| Know Your Client | KYC is a regulatory requirement which requires the financial institutions to check their customers' identity proof documents. |
| Liquidity | It is a measure of how easily can an asset be turned into cash. It is the ease at which an asset can be transacted in market, i.e purchase or sale. |
| Lock-in- period | A pre-determined period during which the investor is not allowed to redeem his investments from the fund. |
| Management Fee | The fee charged against the expenses which fund incurs for the management of it's transactional and operational activities |
| Maturity | Maturity is a period after which the financial instrument is either renewed or it ceases to exist. The interest payment stops and the principal value is paid back. |
| Minimum Additional Amount | It is the minimum amount required by an individual to buy an unit in the mutual fund. |
| Money Market | It is a market where banks and other financial institutions trade in financial instruments of high liquidity and very short maturity period (less than 90 days to 1 year). This market is generally used by banks to meet their liquidity requirements. |
| Money market Instruments | Various money market instruments include treasury bills, commercial papers, certificates of deposit, bills of exchange, bankers' acceptances, repurchase agreements, short term debts and securities etc. |
| NAV (net asset value) | NAV is the amount the investor pays to buy a single unit of mutual fund. NAV is calculated as : (Total value of all assets - Total liabilities) / Total outstanding shares. |
| No Load | A fund that does not charge any load when an investors enters or exits the fund. |
