Caveat emptor

This one is not written up yet

The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.

Written up from the same chapter

• Base Expense RatioThe management-and-administration slice of a scheme's cost, capped by the SEBI slabs — the first and largest of the four components that add up to Total Expense Ratio.
• Corporate Debt Market Development FundA close-ended Category I AIF, formed as a trust with a 15-year tenure, that buys investment-grade corporate bonds from debt mutual fund schemes when SEBI declares a market dislocation.
• Due diligence certificateThe formal certificate a lead manager signs and files with SEBI at prescribed stages of an issue, confirming that it has verified the issuer's disclosures and that the offer document is compliant.
• Execution only platformA SEBI-recognised digital platform that carries out subscription, redemption and switch transactions in direct plans of mutual fund schemes only — registered with AMFI (Category 1) or as a stock broker (Category 2).
• Fund factsheetThe monthly scheme summary an AMC publishes voluntarily — portfolio, performance, risk measures and investment details in one document. It is an AMFI best practice, not a statutory requirement.
• ISINThe 12-character code (ISO 6166) that identifies one specific security in the depository system — country prefix, nine-character basic number and a check digit, as in INE475C01012.