NAV
NAV or Net Asset Value of the fund is the cumulative market value of the assets of the fund net
of its liabilities. NAV per unit is simply the net value of assets divided by the number of units
outstanding. Buying and selling into funds is done on the basis of NAV-related prices.
NAV is calculated as follows:
NAV= Market value of the fund's investments + Receivables + Accrued Income- Liabilities-
Accrued Expenses / Number of Outstanding units
Risk-free rate of return: There are two basic criteria, one the security should be highly liquid
and another is that it should be capable of generating a return, with negligible variation from
expected returns. 91 days treasury bills falls within this yardstick. Return on 91 days T-bills has
been taken as surrogate measure of risk-free return for the period from January ’12 to June
’13have been collected from the website of government securities.
Return
For each mutual fund scheme under study, the monthly returns are computed as:
Where,
= Return of fund during period over 12 months
= Value of the Fund at the end of period 1
= Value of the Fund at the start of period
The market returns are computed on similar lines with General as benchmark. The return on
the market portfolio is computed as: