. These
maturity; there is no cap on the amount you can buy from the unit capital keep
Open ended Schemes are preferred for their liquidity. Such funds can issue and
redeem units any time during the life of schemes. Hence unit capital of open-ended
Close-ended schemes have fixed maturity periods. Investors can buy into these funds
during the period when these funds are open in the initial issue. After that such
scheme cannot issue new units expect in case of bonus or right issue. However after
the initial issue you can buy or sell units of the schemes on the stock exchange where
they are listed. The market price of the unit could vary from the NAV of the schemes
emphasis on dividend or interest income. They invest in common stock with a high
Aggressive growth funds are suitable for those investors who can afford to
assume the risk of potential loss in value of their investment in the hope of achieving
substantial and rapid gains. They are not suitable for investors who must conserve
4) GROWTH FUNDS:-
Like aggressive growth fund generally invests in stocks for growth rather than
income. They are considered more conservative in their approach because they
provides low current income but the investor principal is more stable then it would be
in an aggressive growth fund. While the growth potential may be less over the short
unable to assume risk or who are dependent on maximizing current income from their
investments.
Growth and income funds seek long-term growth of capital as well as current
income. The investments strategies use to reach these goals vary among funds.
Growth and income funds have low to moderate stability of principal and
moderate potential for current income and growth. They are suitable for investors who
can assume some risk to achieve growth of capital but want to maintain a moderate
The goal of fixed income funds is to provide high current income consistent
Fixed income funds offer a higher level of current income than money market
funds, but a lower stability of principal. Fixed income funds are suitable for investors
who wants to maximize current income and who can assume a degree of risk in order
to do so.
7) EQUITY FUNDS:-
Funds that invest in stock represent the largest category of mutual fund.
Generally the investment objective of this class of fund is long-term capital growth
with some income. There are however many type of equity funds.
8) BALANCED FUNDS:-
The Balanced funds aims to provide both growth and income. These funds
invest in both shares and fixed income securities in the proportion indicated in their
offer documents. It is an idea for investors who are looking for the combinations of
For the caution investors these funds provide a very high stability of principal
while seeking a moderate to high current income. They invest in highly liquid;
virtually risk free, short-term debt securities of agencies of the Indian government,
banks and corporation and treasury bills. Because of their short-term investments,
money market mutual funds are able to keep a virtually constant unit price; only the
yield fluctuates.
such as health care, technology, leisure, utilities or precious metals. The funds enable
investor to diversify holding among many companies within an industry, a more
Sector funds offer an opportunity for sharp capital gain in cases where the fund’s
industry is “in favour” but also entail the risk of capital losses when the industry is out
speciality funds such as index funds gives investors a broadly diversified portfolio and
Technically open-ended funds you can withdraw your investment even within a week,
Funds Returns
Sector Funds 22% to 25% p.a
Balanced Funds 15% to 18% p.a
MIP’s Pension Plans 12% to 15% p.a
Income Funds 10% to 12% p.a
Liquid Funds 7% to 9% p.a
The above-mentioned returns in the table are indicative and not assured. All
investments in MUTUAL FUNDS are securities and are subject to market risk and the
NAVs of the schemes may go up and down depending upon the factors and forces
affecting the security market including the fluctuations in the internal rates. The past
Sector Funds
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Equity Funds
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Balanced Funds
R
N Income Funds
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Liquid Funds
RISKS
The above Graph shows the Risk and Returns generated by different Funds. Liquid
Funds are less Risky and also generate less Returns where as Sector Funds are more
Risky but generate more Returns by the example of above two Funds it is clear that
As a participant in a mutual fund scheme, we should understand the following
terms:
3) Discount
4) Rate of return
5) Initial expenses
6) Recurring expenses
SEBI Regulations permit mutual funds to provide for the price at which the units may
over, in the scheme and the price at which such units may at any time be repurchased
by the mutual fund. This price may be termed as ‘offer price’ or ‘purchase price’ and
‘bid price’ or ‘sale price’ respectively. To decide these prices NAV is the base. Once
NAV is determined, offer price and bid price are determined by adjusting NAV.
The net asset value (NAV) is the actual value of shear or unit on any business day. It
is computed as follows:
NAV = __________________________________________________________
follows.
