...ReseaRch PaPeR Commerce Volume : 3 | Issue : 1 | January 2013 | ISSN - 2249-555X A Study About Awareness of Mutual Funds Among the Investors of Navsari District Keywords Mutual Funds, Investment alternatives, Investors’ perception. Dr. M. P. Desai Head, Department of Accountancy,Udhna Citizen Commerce College, Surat. Residence: 50,Niral Nivas, Ashapuri society,Vijalpore road, Navsari,396445, Gujarat. Mr. Mayur K Joshi Asst. Prof., Department of Accountancy,Udhna Citizen Commerce College, Surat. Residence: Vinay readymade, 7, shopping center,Dudhiya talav, Navsari,396445, Gujarat. ABSTRACT The financial securities include ownership securities (like shares, mutual fund units) and creditorship securities (like debentures, bonds). Ownership securities are more risky than creditorship securities. Investment decisions relating to ownership securities involve planning of investment strategies according to the extent of diversification desired by individuals. Investors can reduce risk and maximize returns by way of mutual fund investments, enjoying the expertise of professional fund management. In India, Mutual fund industry is an organised financial system, accessible to individual investors having varied needs and options. In order to identify awareness of mutual funds among the investors of Navsari District, a careful collection of primary data through questionnaire was made. Introduction Financial system comprises financial institutions, services, market and...
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...Use this tool as an effective way to identify the merits (PROS) and the drawbacks or costs (CONS) of alternatives. More then a simple pros/cons evaluation, this tool forces you to look at ways of ''FIXING” the CONS - resulting in a final 'picture' of the merits and costs (costs = the fixes, along with the cons you can't fix) for a particular alternative. This is a good technique to use when you have only a couple of alternatives to consider. This tool is also good to use when you have identified one or two remaining alternatives after using other tools (eg. Simple Ranking or SMART) to do a 'reality check' and cost/benefit analysis. I have also seen students use it effectively for indentifying linked decision to a particular alternative and implementation planning. 1. Write down the alternative you plan to evaluate 2. List up all the benefits you can. Use a white board for this, or post-it notes. Then consolidate these by combining and organizing them. (eg. combine those that are similar or redundant by expressing it as one Pro, and eliminate any frivolers PROS that are not important). Write down the consolidated PROS in the template PROS box. 3. Now list up all the Cons (using white board, or post-it notes). Organize and consolidate as you did with the PROS. Write down the consolidated CONS in the box. 4. Now get creative and look at how you can eliminate a each CON by ‘FIXING IT’. For example, say you were assessing the alternative ‘To Get Married’...
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... MUTUAL FUNDS AT A GLANCE Mutual Fund is an instrument of investing money. Nowadays, bank rates have fallen down and are generally below the inflation rate. Therefore, keeping large amounts of money in bank is not a wise option, as in real terms the value of money decreases over a period of time. One of the options is to invest the money in stock market. But a common investor is not informed and competent enough to understand the intricacies of stock market. This is where mutual funds come to the rescue. A mutual fund is a group of investors operating through a fund manager to purchase a diverse portfolio of stocks or bonds. Mutual funds are highly cost efficient and very easy to invest in. 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. Also, one doesn't have to figure out which stocks or bonds to buy. But the biggest advantage of mutual funds is diversification. Diversification means spreading out money across many different types of investments. When one investment is down another might be up. Diversification of investment holdings reduces the risk tremendously. On the basis of their structure and objective, mutual funds can be classified into following major types: • Closed-end funds • Open-end funds • Large cap funds • Mid-cap funds • Equity funds • Balanced funds • Growth funds • No load funds • Exchange...
