A Mutual Fund Is a Trust That Pools the Savings of a Number of Investors Who Share a Common Financial Goal
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ABSTRACT A Mutual Fund is a trust that pools the savings of a number of investors who share a common financial goal. The money thus collected is then invested in capital market instruments such as shares, debentures and other securities. The income earned through these investments and capital appreciation realized is shared by its unit holders in proportion to the number of units owned by them. The term risk has a variety of meanings in business and everyday life. At its most general level, risk is used to describe any situation where there is uncertainty about what outcome will occur. Life is obviously very risky. Even the short term future is often highly uncertain. In probability and statistics, financial management and investment management, risk is often used in more specific sense to indicate possible variability of outcomes around some expected value. This study aims to study the investor‟s preference in selection of Mutual fund and measuring the fund sponsor quality. 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. Being a part of financial markets although mutual funds industry is responding very fast by analyze investor‟s perception and expectations. INDUSTRY PROFILE Investors all over the world are making fast money from mutual fund investments. It's true that mutual funds are volatile in nature and its return is subjected to market risk. But if you are a smart investor and is also quite aware of the well-performing MF in the market, then investment not only becomes easy but also profitable and risk free. Here is the list of top 10 mutual funds in which one would like to invest in 2013, as they were top performing MF in the last 12 months, as stated by Mutual Funds India. 1. ICICI Prudential Banking and Financial Services Fund - Retail Type: Open Ended Fund Manager: Venkatesh Sanjeevi Launch Date: August 22, 2008 Fund Size (in Crore): 209.2 as on November 30, 2012 Minimum Investment (in ):): 5000 It is an Open-ended equity scheme that seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation to unit holders from a portfolio that is invested predominantly in equity and equity related securities of companies engaged in banking and financial services. However, there can be no assurance that the investment objective of the Scheme will be realized. The Net Asset Value (NAV) for the scheme is 22.52 as on December 21, 2012. The 52 week high value of the scheme is 22.86 as on December 19, 2012 and 52 week low value was 13.24 as on Deccember 30, 2011. Since its inception, the Risk Return Value (RRV) has been 20.60 percent and for the month has been 7.75 percent. The Earnings Per Share (EPS) is 15.90 as on November 2012. The top holdings are HDFC Bank, ICICI BANK, State Bank of India, IndusInd Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, Union Bank Of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Yes Bank, Federal Bank and ING Vysya Bank. 2. Reliance Media & Entertainment Type: Open Ended Launch Date: September 30, 2004 Fund Size (in Crore): 85.73 as on November 30, 2012 Minimum Investment (in ): 5000 The primary investment objective of the Scheme is to generate consistent returns by investing in equity / equity related or fixed income securities of media & entertainment and other associated companies. The Net Asset Value (NAV) for the scheme is 38.59 as on December 21, 2012. The 52 week high value of the scheme is 39.18 as on December 20, 2012 and 52 week low value was 24.44 as on January 2, 2012. Since its inception, the Risk Return Value (RRV) has been 17.83 percent and for the month has been 6.94 percent. The Earnings Per Share (EPS) is 21.63 as on November 2012. The top holdings are Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Hathway Cable & Datacom, PVR, Hinduja TMT, Sun TV, Jagran Prakashan, Dish TV India, Hindustan Media Ventures, HT Media and Network 18 Media & Investments. 3. SBI Magnum Sector Funds Umbrella - FMCG Type: Open Ended Fund Manager: Saurabh Pant. Launch Date: Jul 5, 1999 Fund Size (in Crore): 160.41 as on November 30, 2012 Minimum Investment (in ): 2000 To provide the investors maximum growth opportunity through equity investments in stocks of growth oriented sectors of the economy. There are five sub-funds dedicated to specific investment themes viz. Information Technology,Pharmaceuticals, FMCG, Contrarian (investment in stocks currently out of favour) and Emerging Businesses. The Net Asset Value (NAV) for the scheme is 49.38 as on December 21, 2012. The 52 week high value of the scheme is 51.01 as on December 11, 2012 and 52 week low value was 31.95 as on January 2, 2012. Since its inception, the Risk Return Value (RRV) has been 13.55 percent and for the month has been 3.61 percent. The Earnings Per Share (EPS) is 38.76 as on November 2012. The top holdings are ITC, Glaxo Smithkline Consumer, Hindustan Unilever, Agro Tech Foods, United Spirits, Emami, Kansai Nerolac Paints, Procter and Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare, VST Industries and Dabur India. 