NAV= (180+1+1-0.5-0.5)
10
ensure that its participants enjoy liquidity. Generally, the market price of the closed
end scheme trend to be lower than its NAV. If the market price is lower than the
NAV, the scheme is said to be selling at a discount: if it is higher than scheme is said
to selling at a premium. In additional to listing, the mutual fund may also the offer the
listed on the stock exchange. Hence, the mutual fund has to stand-ready to repurchase
and reissue of its units or shears on a continuing basis. The repurchase and reissue
3) Discount
Most of the closed-end schemes sell at a discount, which may sometimes be very
steep. According to Benjamin Graham, the reason lies in the structure, not the
performance, of such schemes. They are perhaps not well suited for any important
group of investors. The small and naive investors are allured towards the open-end
schemes as they are sold more aggressively: the large and sophisticated investors may
find mutual funds, in general, not very appealing. The speculators also have little
interest in the ordinary closed-end scheme as it lacks the excitement of specific scrip.
4) Rate of Return
The periodic (the period may be one month, one quarter, one year or any other) rate of
NAV at the end of the period + NAV at the beginning of the period – Dividend
The compound annual total return (express as percent per annum) on a mutual fund
scheme represents the returns to investors from a scheme, since the date of issue. In
includes investments of dividends and makes adjustment for bonus and rights. It is
calculated on NAV basis or price basis. On NAV basis, it reflects the return generated
by the fund manager on NAV. In these calculations it is assumed that the dividend is
reinvested at the NAV prevailing on the day it is paid. On price basis, it reflects the
assumed that the dividend is reinvested at the prevailing market or repurchase price.
However, in the mutual funds scoreboard prepared by the Economic Times every
Monday, it is assumed that the dividend is reinvested at 12 per cent per annum.
5) Initial Expenses
When a mutual fund scheme is launched, certain expenses are incurred. These relate
expenses, they are linked to the corpus of the scheme. SEBI has prescribed a ceiling
of 6 per cent on overall initial expenses. The fund has to give a breakup of these
6) Recurring Expenses
Apart from the initial expenses, mutual funds incur recurring expenses every year.
These consist of items like the asset management fees, registrars’ fees, and custodial
fees. According to SEBI guidelines, recurring expenses in a year cannot exceed 3 per
Loads on investments
In Indian SEBI, under regulation 46(3) permits wider margins as it states that ‘while
determining the purchase price and sale price of the unit in any scheme, Mutual fund
shall ensure that the difference between these two prices does not exceeds seven per
cent of the sale price’. It gives the range for load which can be charge from those who
purchase scheme after its initial issue. Loads can be of two types.
Back end load: Which refers to redemption fee, which is deducted from the
investment when investor sells his shear such load is small as compared to front-end
Front end load: also known as sales load, it is the sale charge, which is charged when
These loads are adjusted to NAV to calculate the offer price and bid price. To
W.e.f. 1st August 2009 SEBI has decided that there will be no entry load and
no exit load will charge to the investors. All funds are now treated as no load fund.
The most important decision any mutual fund is to make is about the type of scheme
schemes.
7) Risk return pattern of existing avenues: Bank deposits are no longer attractive as
8) Legal formalities, close -ended schemes are to be listed on stock exchange where
All such factors may be viewed differently buy different mutual funds. that is
why at one time different types of schemes may emerge in the market from different
scheme. To evolve of scheme similar to one which exists is simple but adding
innovative feature is the real effort made by visualizing its implications. Innovations
may be as to:
3) Switching over facilities: Launching schemes where investors may have inbuilt
5) Age of scheme: For aggressive investors design a short-term scheme like ‘Taurus
Launching a scheme
AMC can announce any scheme of mutual fund only after getting a nod from
SEBI to whom the particulars of the scheme, prospectus/letter of offer and material
Offer Document
A Legal document
KIM
Offer Document
Offer Document valid for 6 months for launching of scheme from the date of
Name and addresses of the mutual fund, asset Management Company, lead
documents, duration of the scheme, listing and transfer of the units, dividend
policies.
A firm that invest the pooled funds of retail investors in securities in line with
the stated investment objectives. For a fee, the investment company provides more
individual investors.
Act
of AMC
Majority of Trustees or
Role of AMC
Obligations of AMC
Limit of 5% of aggregate purchase and sales of Securities under all its scheme
It is not required that AMC performs all its function of its own. It can hire service of
outside agencies as per its requirements or performs all function of its own.
