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A Mutual Fund is a popular investment vehicle for financial planning. It accumulates money from a group of investors and invests the corpus in a wide variety of financial asset classes like Equity, Debt, and Commodities etc. The value of the Mutual Fund is correlated to the performance of its composite assets.
In a Mutual Fund investment, when you buy a ‘Unit’, you invest in a section of the fund portfolio’s value. The price of a Mutual Fund is expressed as the Net Asset Value (NAV). It is calculated by dividing the current value of assets in the fund’s portfolio by the total number of units owned by all the investors. You can purchase or redeem Mutual Fund units, as per your requirement at fund’s current NAV. It is declared at the end of each trading day.
So Why Should You Invest In Mutual Funds?




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A mutual fund is a professionally-managed trust that pools the savings of many investors and invests them in securities like stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments. Investors in a mutual fund have a common financial goal and their money is invested in different asset classes in accordance with the fund’s investment objective. Any investment in such a financial instrument is termed mutual fund investment. Knowledge about a mutual fund scheme can be obtained from its Scheme Information Document (SID) and Fund Fact Sheet.
You can invest in Mutual Funds by logging in to ICICI Bank Internet Banking. Click on the ‘Investments and Insurance’ section > Invest online > Invest in Mutual Funds.
Alternatively, you can invest in MF through ICICI Bank’s iMobile Pay > click on the ‘Invest & Insure’ section > Invest > Mutual Funds.
Mutual Funds are a good investment option for investors looking to diversify their portfolios. Instead of taking exposure to only one company or industry, a Mutual Fund investor invests in different securities and minimises your portfolio's risk.
Mutual Fund returns are calculated by computing appreciation in the value of your investments over a period as compared to the initial investment. The Net Asset Value of Mutual Fund indicates its price and is used in calculating returns for your Mutual Fund investments.
Yes, please refer the below table for details:
Fund Type |
Short-term capital gains |
Long-term capital gains |
Equity Funds |
15%+cess+surcharge |
Up to Rs 1 lakh in a financial year is tax-exempt. Any gains above Rs 1 lakh are taxed at 10% +cess+surcharge |
Debt Funds |
Taxed at the investor’s income tax slab rate |
20% with indexation+cess+surcharge |
Hybrid equity-oriented funds |
15%+cess+surcharge |
Up to Rs 1 lakh in a financial year is tax-exempt. Any gains above Rs 1 lakh are taxed at 10% +cess+surcharge |
Hybrid debt-oriented funds |
Taxed at the investor’s income tax slab rate |
20% with indexation+cess+surcharge |
Dividend Taxation: The normal rate of TDS is 10% on the dividend income paid in excess of Rs 5,000 from a company or Mutual Fund firms. For Non-Resident Individuals, TDS is required to be deducted at the rate of 20% subject to the DTAA (Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement), if any.
Selecting a Mutual Fund is a two-step process – selection of the Mutual Fund category and selection of a scheme in that category.
Select the Mutual Fund category on the basis of the investment objective, time horizon and risk tolerance.
After selecting the Mutual Fund category, choose a Mutual Fund scheme within that category on the basis of its relative performance vs benchmark & its category and consistency of performance. The other important aspect in the scheme selection process is the AMC track record, fund manager’s experience, scheme’s Asset Under Management (AUM) & Expense ratio.
DISCLAIMER
Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks, please read all scheme related documents carefully. ICICI Bank Limited shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or shortfall resulting from the operations of the Mutual Fund scheme. Terms and conditions of ICICI Bank and third parties apply.