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...Banking Southern University, Bangladesh. MUTUAL FUND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN BANGLADESH MUTUAL FUND: Mutual fund are Non-banking or, non depositary financial intermediaries that gather funds from the saving and investing public and utilize the accumulated pool of funds by investing in stocks, bonds, currencies, futures and options contracts or a variety of other financial instruments . A key elements in any mutual fund is its ability to provide the investors with professional management of their funds along with other professional services such as record keeping, custodial services and prompt dissemination of information. Mutual Funds refers to a fund, managed by an investment company with the financial objective of generating high Rate of Returns. These asset management or investment management companies collects money from the investors and invests those money in different Stocks, Bonds and other financial securities in a diversified manner. Before investing they carry out thorough research and detailed analysis on the market conditions and market trends of stock and bond prices. These things help the fund mangers to speculate properly in the right direction. Mutual funds are portfolios of different securities such as stocks, bonds, treasuries, derivatives, etc. Mutual funds pool money of both individual and institutional investors allowing the funds to achieve: (i) economies of scale by reducing costs and increasing investment...
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...Modern Portfolio Theory in the Modern Economy: MPT During the Credit Crisis 0f 2008 Abstract There are various theories of risk and return as it pertains to measuring and predicting investment return in a portfolio- one of the oldest and most prominent being Modern Portfolio Theory .An example of a hypothetical portfolio utilizing the principles of MPT invested during the credit crisis of late 2008/early 2009 will be utilized in part. In direct application, does Modern Portfolio theory hold strong during a major financial crisis? Past research will be compared to present the mechanics and applications of MPT order to answer the questions poised and to create hypothetical portfolios based on past fund performance during the time period of 2007 -2010. It is expected that a portfolio using MPT would not have performed significantly better than any other less diversified investment. Contents Introduction……………………………………..........................................................................4-7 Credit Crisis Thesis Statement Modern Portfolio Defined Prior Research Prediction Method…………………………………………………….........................................................8-9 Parameters/ Source of Portfolios Results……………………………………………………......................................................10-19 A. Application/ graphs Conclusion…………………………………………...............………………………............19-20 Restatement of Thesis Discussion of Results Limitations Recommendation References……………………………………………………………………...
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...Banking Southern University, Bangladesh. MUTUAL FUND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN BANGLADESH MUTUAL FUND: Mutual fund are Non-banking or, non depositary financial intermediaries that gather funds from the saving and investing public and utilize the accumulated pool of funds by investing in stocks, bonds, currencies, futures and options contracts or a variety of other financial instruments . A key elements in any mutual fund is its ability to provide the investors with professional management of their funds along with other professional services such as record keeping, custodial services and prompt dissemination of information. Mutual Funds refers to a fund, managed by an investment company with the financial objective of generating high Rate of Returns. These asset management or investment management companies collects money from the investors and invests those money in different Stocks, Bonds and other financial securities in a diversified manner. Before investing they carry out thorough research and detailed analysis on the market conditions and market trends of stock and bond prices. These things help the fund mangers to speculate properly in the right direction. Mutual funds are portfolios of different securities such as stocks, bonds, treasuries, derivatives, etc. Mutual funds pool money of both individual and institutional investors allowing the funds to achieve: (i) economies of scale by reducing costs and increasing investment...
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...[pic] A RESEARCH PAPER On Opportunities in indian market of mutual funds investment PIONEER (Since 1996) Submitted to Submitted By Prof. Dr. V K Jain Ravendra Kushwaha Prof. Nidhi Kothari MBA 3rd sem Roll. No. 09010118 DECLERATION I hereby declare that this Research Paper entitled “OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIAN MARKET OF MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENT” submitted for the extra co curriculum activities fulfillment of the requirement of Master of Business Administration (MBA) of PIONEER INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES INDORE is based on secondary data found by me in various Companies fact sheets, books, magazines and websites & Collected by me in under guidance of Prof. Nidhi Kothari. DATE: Ravendra Kushwaha ...
