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Home/Current Affairs/New Fund Offer (NFO): Meaning, Purpose, and Types

New Fund Offer (NFO): Meaning, Purpose, and Types

19 Mar 2024

Context

Tata AIA Life Insurance (Tata AIA) recently unveiled the Tata AIA Rising India Fund. 

About New Fund Offer

  • New Fund offer Meaning: ​​A new fund offer (NFO) refers to the initial sale of fund shares issued by an investment company to investors.
    • For Example: Mutual funds are the most common type of new fund offering.
  • Purpose: Similar to an IPO in the stock market, NFOs are intended to raise capital for the fund and attract investors.
  • Target Group: NFOs are marketed, although less vigorously than IPOs, and typically target specific groups of investors.
  • Managing the Funds: Professional fund managers manage these funds, making investment decisions on behalf of the investors.

Mutual Funds

  • Definition: A trust collects money from a group of individuals with similar financial goals and invests it in stocks, bonds, money market instruments, and/or other securities.
  • Forming of Asset Management Companies: Companies that qualify to set up mutual funds form Asset Management Companies (AMCs) or Fund Houses, which pool investor funds, market mutual funds, manage investments, and facilitate investor transactions.

Initial Public Offering (IPO):

  • Definition: IPO is selling securities to the public in the primary market.
  • Listing on Stock Exchange: Through an IPO, an unlisted company can get listed on the stock exchange.
  • Offering shares to the Public: It is a process by which a privately held company becomes a publicly traded company by offering its shares to the public for the first time.

Types of New Fund Offering

  • Open-Ended: Investors may invest in and redeem their investments in these schemes anytime. Investors can typically join or quit the plan at the applicable NAV. They are also subjected to the exit load, if any, even after the initial NFO is withdrawn.
  • Closed-Ended: A Closed-Ended NFO refers to the launch of a mutual fund scheme with a fixed maturity period. Nonetheless, the fund companies advertise these closed-ended schemes on the stock exchanges.
  • Interval Funds: These types of mutual funds combine features of open-end and closed-end funds. These NFO funds offer periodic intervals, such as quarterly or semi-annually, during which investors can buy or sell shares. Outside of these specified intervals, the fund typically restricts redemptions, creating a form of liquidity management.
Also Read: Indian Stock Market Became 4th Largest Stock Market

News Source: The Hindu

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