1.1. Introduction Mutual Funds in India – History The concept of Mutual Funds in India emerged as success as early as 1990s, when Government allowed public sector banks and institutions to launch mutual funds schemes. Unit Trust of India was the first Mutual Fund in India set-up in the year 1963 Security and exchange Board of India (SEBI) act was passed in the year 1192. The objectives of SEBI are - to regulate security market and protect the interests of investor community. It is regulatory
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needs to be considered into. Why do momentum strategies exist? Refer to both behavioural and market-based argumentations. Momentum strategies are the stock analysis stool exists in the financial evaluation process, also in funds and currency investment. According to Chan, Jegadeesh, and Lakonishok J (1996) said, "it is a strategy that buying stocks in a high returns over the past three to twelve months, and selling those that had the poor returns over the same period." In
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the definitions of two different funds, then after identifying the main difference between them, it will talk about the advantages and disadvantages for each other. Finally, it will come up with a conclusion. Unit trusts and investment trusts are two types of funds that people can invest in as a private investor in the world. They together form the very fundamental way of how funds operate. Unit trusts are‘open-ended’funds, which means that the size of the fund and the number of units depends
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active and passive management Active and passive management are the two classes in which the investment strategies are categorized. Active management is whereby financial professionals try to outperform a specific benchmark. Passive funds like the exchange traded funds (ETFs) are whereby the index is tracked with no active stock selection (Barr, 2009). The risk of a failing a benchmark or index can be reduced through passive investment. Passive investment also reduces the cost. The active investment
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Towerton Financial Services13 Towerton Financial Services, a brokerage firm, started with a focus on stock trading and mutual funds. As the business grew, Towerton diversified into two new product lines, investment account management and financial planning. Although revenue has grown with the new product lines, Towerton’s management is disappointed with the firm’s profitability. (See Exhibit 5-13 for the most recent monthly income statement, which is typical for the company.) Towerton’s three groups
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Evaluating the Performance of Socially Responsible Investment Funds: A Holding Data Analysis H. Camilla Stenström* Jessica J. Thorell** Abstract: This paper investigates the performance of regular mutual funds compared to Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) mutual funds, over the time period of January 2001 to September 2007. The paper extends the research on the performance of SRI funds by using holding data of regular funds to create replicating portfolios. In the replicating portfolios
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of which are mutual funds. A mutual fund is a portfolio of assets. When you purchase shares in a mutual fund, you are actually purchasing partial ownership of the fund's assets. The return of the fund is the weighted average of the return of assets owned by the fund, minus any expenses. The largest expense is typically the management fee, paid to the fund manager. The management fee is compensation for the manager, who makes all of the investment decisions for the fund. S&S Air uses Arias
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TITLE Analysis of how Mutual Funds can be used as a dynamic tool for diversification.. INTRODUCTION There are a lot of investment avenues available today in the financial market for an investor with an invest-able surplus. He can invest in Bank Deposits, Corporate Debentures, and Bonds where there is low risk but low return. He may invest in Stock of companies where the risk is high and the returns are also proportionately high. The recent trends in the Stock Market have shown that an
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Mutual Fund Industries Introduction A mutual fund is financial intermediary that allows investors to pool their money in accordance with predetermined investment objective. The fund manager is responsible for investing the gathered money into bonds, stocks, short-term money market instruments and/or other securities. Thus Mutual fund issues units to the investors and they become a shareholder or unit holder of the fund. The main advantage to mutual funds is that Investment in securities are
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strategies The mutual fund invests mainly in the stocks of mid- and large-capitalization U.S. sports manufacturing product companies whose revenues and, or earnings are expected to grow faster and has a history of paying dividend It will not invest more than 15% of its asset in one company, and believes that mid- and large capitalization U.S. companies stocks will be more resistant to market declines than stocks of average companies and those that do not pay dividends. The fund relies on the professional
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