Registrars and Transfers Agents are assigned the job of receiving and processing the
according all transfers of units and maintaining all such records, repurchasing the
units, redemption of units. Issuing divided or income warrants. For such service they
are entitled to a fee, which is in proportion to numbers of units - holders and numbers
of transaction etc. Tata mutual fund proposes to pay of 0.60 percent of schemes
weekly net assets for this service. Such fee is charged by AMC from the mutual fund
and is paid to the agents. In India almost all AMC engage such agents.
Asset Management company
(a) Investment: -
The major strength of any AMC lies its investment functions is a specialized
Fund Manager:-
Asset Management companies manage the investment of fund through a fund
manager. It is desirable to have independent fund manager for each scheme handled
by it and this is the practice in U.S.A. But in India the practice is otherwise. A single
is not to big. Each AMC may evolve its own criterion for number of fund managers.
Individual fund manager’s capacity varies between individuals. One’s expertise and
experience in investment handling decided the size of total corpus one can handle. His
basic function is to decide about which, when, how much securities are to be sold or
bought. To a great extent the success of any scheme depends on the calibre of the
fund manager.
This department plays a crucial role. It performs a very sensitive and technical
assignment. Depending again on the operational policies, such units can be created by
AMC of its own or research finding can be borrowed. The research can be with
respect of securities as well as positive investment. The fund manager can contribute
to the bottom line of mutual fund by spotting significant changes in securities ahead
of the crowed. In India at present many funds depends on outsiders. Such outsiders
need not be technical analyst. Even brokers provide tips to mutual fund.
Such strategy saves a lot of funds to be invested in small corpus can hardly afford to
have their own database. But there are mutual fund following the philosophy “your
expertise is your original research”. This section also assists planning new schemes
Dealers:-
To execute the sale and purchase transactions in capital or money market, a separate
section may be created in under the charge of a person called dealer having deep
charge of marketing division of AMC. Dealers are to comply with all formalities of
sale and purchase through brokers. Such brokers are to be approved by Board Of
Directors of AMC. It is B.O.D., which lays down the guidelines for allocation of
business to different brokers. Many big mutual funds have their own dealing rooms.
For making sales or purchase at different stock exchanges, dealer may have his staff
Underwriter:-
issues to generate additional income for their schemes, Mutual fund have to make an
application to SEBI for registration under SEBI (underwriters) Rules and Regulations
1993.
Any underwriting decision by any scheme shall be in conformity with the
commitment by the Mutual Fund will be made as if the Mutual Fund is actually
(b) Marketing:-
Marketing is a big challenge in business especially for mutual fund. Mutual
funds deals with small investors’ hard earn money, a sensitive commodity and only
service is involved in selling the product. The main challenge of marketing to mutual
fund is that with same product, customers with diversified profile viz. Demographics,
mutual funds are to interact with lacks of investors who are likely to be associated for
a longer tenure. Post issue services play an important role in customer’s satisfaction.
It is the marketing division which complies with the formulates to market the
product i.e. a new scheme. It seeks permission from agencies like Ministry Of
Finance, Reserve Bank of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India etc. Gazette
and transfer agents is also looked after by this division. Ones a scheme is approved,
the related printing of application forms, offer documents, banker statement forms,
stationery for unit certificates, commission cheques, refund order etc. This stationery
also evolve a target amount of a scheme. The most crucial “marketing strategy’ is
evolved to the best advantage of the fund Advertisement strategy is also designed by
it.
Marketing division has to evaluate the market potentials, strength and
weakness. For each scheme, what is its market shear is very crucial question to design
its future strategies. To identify which section of society is under serviced, is another
Merger of 2 AMC’s:
Unit holders are informed and given option to exit without load
Mutual Fund
RESEARCH METHOLOGY
The meaning of research is any systematic activity carried out in the pursuit
Defining a problem
Sources of data
Research inculcates scientific and inductive thinking and it promotes the development
Characteristics of Research
evidence.
