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Schemes, other than ELSS, need to allot units or refund money within 5 business days of
closure of the NFO.
In the event of delays in refunds (in case of NFOs), investors need to be paid interest at the
rate of 15 percent p.a. for the period of the delay. This interest cannot be charged to the scheme.
Open-ended schemes, other than ELSS, have to re-open for ongoing sale / re-purchase within
5 business days of allotment.
o In the case of post-NFO investment – within 5 working days from the day of receiving the
receipt of request from the unitholders, a confirmation has to be sent to the registered email or
mobile phone giving details of the number of units allotted.
Ongoing – once every calendar quarter (March, June, September, December) within 10
working days of the end of the quarter
ii. Unit-holders are given the option to exit at the prevailing Net Asset Value, without any exit
load. This exit window has to be open for at least 30 days.
The appointment of the AMC for a mutual fund can be terminated by a majority of the trustees or
by 75 percent of the unit-holders (in practice, Unit-holding) of the Scheme.
75 percent of the unit-holders (in practice, Unit-holding) can pass a resolution to wind-up a
scheme.
The Trustees are bound to obtain consent of the unit-holders:
o Whenever required to do so by SEBI, in the interest of the unit-holders
If an investor feels that the trustees have not fulfilled their obligations, then he can file a suit
against the trustees for breach of trust. Consolidation of Schemes:
Merger or consolidation of schemes is not considered a change in the fundamental attribute of
the surviving scheme if the following conditions are met:
a) There is no other change in the Fundamental attributes of the surviving scheme i.e. the scheme
which remains in existence after the merger.
b) Mutual Funds are able to demonstrate that the circumstances merit merger or consolidation of
schemes and the interest of the unit holders of surviving scheme is not adversely affected.
c) After approval by the Boards of AMCs and Trustees, the mutual funds shall file such proposal
with SEBI. SEBI would communicate its observations on the proposal within the time period
prescribed.
d) The letter to unit holders shall be issued only after the final observations communicated by
SEBI have been incorporated and final copies of the same have been filed with SEBI
If the investor claims the money after 3 years, then payment is based on the NAV at the end of
3 years
AMC is expected to make a continuous effort to remind the investors through letters to claim
their dues.
The Annual Report has to mention the unclaimed amount and the number of such investors for
each scheme.
3.3.5 Proceeds of Illiquid Securities
It is possible that a security was treated as wholly or partly non-recoverable at the time of
maturity or winding up of a scheme. The security may subsequently yield a higher amount to the
scheme. Treatment of such excess is as follows: 59
If the amounts are substantial, and recovered within 2 years, then the amount is to be paid to the
old investors.
In other cases, the amount is to be transferred to the Investor Education Fund maintained by
each mutual fund.