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...A PROJECT REPROT ON MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In few years Mutual Fund has emerged as a tool for ensuring one’s financial well being. Mutual Funds have not only contributed to the India growth story but have also helped families tap into the success of Indian Industry. As information and awareness is rising more and more people are enjoying the benefits of investing in mutual funds. The main reason the number of retail mutual fund investors remains small is that nine in ten people with incomes in India do not know that mutual funds exist. But once people are aware of mutual fund investment opportunities, the number who decide to invest in mutual funds increases to as many as one in five people. The trick for converting a person with no knowledge of mutual funds to a new Mutual Fund customer is to understand which of the potential investors are more likely to buy mutual funds and to use the right arguments in the sales process that customers will accept as important and relevant to their decision. This Project gave me a great learning experience and at the same time it gave me enough scope to implement my analytical ability. The analysis and advice presented in this Project Report is based on market research on the saving and investment practices of the investors and preferences of the investors for investment in Mutual Funds. This Report will help to know about the investors’ Preferences in Mutual Fund means Are they prefer any particular Asset Management Company...
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...1. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 1. Objectives of the study:- ➢ To study Mutual Fund Industry with specific reference to equity growth oriented schemes. ➢ To compare the performance of 5 open ended equity mutual fund schemes with various financial parameters like Treynor, Jenson and Sharpe Model. ➢ To assess the above-mentioned schemes in-depth and suggest the investors for the same. ➢ To assign ranks to the selected mutual fund schemes and suggest suitable scheme to the investors on the basis of risk and return. 2. Scope of the Study:- ➢ In this study we have selected last 5 years data for 5 equity oriented mutual fund schemes and their performance results. ➢ Due to time constrain, we took only five equity schemes and suggest the desired portfolio for the investors only on the base of above schemes only. ➢ We have taken BSE 100 as the benchmark index for calculation of market return though different funds have compared themselves on different indices. This is to make our study more valid and it is easy to compare performance on one benchmark return basis. ➢ We have considered the rate of interest of National Savings Certificates as the Risk free rate of return. 3. Criteria & Tools for Evaluation:- This study only includes five open ended equity funds during the last 5 years. Moreover the result of the study is only based on following measures. ➢ Treynor Measure ➢ Sharpe Measure ➢ Jenson Model 1.4 Research design:- ...
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...DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF GHANA COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN GHANA BY WISDOM KWASHIE AFORNORPE A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN ECONOMIC POLICY MANAGEMENT OCTOBER, 2008 DECLARATION I, Wisdom Kwashie Afornorpe, author of this Master of Arts dissertation do hereby declare that, except for references to other people’s works which have been duly acknowledged, the work presented here titled “Comparative Analysis of the Performance of Mutual Funds in Ghana” was done entirely by me. This work has never been presented in whole or in part for any other degree in this University or elsewhere. …..…………………………… Wisdom Kwashie Afornorpe (Student) ……. ………………..…… Mr. Frank Agyire-Tettey (Supervisor) ...
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...1. Introduction A mutual fund is a professionally managed type of collective investment scheme that pools money from many investors and invests typically in investment securities (stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, other mutual funds, other securities, and/or commodities such as precious metals).[1] The mutual fund will have a fund manager that trades (buys and sells) the fund's investments in accordance with the fund's investment objective. 2. Review of literature 3. Methodology Figure: Research methodology Used 3.1 Sampling techniques used 3.2 Mutual Funds Used in the study The mutual funds which were used for the study were taken from Birla Sun Life Insurance. Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Ltd. (BSLAMC), the investment managers of Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund, is a joint venture between the Aditya Birla Group and the Sun Life Financial Services Inc. of Canada. The joint venture brings together the Aditya Birla Group's experience in the Indian market and Sun Life's global experience. Established in 1994, Birla Sun Life Mutual fund has emerged as one of India's leading flagships of Mutual Funds business managing assets of a large investor base. Our solutions offer a range of investment options, including diversified and sector specific equity schemes, fund of fund schemes, hybrid and monthly income funds, a wide range of debt and treasury products and offshore funds. Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company has one of the largest...
