Instant Access Facility and Use of e-wallet for investment in Mutual Funds

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....ds A. Instant Access Facility (IAF) 1. IAF facilitates credit of redemption proceeds in the bank account of the investor on the same day of redemption request. In order to further enhance the reach of Mutual Funds (MFs) towards the retail investors, it has been decided to issue guidelines for extending IAF. MFs/ AMCs may offer IAF subject to the following conditions: a. Eligibility - IAF shall....

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....ower. This limit shall be applicable per day per scheme per investor. c. Liquidity i. Liquidity for IAF has to be provided out of the available funds with the scheme and MFs/ AMCs should put in place a mechanism so that adequate balance is available in the bank account of the scheme to meet liquidity/ redemption requirements under IAF. Such mechanism may be based on historical trends of instan....

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....in such circumstances. e. Approvals and Controls i. MFs/ AMCs shall offer IAF only after obtaining approvals from the AMC Board and the Trustees and keep in place adequate safeguards in the system to implement this facility. ii. IAF shall also be considered while carrying out stress testing of the schemes. MFs/ AMCs offering this facility in any of their schemes shall reduce the limit to I....

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....Circular MFD/CIR/15/19133/2002 dated September 30, 2002. d. MFs/ AMCs shall ensure that total subscription through e-wallets for an investor is restricted to INR 50,000/- per MF per financial year. Further, in partial modification to the Circular CIR/IMD/DF/10/2014 dated May 22, 2014, the limit of INR 50,000/- would be an umbrella limit for investments by an investor through both e-wallet and/or....