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The fund maintained by each mutual fund, to which recoveries on written-off illiquid securities are transferred when they cannot be paid to old investors.
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
- 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).
- SCORESSEBI's centralised web-based system for processing investor complaints, on which the company or intermediary must upload an Action Taken Report and the investor can watch the status online.
- Segregated portfolioA ring-fenced sub-portfolio holding the debt instrument hit by a credit event, split out of a scheme so that the good assets stay liquid and exiting investors cannot leave the damaged paper behind.
- Total Return IndexThe variant of a market index that adds the dividends and interest paid by its constituents to their price movement — the only variant a mutual fund scheme may be benchmarked against since 1 February 2018.
Where this is taught
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