scholarly journals Mutual Funds: An Outrageous Progression in Investment

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 1110-1112
Author(s):  
V.B. Karuna Moorthy, Et. al.
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Individual Investors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Money Flow ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
Small Investors ◽  
Fund Investment

Mutual funds are the key factor for the financial arbitrator. Corporations, governments, and individual investors are benefitted out of mutual funds on a large scale. Mutual funds seem to be an attractive scheme of investment among society. The new money flow in terms of investment yields enhanced results in mutual fund investment. Mutual funds attract small investors to benefit greatly due to diversified capabilities. Shareholders are benefited through mutual funds in numerous ways. This paper tries to analyse the importance of mutual funds and their need in this current scenario. Further, this paper also tries to investigate the ways in improving the growth of mutual fund investment plans among the public.

scholarly journals The Optimization of Sharia Mutual Fund as an Investment Means to Promote Financial Inclusion in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Teguh Tresna Puja Asmara ◽  
Lastuti Abubakar
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Investment Optimization ◽  
Small Investors ◽  
Fund Investment

Abstract : Sharia mutual fund can be used as an investment alternative for investors, especially for small investors or retailers. The excess of sharia mutual funds that can be reached by all groups shall be a means to promote financial inclusion in Indonesia. Based on data released by the Bank of Indonesia (BI), in 2018, financial inclusion or access to financial institutions of the Indonesian citizens is only 49% (forty-nine percent). Therefore, we need a concrete strategy to promote financial inclusion in Indonesia in which one of the strategies that can be applied is by optimizing sharia mutual funds as an investment means. This study aims to find out the regulation and legal protection of investors in implementing sharia mutual fund investments in the marketplace. The method used was a normative juridical emphasizing on legal research literatures or secondary data. The results showed that sharia mutual funds can be one of the means in promoting financial inclusion program as it can be reached by all groups, especially small investors or retailers. The optimization of sharia mutual funds can be done by utilizing advanced technology in which one of them is the implementation of sharia mutual fund investments through the marketplace. Sharia mutual fund investment in the marketplace has the potential to develop as it can be done easily, quickly, and cheaply. However, the implementation of sharia mutual fund investments in the marketplace still requires strengthening regulations to provide legal certainty and legal protection for its users.Keywords: Investment, Optimization, Sharia Mutual Funds.�Optimalisasi Reksadana Syariah sebagai Sarana Investasi dalam Rangka Memajukan Keuangan Inklusif di IndonesiaAbstrak : Reksadana syariah dapat dijadikan salah satu alternatif investasi bagi investor, khususnya investor kecil atau ritel. Kelebihan reksadana syariah yang dapat dijangkau oleh semua kalangan dapat menjadi sarana dalam rangka memajukan keuangan inklusif di Indonesia. Berdasarkan data Bank Indonesia (BI) pada tahun 2018 inklusi keuangan atau akses terhadap lembaga keuangan masyarakat Indonesia hanya sebesar 49% (empat puluh sembilan persen). Oleh karenanya diperlukan strategi dan langkah-langkah konkrit guna memajukan inklusif keuangan di Indonesia yang salah satunya dapat melalui pengoptimalan reksadana syariah sebagai sarana investasi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengaturan dan perlindungan hukum investor dalam pelaksanaan investasi reksadana syariah di marketplace. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah yuridis normatif dengan menitik beratkan kepada penelitian hukum kepustakaan atau data sekunder. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa reksadana syariah dapat menjadi salah satu sarana dalam mendukung program keuangan inklusif dikarenakan dapat dijangkau oleh semua kalangan terutama investor kecil atau ritel. Optimalisasi reksadana syariah dapat dilakukan dengan cara memanfaatkan penggunaan teknologi secara muktahir, salah satunya yaitu pelaksanaan investasi reksadana syariah melalui marketplace. Investasi reksadana syariah di marketplace sangat berpotensi berkembang dikarenakan investasi reksadananya dapat dilakukan dengan mudah, cepat, dan murah. Namun pelaksanaan investasi reksadana syariah di marketplace tersebut masih memerlukan penguatan regulasi guna memberikan kepastian dan perlindungan hukum yang kuat bagi para penggunanya.Kata kunci: Investasi, Optimalisasi, Reksadana Syariah

scholarly journals Sharia mutual funds performance in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robiyanto Robiyanto ◽  
Michael Alexander Santoso ◽  
Rihfenti Ernayani
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Fund Performance ◽  
Measurement Methods ◽  
Mutual Fund Performance ◽  
Information Ratio ◽  
The Public ◽  
Fund Investment

