Mutual Fund Best Practices Guideline April 2015 by AMFI

Mutual Fund Best Practices Guideline by AMFI

 Association of Mutual Funds in India  (AMFI) recently issued a ‘Best practices guideline circular’, which said the new rules will be implemented from April 1, 2015 subject to review after three (3) months.

1. Members should pay up to 1% (100 bps) in the first year as upfront commission.

2. Advancing of trail commission, which was being done in the case of close-end schemes, should be avoided.

3. The lower upfront fees practice is an attempt to curb mis-selling.

4. Members to decide the level of upfront commission but the payout can not exceed 100 bps for the first year. If it is below 100 bps, it should not exceed the distributable TER.

5.  Upfront commission should not exceed 100 basis points for the first year. Further, upfront commission shall not exceed distributable TER (Total Expense Ratio) of the scheme if the same is below 100 basis points.

6. Additional incentives provided for distributors in smaller towns (B 15 towns) would be exempt from the cap. In mutual fund industry small towns are generally referred to as B15 (or beyond top 15 cities).

7. The guidelines would be applicable for "all open ended, close ended schemes as well as interval schemes, including liquid schemes, debt schemes and equity schemes etc, but would exclude exchange traded funds.

8. Systematic investment plan ( SIP) and systematic transfer plan (STP) for which requests were registered before April 1, 2105 would also be exempted from the cap.

There are a total of 45 mutual funds in the country and their total Average Asset Under Management currently stands at over Rs 12 lakh crore.

There is serious money involved. In 2013-14, about 350 top distributors earned as much as Rs. 2,582 crore, up 7% from Rs. 2,388 crore in 2012-13.

The average assets under management in March 2014 was Rs. 9 lakh crore. Since then, the assets have soared by 25% to Rs. 12 lakh crore and the distributor community is expected to earn significantly higher amount this year.

Mutual Fund Best Practices Guideline April 2015 by AMFI

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