PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SELECTED EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS IN INDIA

Abstract

In India capital market provide various investment avenues to the investors, to assist them to take a position in various industries and to make sure the profitable return. Among various financial products, open-end fund ensures the minimum risks and maximum return to the investors, Growth, and developments of varied mutual funds products has proved to be one among the foremost catalytic instruments in generating momentous investment growth within the capital market. During this context, close monitoring and evaluation of mutual funds became essential. Therefore, choosing profitable mutual funds for investment may be a vital issue. This study deals with the equity mutual funds that are offered for investment by the varied fund houses in India, this study mainly focused on the performance of selected equity(large-cap, mid-cap, smallcap) open-end fund schemes in terms of a risk-return relationship. The most objective of this research work is to analyse the financial performance of selected open-end fund schemes through statistical parameters like (Jenson’s alpha, beta, standard deviation, Sharpe ratio). The researcher concluded that 10 funds out of 15 performed well in a highly volatile market. The researcher found that an investor must consider risk ratios of the fund before investing. The findings of this research study are going to be help full to investors for his future investment decisions.