| Fund Manager | Fund manager implements investing strategy of the fund. He is responsible for the managing the fund's portfolio. |
| Government Securities (G Secs) | These are securities issued by government with a promise to repay the amount of investment with interest (if applicable) at maturity. |
| Growth Funds | A fund scheme that reinvests the returns of the investment with the aim of long term capital appreciation. |
| Holdings | The holdings are the companies in which the fund has invested in. The fund house releases their holding list in order to make customer aware of where their money is being invested. |
| Income Fund | Such funds invest in companies with good dividend history, debentures with an aim to generate returns in the form of regular dividends. |
| Inflation | A general increase in prices of a basket of goods and services over a period of time, resulting in reduced purachasing power of a currency. |
| Initial Offer Period | On this day the subscription of a particular security/scheme commences for the first time in the market place. |
| Institution Investors | These are large scale investors who trade in securities in very large quantities. These include banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, hedge funds etc. |
| Interest Rate Risk | Interest Rate Risk is reffered to the risk associated with the reduction in value of investment due to the unexpected reduction in interest rate. |
| Interim Dividend | It is the dividend which is declared and paid to shareholders before the computation of company's whole year earnings. It is generally distributed quarterly or biannually. |