The study aims to measure each Sharia mutual fund performance and compare with market performance in Indonesia. Sharia mutual fund investment instruments in Indonesia have positive developments over the period from 2012 to 2017. These positive developments add to the option of investment instruments for public, especially investors who put forward the principles of Sharia. This research was conducted so that the public could have scientific information about Sharia mutual funds that have the best performance. The study found consistent results regarding Sharia mutual funds with the best performance on Sharpe and Jensen measurement methods. The best performing Sharia mutual fund by using those methods was PNM Syariah, while the lowest-performing mutual fund was PNM Amanah Syariah if measured by using Sharpe Index and PNM Ekuitas Syariah if measured by using Jensen Alpha. Different results were found when Sharia mutual fund performance was measured using Treynor Ratio Information Ratio, where the best Sharia mutual fund performance was by Manulife Syariah Sectoral Amanah mutual fund while the lowest performance was by Cipta Syariah Equity mutual fund. This findings are expected to be useful for Sharia-based investors.

scholarly journals Mutual fund investors perception in India-a study

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1.1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
R. Udhayasankar ◽  
K. Maran
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Fund Raising ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Derivative Instruments ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Small Investors ◽  
Investment Option ◽  
Short Span

Mutual fund is four decades old in India.  It was started by UTI during the year 1964 with few schemes for small investors. During this short span of time it has made tremendous growth in Indian small investors. But now a day’s its volume of investors and sources of investment also growing tremendous level. Moreover mutual fund scheme have added new dimension to overcome financial risk of small investors and also in fund raising capacity of corporate sectors. Mutual fund investors can diversify even more by purchasing different kind of stocks which will helps to spreading out investors’ money across different types of derivative instruments and hence it reduces the risk tremendously up to certain extent and it is automatically diversify in a predetermined category of investments. This serves bridge work between small investors and corporate sectors likewise considering those points in this paper is an attempt to know the investors’ perceptions towards selected mutual funds. This paper makes an attempt to identify various factors affecting perception of investors regarding investment in mutual funds. The findings will helpful to identify the investors’ interest base and factors clearly and it reveals that the investors consider mutual funds as flexible investment option and it creates interest of investment among small investors.

A study of prominence for disposition effect: a systematic review

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Aliya Zahera ◽  
Rohit Bansal
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Behavioral Finance ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Institutional Investors ◽  
Disposition Effect ◽  
Individual Investors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Experimental Market ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the disposition effect that is exhibited by the investors through the review of research articles in the area of behavioral finance. When the investors are hesitant to realize the losses and quick to realize the gains, this phenomenon is known as the disposition effect. This paper explains various theories, which have been evolved over the years that has explained the phenomenon of disposition effect. It includes the behavior of individual investors, institutional investors and mutual fund managers. Design/methodology/approach The authors have used the existing literatures from the various authors, who have studied the disposition effect in either real market or the experimental market. This paper includes literature over a period of 40 years, that is, Dyl, 1977, in the form of tax loss selling, to the most recent paper, Surya et al. (2017). Some authors have used the PGR-PLR ratio for calculating the disposition effect in their study. However, some authors have used t-test, ANNOVA, Correlation coefficient, Standard deviation, Regression, etc., as a tool to find the presence of disposition effect. Findings The effect of disposition can be changed for different types of individual investors, institutional investors and mutual funds. The individual investors are largely prone to the disposition effect and the demographic variables like age, gender, experience, investor sophistication also impact the occurrence of the disposition effect. On the other side, the institutional investors and mutual funds managers may or may not be affected by the disposition effect. Practical implications The skilled understanding of the disposition effect will help the investors, financial institutions and policy-makers to reduce the adverse effect of this bias in the stock market. This paper contributes a detailed explanation of disposition effect and its impacts on the investors. The study of disposition effect has been found to be insufficient in the context of Indian capital market. Social implications The investors and society at large can gains insights about causes and influences of disposition effect which will be helpful to create sound investment decisions. Originality/value This paper has complied the 11 causes for the occurrence of disposition effect that are found by the different authors. The paper also highlights the impact of the disposition effect in the decision-making of various investors.

scholarly journals Retail investors‟ satisfaction towardsmutual funds in tamil nadu

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-170
Author(s):  
Prathap G ◽  
Rajamohan A
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Professional Advice ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Retail Investors ◽  
Corporate Securities ◽  
Small Investors

Among various financial instruments, i.e., shares, bonds and debentures. Mutual Fund is a special type of financial instrument that pools the funds of investors who seek to maximize return on investment. Stocks provide high total returns with commensurate level of risk, while bonds may provide lower risks along with regular income. Small investors face a lot of problems in the share market, limited resources, lack of professional advice, lack of information etc. Mutual funds have come as a much needed help to these investors. It is a special type of institutional device or an investment vehicle through which the investors pool their savings which are to be invested under the guidance of a team of experts in wide variety of portfolios of corporate securities in such a way, so as to minimize risk, while ensuring safety and steady return on investment.

scholarly journals PERSISTENSI KINERJA REKSA DANA SAHAM DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Dimas Rahmat Wijaya ◽  
Dedi Rusdi
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Capital Markets ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Research Use ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Crisis Period ◽  
The Public ◽  
Investment Option

