II. Legal and Regulatory Environment of Mutual Funds
Regulatory Framework for Real Estate Mutual Funds
Investment Norms for Mutual Funds
SEBI Norms for Mutual Funds’ investment in Derivatives
SEBI norms with respect to change in controlling interest of an AMC
Changes in Mutual Fund Schemes
III. Fund Distribution and Sales Practices
Internet and Mobile Technologies
Stock Exchanges
IV. Investment and Risk Management
Fundamental Analysis
Technical Analysis
Quantitative Analysis
Debt Investment Management
Issues for a Debt Fund Manager
Derivatives
Application of Derivatives
V. Valuation of Schemes
Equities
Debt
Non-Performing Assets and Provisioning for NPAs
Gold
Real Estate
VI. Accounting
Net Asset Value
Investor Transactions
Distributable Reserves
Unique Aspects of Real Estate Schemes Accounting
VII. Taxation
Taxes for AMCs: Securities Transaction Tax and Income Distribution Tax
Taxes for Investors: Securities Transaction Tax, Taxes on Dividend, Capital Gains, Set-off and Carry Forward of Losses, Dividend Stripping and Bonus Stripping.
VIII. Investor Services
New Fund Offer
Open-end Fund
Closed-end Fund
Exchange Traded Fund
Nomination and Pledge
IX. Scheme Evaluation
Measures of Return
Measures of Risk
Benchmarks and Relative Returns
Risk-adjusted Returns
Limitations of Quantitative Evaluation
X. Asset Classes and Alternate Investment Products
Historical Returns
Perspectives on Asset Class Returns
Alternative Investment Products
XI. Cases in Financial Planning
Practical Aspects of Financial Planning (cases/examples)
XII. Ethics and Investor Protection
Code of Conduct
Mis-selling
Safeguards in Mutual Fund Structure
Regulatory Steps for Protecting Investors Against Fraud