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Decoding different mutual fund categories
The Morning Standard
|November 17, 2025
Sebi has classified funds to ensure investors understand where their money is being invested and risks involved
START a systematic investment plan (SIP) in mutual funds — this is a popular refrain among investment advisors. They may suggest different categories of funds to build your mutual fund portfolio, and many of the names — flexi-cap, multi-cap, value fund, growth fund — might sound Greek to you.
Here’s a simple guide to decode some of those terms so that the next time a financial advisor throws such jargon at you, you don’t feel clueless. (This explanation covers only equity fund categories.)
Large-cap funds: These funds, as per Sebi’s definition, must invest at least 80% of their portfolio in large-cap stocks — the stocks of the top 100 companies by market capitalisation.
This story is from the November 17, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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