Investors are required to be more prudent in determining the investment option since many choices For investing in a mutual funds are popped . So some research is needed to review the performance of mutual funds that active in Stock exchange to be a reference in predicting the performance of mutual funds next year. This research use data from the beginning of the period 2007 until the end of 2012 or from the beginning of the global crisis period and during the crisis period is underway , it is expected to provide accurate results as a benchmark to invest in mutual funds . Because nowaday, the development of the capital markets is used by firms to raise funds from the public . The results of this study showed the presence of persistence in the performance of quarterly, semi annually, annually and biennial mutual fund shares at the Indonesia Stock Exchange . While the monthly and triennial performance of mutual fund shares in Indonesia Stock Exchange did not persistence.

scholarly journals A STUDY ON RISK & RETURN ANALYSIS OF SELECTED SECURITIES IN INDIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
P. Subramanyam ◽  
Nalla Kalyan
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Risk Return ◽  
Interesting Insight ◽  
Small Investors ◽  
Insight Into

The main objective of the study is to give investors a basic idea of investing into the mutual funds and encourage them to invest in those areas where they can maximize the return on their capital. The research provided an interesting insight into awareness about the mutual funds, risk taking abilities of investors and investment options preferred etc. The Indian Capital has been increasing tremendously during the last few years. With reforms of economy, reforms of investing policy, reforms of public sector and reforms of financial sector, the economy has been opened up and many developments have been taking place in the Indian money market and Capital market. In order to help the small investors, mutual fund industry has come to occupy an important place. This study helps us to understand how the companies diversify themselves in different sectors and in different companies to maximize the returns and to minimize the risks involved in it.

scholarly journals The Performance of Sharia Equity Fund Investment Manager

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Anni Maftukhah
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Fund Raising ◽  
Ratio Method ◽  
Equity Fund ◽  
Turnover Ratio ◽  
Investment Manager ◽  
Fund Investment ◽  
Fund Size

Sharia mutual funds are fund raising activities from investors to be managed by investment managers with sharia-based management, namely by not investing funds in companies whose types and scope of business are not in accordance with Islamic sharia. This study was conducted to determine the effect of turnover ratio, expenses ratio, fund size, managerial tenure, and fund selection skills on the performance of sharia mutual fund investment managers in Indonesia. The data used in this study are monthly Net Asset Value, BI rate, IHSG, annual turnover data, annual expenses ratio data, and prospectus of 9 sharia stock mutual funds from December 2014 to December 2018. Samples were taken based on the purposive sampling method during this research. The measurement of the performance of sharia equity fund investment managers uses the Sharpe Ratio method. The method used is multiple linear regression analysis and classic assumption tests using descriptive statistical tests, multicollinearity tests, and heteroscedasticity tests using EVIEWS 10 statistical software. The results of this study indicate that turnover ratio, fund size, fund selection skills significantly influence performance Islamic mutual fund investment manager. While expenses and managerial tenure ratios do not significantly influence the performance of investment managers in Islamic mutual funds.

scholarly journals Performance of Sharia Mutual Fund: The Analysis of Asset Allocation in Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-169
Author(s):  
Moh. Benny Alexandri ◽  
Meita Pragiwani ◽  
Dhylla Laiela
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Asset Allocation ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Fund Performance ◽  
Mutual Fund Performance ◽  
Allocation Policy ◽  
Optimum Performance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Lack Of Information

Abstract Mutual fund has already existed in Indonesia since 1995 but it has not been socialized. It was due to lack of information to the public about how to invest in stock market, especially in mutual fund. So that, the public have difficulties in assessing and selecting the mutual fund that can provide optimum performance and has benefits affecting the growth of mutual fund. The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of asset allocation policy (sharia stocks, sharia bonds (sukuk), and mudharabah deposits) on the performance of mixed sharia mutual fund in Indonesia during 2010-2013. The type of this research is descriptive-verification analysis. The samples used are seven mixed sharia mutual funds in each year. So the total number of samples are twenty eight mixed sharia mutual funds during 2010-2013. The result shows that asset allocation policy for sharia stocks, asset allocation policy for sharia bonds (sukuk), and asset allocation policy for mudharabah deposits are simultaneously affecting mixed sharia mutual fund performance. It is simultaniously indicated 0.522 or approximately 52.2%.

scholarly journals Influence of Investors’ Preference towards SBI Mutual Fund in Chennai City

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4S3) ◽  
pp. 158-160
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Funds ◽  
Mutual Fund ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Risk Tolerance ◽  
Predominant Role ◽  
Large Share ◽  
Small Investors ◽  
Chennai City ◽  
Real Assets

In India, the savings from individual households contribute a large share in the capital appreciation. There are various ways such as purchase of real assets, Shares, stocks and securities in which the savings can be invested. Mutual Funds play a predominant role in collecting the funds from small investors and invest in balanced portfolio of securities. Investors have completely different outlook while they choose of investing in a specific avenue. The primary objective of investor is to safeguard his saving in safer and liquid investment opportunity taking into account his anticipation and his risk tolerance capacity. Hence, an attempt is made to identify the preferential attitude of investors and its influence on SBI mutual fund schemes taking into account social economic individual saving habit, social, economic, individual savings pattern and the level of confidence on investment schemes.

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