Wednesday, July 15, 2009

MUTUAL FUND ENTRY LOAD SCRAPPED


  • There shall be no entry load for all mutual fund schemes.
  • The scheme application forms shall carry a suitable disclosure to the effect that the upfront commission to distributors will be paid by the investor directly to the distributor, based on his assessment of various factors including the service rendered by the distributor.
  • Of the exit load or CDSC charged to the investor, a maximum of 1% of the redemption proceeds shall be maintained in a separate account which can be used by the AMC to pay commissions to the distributor and to take care of other marketing and selling expenses. Any balance shall be credited to the scheme immediately.
  • The distributors should disclose all the commissions (in the form of trail commission or any other mode) payable to them for the different competing schemes of various mutual funds from among st which the scheme is being recommended to the investor.

This circular shall be applicable with effect from August 1, 2009

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