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Mutual Funds in India Info: #Part 2

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Check out my previous post : Mutual Funds in India Info: #Part 1:  https://mymamaa.blogspot.com/2019/12/mutual-funds-in-india-info-part-1.html Mutual Fund types by Company Size: By company size, mutual funds can be categorized as the following types: Large Cap Funds Mid-Cap Funds Small Cap Funds Let us see the details of each type. 1. Large Cap Funds: These funds invest a large portion of their corpus in companies with large market capitalization. These funds generally offer stable and sustainable returns over a period of time. These funds are classified as "Less volatile, less risk, less returns" type. 2. Mid-cap Funds: These funds invest a large portion of their corpus in companies with mid size market capitalization. These funds generally offer medium returns over a period of time. These funds are classified as "medium volatile, medium risk, medium returns" type 3. Small Cap Funds: These funds invest a large...

Mutual Funds in India Info: # Part 1

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What is Mutual Funds? A Mutual Fund is a trust that collects money from many investors and invest in various asset classes (equity,debt,liquid asset,etc). It is called "Mutual" because all the profit, loss, risks and dividends from the investments are shared among all the investors according to their contributions. History Of Mutual Funds Unit Trust of India (UTI) was the first mutual fund set up in India in the year 1963. In early 1990s, the Government allowed public sector Banks and Institutions to set up mutual funds. In the year 1992, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Act was established. The objectives of SEBI are: To formulate policies and regulates the mutual funds. To protect the interest of investors. To promote the development of securities market. In 1993, SEBI notified regulations for the mutual funds. After 1993, Private sector companies started to offer mutual funds. In 1996, the regulations were completely revise...