What is difference between a NFO and Mutual fund and IPO ?
A new fund offer (NFO) is the first subscription offering for any new fund offered by an investment company. A new fund offer occurs when a fund is launched, allowing the firm to raise capital for purchasing securities.
An initial public offering (IPO) refers to the process of offering shares of a private corporation to the public in a new stock issuance. Public share issuance allows a company to raise capital from public investors.
As you can see, NFO and IPO both serve same purpose of raising capital, whenever a new Mutual Fund is launched it raises capital via NFO (New Fund Offer) while whenever a company wants to raise a capital it does so via IPO (Initial Public Offer).
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Any advantage of applying in NFO?
Do we get some discount or something like listing gain? Currently axis global fund NFO is open… what the diff. Apply for NFO or buying from secondary marker after listing ?
The investment made in NFO can expose you to benefits like liquidity, diversifying your portfolio by investing in new strategies, unique investment objectives, etc. To point a few out
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Once the NFO window of open-ended mutual fund scheme closes, any purchase of units can be made at the NAV (net asset value) of that particular scheme. Here new fund offering can help investors purchase units at comparatively nominal cost before the NAV of the fund is determined.
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NFOs offer new and unique investment ideas or themes depending on the fund categorization, you can read the SID to know more about the NFO for a particular scheme. You can visit this page and click on the fund name to access the SID of a scheme.
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NFOs are usually offered at an attractive price of Rs 10 per unit. It is an opportunity to execute a strategy at an affordable price.
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The USP of an NFO lies in the innovative strategies that the fund house wants to explore, it can expose you to a new asset class/ index which you may not find in the existing open-ended funds.
The difference when you buy a scheme after once it is open for continuous transactions is that it will be allotted to you as per the NAV that would be released, this NAV can be higher than the NFO period NAV as well as lower depending on the funds performance.
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Hi Neelesh,
After the allotment of the NFO, It will be reflected in the COIN platform?
Yes, once NFO units are allotted the same will reflect under allotted order status only on coin web as of now and the scheme value will be 0 as the scheme is not listed. once the scheme gets listed which normally takes 5-6 days from the allotment date, the scheme will reflect with the latest NAV in your Portfolio on coin app, coin web and console as well.
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At which day prices reflected on NAV. Say NFO closing on 30th July. So is it the 30th July Market price will be consider for stocks they invest?
Generally, MF NFOs are listed at Rs.10.
can u pls name a few which are listed and trading on the nse/bse ?
Open-ended mutual funds are not listed on NSE or BSE, only ETFs are listed there. Open-ended mutual funds can be purchased from coin. You can visit this link.
are those allowed to pledge for the MAS ?
Recently listed NFOs do not get added immediately but in the due course, NSCCL adds it to there list and we show the same here on the approved list
is it also applicable for the IPOs ?