An Empirical Analysis of Performance and Evaluation of Mutual Funds in India

Abstract

The mutual fund sectors are one of the fastest growing sectors in Indian Economy and have awesome potential for sustained future growth. Mutual funds make saving and investing simple, accessible, and affordable. The advantages of mutual funds include professional management, diversification, variety, liquidity, affordability, convenience, and ease of recordkeeping—as well as strict government regulation and full disclosure. Financial markets are becoming more extensive with wide-ranging financial products trying innovations in designing mutual funds portfolio but these changes need unification in correspondence with investor’s expectations. Thus, it has become imperative to study mutual funds from a different angle, which is to focus on investor’s perception and expectations. This research paper focused attention on number of factors that highlights investors’ perception about mutual funds. It was found that mutual funds were not that much known to investors, still investor rely upon bank and post office deposits, most of the investor used to invest in mutual fund for not more than 3 years and they used to quit from the fund which were not giving desired results. Equity option and SIP mode of investment were on top priority in investors’ list. It was also found that maximum number of investors did not analyze risk in their investment and they were depend upon their broker and agent for this work.