SMART JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STUDIES VOL. 1 NO. 2 PAPER 18
 
MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA
 
R.Nagarajan* and M.Babu**
*  Adaikalamatha Institute of Management, Vallam, Thanjavur, India
** Research Scholar, Department of Commerce, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India
 
During the last few decades, the global financial scenario has witnessed several significant developments of which the initiation of new and innovative financial services is significant. A mutual fund means pooling the investments of a number of investors by way of investment in units of equal size. Mutual funds is known by different names in different countries. In the United Kingdom (UK), they are called “Investment Trusts” while in the United States of America (USA) and most other countries, they are called “Investment Companies.” The mutual fund industry in the present context is characterized by an increasing number of players, competition between the public and private funds and the rising prominence of this financial instrument in the Indian financial market. Hence the present overview of the mutual funds in India in the present article.
 
KEYWORDS: Mutual fund, Least Square, Open-ended Schemes JEL CLASSIFICATIONS: G10, G20 FULL TEXT