The performance of a scheme is reflected in its NAV which is disclosed on daily basis. The NAVs of mutual funds are required to be published on the websites of mutual funds. All mutual funds are also required to put their NAVs on the website of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) www.amfiindia.com and thus the investors can access NAVs of all mutual funds at one place. Also, each MF is required to have a dashboard on its website providing performance and key disclosures pertaining to each scheme managed by AMC. The mutual funds are also required to publish their performance in the form of half-yearly results which also include their returns over a period of time i.e. last six months, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years and since the inception of schemes. Investors can also look into other details like percentage of expenses of total assets as these have an effect on the return and other useful information in the same half-yearly format. The mutual funds are also required to send an annual report or abridged annual report to the unitholders at the end of the year. Investors can compare the performance of their schemes with those of other mutual funds under the same category. They can also compare the performance of equity oriented schemes with the benchmarks like BSE Sensitive Index, Nifty, etc. On the basis of performance of the mutual funds, the investors should decide when to enter or exit from a mutual fund scheme.
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