4. SBI Magnum Sector Funds Umbrella - Emerg Buss Fund Type: Open Ended Fund Manager: Rama Iyer Srinivasan. Launch Date: September 17, 2004 Fund Size (in Crore): 1032.45 as on November 30, 2012 Minimum Investment (in ): 2000 To provide the investors maximum growth opportunity through equity investments in stocks of growth oriented sectors of the economy. There are five sub-funds dedicated to specific investment themes viz. Information Technology, Pharmaceuticals, FMCG, Contrarian (investment in stocks currently out of favour) and Emerging Businesses. The investment objective of the Emerging Business Fund would be to participate in the growth potential presented by various companies that are considered emergent and have export orientation/outsourcing opportunities or are globally competitive by investing in the stocks representing such companies.The fund may also evaluate emerging businesses with growth potential and domestic focus. The Net Asset Value (NAV) for the scheme is 58.81 as on December 21, 2012. The 52 week high value of the scheme is 59.50 as on December 19, 2012 and 52 week low value was 38.85 as on January 2, 2012. Since its inception, the Risk Return Value (RRV) has been 23.91 percent and for the month has been 5.32 percent. The Earnings Per Share (EPS) is 24.41 as on November 2012. The top holdings are Spicejet, Muthoot Finance, Shriram City Union Finance, Kansai Nerolac Paints, Goodyear India, Petronet Lng, VST Industries, Hawkins Cooker, Page Industries and United Spirits. 5. Reliance Banking Fund - Regular - Growth Type: Open Ended Fund Manager: Sanjay Parekh and Shrey Loonkar Launch Date: May 26, 2003 Fund Size (in Crore): 1899.07 as on November 30, 2012 Minimum Investment (in ): 5000 The primary investment objective of the Scheme is to seek to generate continuous returns by actively investing in equity and equity related or fixed income securities of companies in the banking sector. The Net Asset Value (NAV) for the scheme is 117.37 as on December 21, 2012. The 52 week high value of the scheme is 119.36 as on December 19, 2012 and 52 week low value was 74.83 as on December 29, 2011. Since its inception, the Risk Return Value (RRV) has been 29.31 percent and for the month has been 7.76 percent. The Earnings Per Share (EPS) is 14.03 as on November 2012. The top holdings are ICICI BANK, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, State Bank of India, Federal Bank, Bank of Baroda, Axis Bank, Canara Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and ING Vysya Bank. 6. Religare Banking Type: Open Ended Fund Manager: Amit Ganatra. Launch Date: Jul 14, 2008 Fund Size (in Crore): 49.74 as on November 30, 2012 Minimum Investment (in ): 5000 The investment objective of the Scheme is to generate long-term capital growth from a portfolio of equity and equity-related securities of companies engaged in the business of banking and financial services. The Net Asset Value (NAV) for the scheme is 23.39 as on December 21, 2012. The 52 week high value of the scheme is 23.78 as on December 19, 2012 and 52 week low value was 15.07 as on December 30, 2011. Since its inception, the Risk Return Value (RRV) has been 21.09 percent and for the month has been 6.22 percent. The Earnings Per Share (EPS) is 17.02 as on November 2012. The top holdings are ICICI BANK, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Karur Vysya Bank, Federal Bank, Corporation Bank, ING Vysya Bank, Yes Bank and State Bank of India. 7. GS Bank Type: Open Ended Fund Manager: Vishal Jain. Launch Date: May 27, 2004 Fund Size (in Crore): 61.5 as on November 30, 2012 Minimum Investment (in ): 10000 To provide investment return that closely corresponds to the returns of the securities as represented by the CNX Bank Index. The Net Asset Value (NAV) for the scheme is 1,251.62 as on December 21, 2012. The 52 week high value of the scheme is 1,271.48 as on December 19, 2012 and 52 week low value was 807.07 as on December 30, 2011-. Since its inception, the Risk Return Value (RRV) has been 20.97 percent and for the month has been 7.36 percent. The Earnings Per Share (EPS) is 19.64 as on November 2012. The top holdings are HDFC Bank, ICICI BANK, State Bank of India, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank, Bank of Baroda, Yes Bank, Punjab National Bank and Canara Bank.