Everything you need to know about Liquid Funds

Have you ever been in a situation where you need cash in an emergency?

Well, we have all been there...

Emergencies can come out of nowhere and liquidity is the main concern in such times.

In such cases, or basically for any liquidity need that may come your way, Liquid funds can come to the rescue.

Liquid funds do not come with a lock-in period, but they do have an exit load for the first seven days and no exit loads if redeemed after seven days

A member of the Debt funds family, Liquid funds invest in debt and money market instruments up to 91 day’s maturity & generally considered to have relatively low interest rate risk. These include instruments like commercial paper, treasury bills, certificate of deposit, etc. These are the types of underlying securities in liquid funds.

The next logical question that an informed investor might have could be, how are liquid funds different than money market funds?

Liquid Funds vs. money market funds

As an investor, it is always beneficial to compare and understand how things work in different types of investments.

Hence, one must know about liquid funds vs. money market funds.

Here is a basic comparison for liquid funds vs. money market funds:

It’s now time to move to the next very important aspect to look at when investing in liquid funds.

Liquid Funds Taxation:

Liquid Funds also attract taxation as they give returns to investors in the form of IDCW and capital gains.

Capital gains include the profits when redeeming units at a price that was higher than what he/she purchased the units in are very much taxable. So, liquid funds taxation is divided in the two following categories.

• Short-Term Capital Gains Tax:

When the holding period of the investment you make in Liquid funds is less than 3 years, it attracts short-term capital gains. Short-Term Capital Gains or STCG are added to your overall income and then taxed at the applicable income tax slab rate,

• Long-Term Capital Gains Tax:

When the holding period of your investment in liquid funds is more than 3 years, then the gains coming from such investment is considered long term capital gain and it attracts long-term capital gain tax. Here you get the benefit of "indexation", which simply means that the purchase price is increased to adjust for inflation, using a government provided index before calculating the capital gain.

These long-term capital gains are taxed at a rate of 20%, after indexation.

That was all you should know about Liquid Funds Taxation.

Now that you know about that, you should also know about the Liquid Funds Cut-off time.

Liquid Funds Cut Off Time:

There is a misconception in some investors about the Liquid Funds Cut-Off Time.

It is not to limit or restrict your buying or selling of units. The Liquid Funds Cut Off Time determines what NAV will be applicable for your buy or sell transactions.

In simple words, what NAV will be applicable to your Buy/Sell requests, depends on what time the fund house receives the application and for redemption or money for buying more units.

Here is a glimpse of the Liquid Funds Cut Off Time

That was all about the Liquid Funds Cut Off Time.

Let’s move on to another important aspect anyone investing in Liquid Funds must know.

Liquid Funds Exit Load:

Liquid Funds exit load is the fee that an AMC or Asset Management Company charges to its investors, when they are redeeming or exiting their unit.

Do not confuse the Liquid Funds exit load with the expense ratio. They are both different.

Here are the graded Liquid Funds Exit Load numbers as decided by SEBI:

If you want to start investing in a liquid fund, we can help you with a good option

Quantum Liquid Fund

Quantum Liquid Fund invests majorly in money market instruments, Government Securities and Treasury Bills, issued by Public Sector Undertakings.

It is an open-ended liquid scheme, suitable for investors who are looking for income over the short term or ones looking to invest in debt/money market instruments.

Here is a glimpse of the performance for the fund:

#CRISIL Liquid Fund Index, ##Crisil 1 year T-bill Index.

Past performance may or may not be sustained in the future.

Different Plans shall have a different expense structure.

*Simple Annualized.

**Returns for 1 year and above period are calculated on the basis of Compounded Annualized Growth Rate (CAGR).

Returns are net of total expenses.

Returns are net of total expenses. The Scheme is managed by Mr. Pankaj Pathak. Mr. Pankaj Pathak is the Fund Manager managing the scheme since March 01, 2017. For other Schemes Managed by Mr. Pankaj Pathak please click here

So, you now know well enough about Liquid Funds to make informed decisions.

We told you today about liquid funds vs money market funds, liquid funds taxation, liquid funds cut off time, liquid fund exit load.

So, if you want to start investing in the Quantum liquid fund, you can start right here.

Name of the Scheme	This product is suitable for investors who are seeking*	Risk-o-meter of Scheme	Risk-o-meter of Benchmark
Quantum Liquid Fund (An Open-ended Liquid Scheme. A relatively low interest rate risk and relatively low credit risk.) Primary Benchmark: Crisil Liquid Fund Index	• Income over the short term • Investments in debt / money market instruments.	Investors understand that their principal will be at Low Risk

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Please visit – www.quantumamc.com/disclaimer to read scheme specific risk factors. Investors in the Scheme(s) are not being offered a guaranteed or assured rate of return and there can be no assurance that the schemes objective will be achieved and the NAV of the scheme(s) may go up and down depending upon the factors and forces affecting securities market. Investment in mutual fund units involves investment risk such as trading volumes, settlement risk, liquidity risk, default risk including possible loss of capital. Past performance of the sponsor / AMC / Mutual Fund does not indicate the future performance of the Scheme(s). Statutory Details: Quantum Mutual Fund (the Fund) has been constituted as a Trust under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882. Sponsor: Quantum Advisors Private Limited. (liability of Sponsor limited to Rs. 1,00,000/-) Trustee: Quantum Trustee Company Private Limited. Investment Manager: Quantum Asset Management Company Private Limited. The Sponsor, Trustee and Investment Manager are incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956.

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