Investment Options

There are multiple type of mutual fund schemes offered by many AMCs, the large categories are as below:

1. Equity: These are schemes that invest only in stocks.
2. Debt: These schemes invest in fixed income instruments such as debentures (bonds), Treasury Bills etc.
3. Hybrid: These schemes invest in a mix of stocks and bonds.
4. Tax Saver: These are equity mutual funds that provide tax benefits under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act and have a lock-in period of 3 years.
5. Gold: These are schemes that mainly invest in Gold ETFs and other related assets.

There are two primary ways of investing in a mutual fund - Lumpsum (One Time Investment) and SIP (Systematic Investment Plan)
Lumpsum Investment: A lumpsum investment is a one-time investment made by an investor when he is looking to invest a certain amount of money at once.
SIP: A SIP (systematic investment plan) is a recurring investment made by an investor in the same scheme at regular intervals (monthly, weekly, etc.).

Currently, you can invest in mutual funds from all leading AMCs on Paytm Money (listed below).
We are working towards bringing more AMCs onboard with Paytm Money.

List of AMCs on Paytm Money:
1. Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
2. Axis Mutual Fund
3. Baroda Pioneer Mutual Fund
4. BOI AXA Mutual Fund
5. Canara Robeco Mutual Fund
6. DHFL Pramerica Mutual Fund
7. DSP Mutual Fund
8. Edelweiss Mutual Fund
9. Essel Mutual Fund
10. HDFC Mutual Fund
11. HSBC Mutual Fund
12. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
13. IDBI Mutual Fund
14. IDFC Mutual Fund
15. Indiabulls Mutual Fund
16. Invesco Mutual Fund
17. Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
18. L&T Mutual Fund
19. LIC Mutual Fund
20. Mahindra Mutual Fund
21. Mirae Asset Mutual Fund
22. Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund
23. Parag Parikh Mutual Fund
24. Principal Mutual Fund
25. Quant Mutual Fund
26. Quantum Mutual Fund
27. Nippon India Mutual Fund
28. SBI Mutual Fund
29. Tata Mutual Fund
30. Taurus Mutual Fund
31. Union Mutual Fund
32. UTI Mutual Fund

A mutual fund rating is usually a measure of a fund's historical risk-adjusted performance over different time frames compared with the funds in the same category. Mutual Funds are independently rated by various rating agencies such as CRISIL, Morningstar and Value Research.

Mutual fund ratings are designed to help investors quickly identify mutual funds to consider investing into. These ratings are based on their
- Historical performance
- Consistency
- Fund Manager
- Other such criteria
It serves to provide a snapshot of how the fund has performed relative to other funds in its category.

All Mutual Fund schemes have both Regular and Direct Plans. Paytm Money offers only Direct Plans to its investors. Direct Plans of Mutual Funds are free from any hidden commissions that are charged on your investments.
Simply put, this implies that investors get a better return (upto 1% p.a.) on their investments via Direct Mutual Funds on Paytm Money.
Regular Mutual Fund plans have a higher expense ratio, which means that a part of the amount invested by you is deducted and provided to distributors as commission.

Growth Option: When investments are made under the - growth option, the payout is made only at the time of redemption of units. Growth schemes do not yield any short term income as all the money invested continues to be invested and compounds until redeemed.
Dividend Option: When investments are made under the dividend option, the payout to the investors is made from time to time, in addition to payout at the time of redemption. The interim payments made by the scheme are known as dividends. The scheme NAV (Net Asset Value) falls each time a dividend is paid out.