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...Lect . Mrs. Pooja Aparajita. I express my sincere thanks to the above stated person for their utmost support during my project. The immense scope of this project has helped me to understand many facts of marketing in Indian industry. (Nitin Rathore) LIST OF TABLES LIST OF TABLES Table No. Title of the Table Page No. Table No. 2.1 Transactional Handling 19 LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF FIGURES Figure No. Title of the Figure Page No. Figure No. 1.1 Objective of study 05 Figure No. 2.1 Mutual fund concept 09 Figure No. 2.2 Organization structure 13 Figure No. 2.3 Types of Mutual Fund Schemes 18 Chapter 1 1.1 Executive Summary India is one of the countries which is concentrating towards its share market & investment sector. Because a countries growth is totally dependent upon its educated people. So with the changing economical environment its effect can be easily being seen in this field also. The project “Market Research on Various Schemes of SBI Mutual Fund” analyses the future market and assists in understanding upcoming competition specifies about the future numbers, characteristics, and trends in markets of Bhilai & Durg region and trying to analyze the factors affecting customer expectations. The main aim of...
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...realise increased costs, or losses in terms of trading in the finances, but these are some of the risks the organisation is willing to take head-on. In addition, with the current instability found in the financial sector after the infamous global financial crisis, companies run the risk of being caught up again in the recession. However, the company has engaged with the insurance companies and also with the necessary financial institutions so that in the event of unfortunate occurrence, the company remains safe. One example of financial instrument for investment is the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), just like any other source of investment; it does not come along without its risks. In other words, there is no investment that is free from risk; they are all likely in one way or the other to land an organisation in trouble. For instance, the ETF regulations are susceptible to different diversification essentials and restricts of counterparty exposure with regard to securities lending actions. In addition, investing in db x-trackers ETFs entail a number of risks including risks associated with relevant index, risks related to exchange rates, interest rate risks,...
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...PROJECT TOPICS FOR INTERNSHIP 1. JIT (just in time) 2. EOQ 3. ABC analysis 4. vendor performance 5. quality circle 6. TQM 7. ISO 9000 8. value engineering 9. centralize purchase 10. management audit 11. company analysis with ratio/fund flow 12. study of stock exchange 13. role of SEBI 14. joint venture 15. takeover 16. merger 17. marginal cost as management tool 18. product life cycle 19. media plan 20. test marketing 21. export pricing 22. role of small scale industries in developing nation 23. role of SIDBI 24. role of EXLM bank 25. study of financial institute 26. mutual fund 27. Privatization insurance, road, ports etc. 28. waste management 29. trade union movement in India 30. labour welfare scheme 31. working capital management 32. cash management / fund management 33. importance of budget 34. invisible exports 35. tourism industries 36. brand equity 37. bench marking 38. co-operative movement in Agro-product 39. marketing Agro-product 40. DOT COM company in future 41. IT Parks 42. South East Asian origin 43. FDI 44. Regional Grouping / Trade Block 45. SEZ 46. packing need 47. social forestory 48. comparative study of industries (either financial angle or marketing angle or techno angle) 49. marketing of SSI produt 50. warehousing 51. transport 52. IATA – role function 53. communication and custom service ...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Much of the empirical research on mutual funds has not given any significant contribution for the mutual fund investor. Unfortunately many mutual fund investor have probably never heard about these research results or their implications. They have heard some rules of thumb guidelines from their brokers or peers about how to select a particular fund. The purpose of this present study is to identify the selection criteria, investors seem to use in selecting a mutual fund institution that suits the investors investment objective and also to identify the factors that are responsible for the selection of schemes floated by these organisations. Further it attempts to identify the reactions from the respondents' namely mutual fund unit holders of Mysore towards the performance of the different schemes. The researcher has employed interview schedule for the collection of data to elicit views of the Mutual Fund investors. Individuals from all walks of life have been showing increasing participation in the stock market, a place where one can see their money doubling in a period of time or disappearing depending on how they play the game. With the stupendous growth in the capital market, direct investment in the stock market has definitely become next to impossible. And yet investors undertake investments with minimal risks of the working of stock exchanges. But in order that investments prove profitable; investors...
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