The role of the AMC is to manage investor’s money on a day to day basis.
Thus it is imperative that people with the highest integrity are involved with
this activity. The AMC cannot deal with a single broker beyond a certain limit
of transactions. The AMC cannot act as a Trustee for some other Mutual Fund.
The responsibility of preparing the OD lies with the AMC. Appointments of
intermediaries like independent financial advisors (IFAs), national and regional distributors, banks, etc. is also done by the AMC. Finally, it is the AMC which is responsible for the acts of its employees and service providers.
As can be seen, it is the AMC that does all the operations. All activities by the
AMC are done under the name of the Trust, i.e. the mutual fund. The AMC
charges a fee for providing its services. SEBI has prescribed limits for this.
This fee is borne by the investor as the fee is charged to the scheme, in fact,
the fee is charged as a percentage of the scheme’s net assets. An important
point to note here is that this fee is included in the overall expenses permitted by SEBI. There is a maximum limit to the amount that can be charged as expense to the scheme, and this fee has to be within that limit. Thus regulations ensure that beyond a certain limit, investor’s money is not used for meeting expenses.