Friday, May 12, 2017

how to invest in direct funds?

This post is relevant for you only if you have understood that you should be investing in mutual funds.

And if you are still here, let me ask you - do you know the difference between direct and regular mutual funds? If yes, and you are still continuing with your existing online portal to invest in regular funds for the sake of convinience, then you should read here to know how much more you will make if you go the direct way.

Once you have reached here, I am assuming you are convinced that you should be investing in mutual funds and you should be investing in their direct variants only. However, you would want to know where to start. 


CAMS
You can invest directly through KRAs like CAMS
You can also do your Aadhar based eKYC at CAMS
Investor Services provided by CAMSList of Mutual Funds serviced by CAMS
Use their mail back services to get consolidated statement
Karvy
You can invest directly through KRAs like Karvy
You can also do your Aadhar based eKYC at Karvy
Investor Services provided by Karvy
List of Mutual Funds serviced by Karvy
Use their mail back services to get consolidated statement
    MFutilties
    Another central Agency that allows you to invest directly in mutual funds. https://www.mfuindia.com/ 

    This also allows you to have one CAN number (Common Account Number), through which you can consolidate all your folios across KRAs. 
    Mutual fund Websites
    If you have your KYC done and your correct email address and mobile number stored in the KYC, then you can directly register on mutual funds websites to start investing. some of the sites are like given below 

    Note that all of these have online websites to do your transactions from and as well a mobile apps for both IOS and Android devices.

    Personally, I have used the CAMS, mfutilities and mutual fund websites and they are all good. The one that i use most often is the CAMS website and their IOS app, which is really secure and good.

    There are websites like coin from zerodha and moneyfront.in that allows investing in direct funds by charging a flat minimal fee monthly of Rs. 50 to 100, irrespective of the amount of transaction done. Hence, there is little cost to this convenience.