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Multi-cap funds and the latest Sebi directive

Earlier, the minimum investment in equity and equity-related instruments was 65 per cent of total assets.

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Multi-cap schemes of mutual funds have an asset under management (AUM) of Rs 1.47 trillion as of August 2020.

Swati Verma New Delhi
Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday, September 11, tweaked the asset allocation guidelines for multi-cap funds in order to diversify the underlying investments of the fund across the large, mid-and small-cap companies and be "true to label".

Here is a quick explainer on what multi-cap funds are and what the latest directive means for the market and fund managers.

What are Multi-Cap Funds?

A multi-Cap fund is a type of equity mutual fund that invests in companies across all three market capitalisation (m-cap) i.e. large-caps, mid-caps, and small-caps. As per Sebi's circular dated October 6, 2017, the