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Friday, December 29, 2017 /12:34PM / FSDH
Wealth Creation through Mutual Funds Mutual
funds provide wealth creation opportunities for low income investors. Mutual
funds are pools of funds that a professional Fund Manager brings together from
various investors to invest in selected underlying securities. The underlying
securities can be one or a combination of the following: stocks (shares), money
market instruments, fixed income securities, real estate, and commodities. The
pooling of a large number of relatively small investment sums enables low income
investors to gain access to all the benefits of a professional investment
manager whose job is to deliver superior return on a long-term basis.
Most mutual funds are open-ended investment
schemes. This means that the Fund Manager creates additional units for new
investors on demand, based on the Net Asset Value (NAV) per unit and the amount
of money to be invested. The Fund Manager is able to provide active liquidity
for the mutual fund by creating new units for new investors and redeeming units
from existing investors who want to sell units for cash.
Mutual funds offer a range of benefits to
investors including portfolio diversification, lower transaction costs and
superior returns. The existence of a Trustee and Custodian ensures the safety
of investments, as the Trustee ensures that the fund is managed in line with
approved investment guidelines and the Custodian holds the fund assets. Most importantly,
mutual fund investments are affordable for low-income investors as some funds
only require an initial investment of N5,000. Although mutual fund assets in
Nigeria have grown significantly in the last five years, its ratio to the
country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is very low at 0.33%. The latest data
from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the NAV of all registered
mutual funds in Nigeria shows that the collective NAV grew by 295% between 2012
and December 8, 2017 to N402billion. Money Market funds dominate the NAV of
mutual funds at 68%.
FSDH Research believes low-income investors can
take advantage of the investment opportunities in mutual funds to create wealth
over a long period of time. Our illustration shows that an investment of
N100,000 in a mutual fund can easily grow to N1,083,470.59 in 25 years. This is
possible if the mutual fund earns 10% return consistently on a yearly basis.
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