a) It is an inquiry,
Research
Design
Formulate (including Collect data
hypothesis Sample (execution)
Review concepts
and theories Design)
III V
Define research IV
problem
Review previous
Research
I finding
I Analyse data
I II (test hypothesis
I
If any )
VI
Interpret and
report
VII
F
employment of present value for uncertain future return. Financial investment means
an exchange of financial claims stocks and bonds (collectively termed security), real
As we all know that SBI is the largest bank in termed of products and services
and area of approach. SBI is the only Indian bank which is among the top 200 banks
in the world and top 20 in Asia. Large numbers of people in India saves their money
in State Bank of India because it is the oldest bank and that don’t have any doubt
regarding this bank. Large amount of deposits are collected and utilized. A small part
obtain a solution for the same. Thus a research Problem is one which requires
researcher to find out the best solution for the given Problem i.e. to find out by which
course of action the objective can be attained optimally in the context of a given
environment .There are several factors which may result in making the Problem
complicated hence the research problem undertaken for study must be carefully
selected.
Statement of Problem
The main problem under study is to analytical study of the investment pattern
of SBI.
Data Collection
Once the research problem is formulated the next task is data collection. Data
are facts, figures and other relevant materials, past and present saving as bases for
study and analysis. While deciding about the method of data collection to be used for
the study, the researcher should keep in mind two types of data.
1) Primary data
2) Secondary data
1) Primary data:
The data which is collected first time through questionnaire, observation is the
primary data. The impact of inflation over bank rates fully required secondary data
The analytical study of bank investment fully required secondary data hence
2) Secondary data:
Secondary data may be defined as data that has been collected earlier for some
In our study data was collected from books, journals, magazines, news papers,
Area of Research
Under this type the researcher has to use the facts and information already
In analytical research the researcher has to use the facts already available,
and analyse these to make the critical evaluation data of the material.
Data has been collected from the Fact sheet of the various mutual fund
schemes and used those data’s for the research. In fact sheet past returns
Deviation, Beta etc from the secondary data from the websites such as
www.valueresearchonline.com
Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund is the Joint Venture of “Aditya Birla
Group” and “Sun Life Financial”. Sun Life Financial is a global organization
HDFC Mutual Fund was set up on 30th June 2000 with TWO
Sponsors
Investment Limited’. It presently have 1250 investors of Mutual Funds. The total
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund was set up on 13th October 1993 with Two
Sponsors, Prudential Plc. and ICICI Ltd. The trustee company formed is ICICI
Prudential Trust Ltd. and the AMC is ICICI Prudential Assets Management
It presently have 2200 investors of Mutual Funds. The total Asset Under
Mutual fund to Launch Offshore Fund, The Indian Magnum fund with a corpus of
State bank of India mutual fund has Rs. 38,782 Crores as AUM. Now it has an
Profile. It was the First Company to launch dedicated gilt Schemes investing only
in Government Securities.
established in 14th
January 2003, Managed the UTI Mutual fund with the support of UTI Trustee
Company
Over Rs. 20,000 Corer. The Sponsor of UTI Mutual funds are Bank of Baroda
(BOB), Punjab National Bank (PNB), State Bank of India (SBI) and Life Insurance
Corporation of India (LIC). The Schemes of UTI mutual fund are Liquid funds,
Income funds, Assets Management funds, Index Funds, Equity Funds and
Balanced funds.
under Indian Trust act, 1882. The Sponsor of RMF is Reliance Capital Ltd. and
Reliance Capital Trustee Co. Ltd. It was Registered on 30th June 1995 As Reliance
Capital Mutual Fund which was changed on 11th March 2004. Reliance Mutual
fund was formed for Launching of Various Schemes under which units are issue to
the public With a view to Contribute to the capital market and to provide Investor
Fund On 19th June 1989. It Contributed Rs. 2 Crores towards the Corpus of Fund.
LIC Mutual Fund Was Constituted as a Trust in Accordance with the provision of
the Indian Trust Act, 1882. The Company Starts its Business on 19th April 1994.
The Trustees of LIC Mutual Fund Have Appointed Jeevan Bema Sahayog Assets
Management Company Ltd. As the Investment Manager for LIC Mutual Fund.
35 to 44 25 to 34
24 and under
The above analysis was to know the age group of the investor.
