The Regulation of Mutual Fund • Transparency: The holdings of mutual funds are publicly available, although there are sometimes delays in reporting. This ensures that investors are getting what they pay for. • Liquidity: Shares of mutual funds are redeemed by the fund company on the trade date, and this ensures daily liquidity for investors. • Audited Track Records: Funds must maintain their performance track records and they're audited for accuracy so investors can trust the fund’s stated returns. • Safety: Fund shareholders receive an amount of cash that equals their portion of ownership in the fund when a mutual fund company goes out of business. Alternatively, the fund’s board of directors might elect a new investment adviser to manage the funds. Balance Sheet LIABILITIES 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Shareholder’s 2,20,00,000 2,31,00,000 2,42,55,000 2,54,67,750 2,67,41,138 Fund Short-term 6,00,000 6,12,000 6,24,240 6,36,754.8 6,49,459.3 Provision Long-term 21,00,000 21,84,000 22,71,360 23,62,214 24,56,703 Provision 2,47,00,000 2,58,96,000 2,71,50,600 2,84,66,688.8 2,98,47,300.3 ASSETS 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Furniture's 40,75,000 41,97,250 43,23,167.5 44,52,862.5 45,86,448.4 Cash in hand 1,45,25,000 1,54,53,750 1,56,82,873 1,58,03,772 1,57,86,740 Cash at bank 21,00,000 21,84,000 22,71,360 23,62,214.4 24,56,703 Licences and 40,00,000 40,00,000 48,73,199 58,47,840 70,71,408 Permits(Trade Assets) 2,47,00,000 2,58,96,000 2,71,50,599.5 2,84,66,688.9 2,98,47,299.4 New rules as per SEBI issued for Mutual Fund Industry • All liquid schemes have to hold at least 20 per cent in liquid assets such as cash, government securities • A debt scheme can only invest up to 20 per cent of its assets in one sector. The sectorial cap was previously higher at 25 per cent. Also, the additional exposure of 15 per cent to housing finance companies (HFCs) has been restructured to 10 per cent in HFCs and 5 per cent exposure in securitized debt based on retail housing loan and affordable housing loan portfolios. • Liquid and overnight schemes will no longer be permitted to invest in short-term deposits, debt and money market instruments having structured obligations or credit enhancements. • A graded exit load will be levied on investors of liquid schemes who exit the scheme up to a period of seven days. • MF schemes will now be mandated to invest only in listed non-convertible debenture (NCDs). In addition, all fresh investments in commercial papers (CPs) and equity shares will only be allowed in listed securities pursuant to issuance of guidelines by the regulator. Licenses • As per Regulation 7 of SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996- the sponsor contributes at least 40% to the net worth of the AMC. • Appointment of a custodian in order to keep custody of the securities and carry out the custodian activities as may be authorized by the trustees. • The registration in form A prescribed under Schedule I of SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations 1996. It may be noted here that as per the proviso to Reg. 7 (c) of the Regulations, any person who holds 40% or more of the net worth of an asset management company shall be deemed to be a sponsor and will be required to apply in Form A along with non-refundable fee INR 5 lakh. • NISM(National Institute of Securities Markets) Certification.