Indian Mutual Fund Industry Trends and Issues

A mutual fund is a pool of money from numerous investors who wish to save or make money just like you. Investing in a mutual fund can be a lot easier than buying and selling individual stocks and bonds on your own. Investors can sell their shares when they want. The Indian mutual fund industry has shown relatively slow growth in the period FY 10–13 growing at a CAGR of approximately 3.2 per cent. Average (AUM) stood at INR 8, 140 billion as of September 2013. This paper focuses on market share of mutual fund, performance of mutual fund, future potential of mutual fund industry and emerging trends of mutual fund.