Finding:
70%
60%
60%
50%
40%
30% 25%
20%
11%
10% 4%
0%
0%
65 and over 45 to 64 35 to 44 25 to 34 24 and under
Description:
The above study shows that 60% of the investors are belonging to age group of 25-34
and 25% of the investors are from the age group of 45-64, whereas 11% of the
investors are from the age group of 35-44 and remaining 4% of the investor are from
The above analysis was done to know the basic objective of the investor behind
Finding:
90%
81%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
9%
10% 6% 4%
0%
0%
Preservation of Current Income Growth & Conservative Aggressive
principal Income Growth Growth
Description:
The above study shows that the primary objective of 81% investors for investment is
The above analysis was done to know the expectation of investors about their current
income to change.
Finding:
80%
69%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30% 27%
20%
10% 4%
0%
0%
Decrease slightly Remain same Increase with pace of Increase dramatically
inflation
Description:
The above study shows that 69% of investors expect their current income will
increase with the pace of inflation and 27% of investors are expect their current
income will remain about the same, whereas 4% of investors expect their income will
increase dramatically and there is no investor who expects his current income will
decrease slightly
Q.4) Are you presently satisfied with your life from a financial point of view?
YES NO
The above analysis was done to know the investor’s satisfaction about his life from a
Finding:
Yes 76%
No 24%
.
80% 76%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30% 24%
20%
10%
0%
Yes No
Description:
The above study shows that 76% of investors are presently satisfied with their life
from financial point of view, whereas 24% of investors are presently not satisfied with
Magazine Advertisement
Friends
The above analysis was done to know the source of information of investor while
Finding:
Source of Information Percentage
Internet 21%
Magazine 4%
Friends 8%
Financial Advisor 61%
Advertisement 6%
70%
61%
60%
50%
40%
30%
21%
20%
8% 6%
10% 4%
0%
Internet Magazine Friends Financial Advisor Advertisement
Description:
The above study shows that the source of information of 61% investor is Financial
Advisor and 21% investors are gets information from Internet, whereas 8% investors
are gets information from Friends and 8% get information from Advertisement and
Regular New
The above analysis was done to know that whether the investor is regular or new in
Mutual Funds.
Finding:
Investor Percentage
Regular 50%
New 50%
60%
50% 50%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Regular New
Description:
The above study shows that the 50% of investors are Regular and 50% investors are
The above analysis was done to know type of fund mostly preferred by the investors.
Finding:
Preference To Fund percentage
Regular Income Fund 44%
Debt Fund 3%
Diversified Fund 21%
Sector Fund 4%
ELSS [Tax Saving] 28%
50%
44%
45%
40%
35%
30% 28%
25% 21%
20%
15%
10%
3% 4%
5%
0%
Regular Income Fund Debt Fund Diversified Fund Sector Fund ELSS [Tax Saving]
Description:
The above study shows that the 44% of the investors are prefer Regular Income Fund
most and 28% of the investors are prefer ELSS [Tax Saving] Fund most, 20% of
investors are prefer Diversified Fund most, whereas both Debt Fund and Sector Fund
Return Safety
Principal Diversification
Liquidity
The above analysis was done to know that while investing in Mutual Funds, which of
Finding:
View Important To investor Percentage
Return 44%
Principal 8%
Safety 18%
Diversification 6%
Liquidity 6%
50%
44%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20% 18%
15%
10% 8%
6% 6%
5%
0%
Return Principal Safety Diversification Liquidity
Description:
The above study shows that the 44% of investors thinks that Return is the most
important thing in investing their money in Mutual Funds, 18% of investors thinks
that Safety is the most important thing in investing their money, whereas 6% investors
are think for Diversification and 6% think for Liquidity and remaining 8% of
investors are think that Principal is the most important thing in investing their money
in Mutual Funds.
Q.9) What type of return you expect?
Monthly Half yearly
Quarterly Annually
Finding:
Monthly 10%
Quarterly 32%
Half yearly 18%
Annually 40%
45%
40%
40%
35% 32%
30%
25%
20% 18%
15%
10%
10%
5%
0%
Monthly Quarterly Half yearly Annually
Description:
The above study shows that 40% investors are expect Annually return, 32% investors
expect Quarterly, whereas 18% investors are like to get Half yearly return, also the
Up to 8%
Between 8 to 18%
Above 18%
Finding
Return on investment Percentage
up to 8% 0%
Above18% 22%
90%
78%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
22%
20%
10%
0%
0%
up to 8% Between 8 to 18% Above18%
Description:
The above study shows that 78% business man are like to get 8 to 18% return on their
investment, and 22% are like to get above 18% return on their investment.