Mutual Funds and SEBI Regulations

A Mutual Fund is a form of collective investment that pools money from many investors and invests the money in stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, and/or other securities. Now a day's these Mutual funds are very popular because they provide an excellent way for anyone to direct a portion of their income towards a particular investment. In order to help the small investors, mutual fund industry has come to occupy an important place. Mutual funds provide an easy way for small investors to make long-term, diversified, professionally managed investments at a reasonable cost. The purpose and objective of this article is to study meaning and nature of Mutual funds, procedure, importance of SEBI and its mechanism in India, and also examine the growth of mutual funds and analyze the operations of mutual funds and suggest some measures to make it a successful scheme in India.