PPFAS Mutual Fund

You can invest in PPFAS Mutual Fund online directly through the 5Paisa platform. Alternatively, they can invest in PPFAS Mutual Fund through the fund houses’ website or any other online platform or mobile application.

The ‘Direct PPFAS Plan’ has a lower expense ratio than the ‘Regular PPFAS Plan’ in the same scheme since there is no commission to be paid to the distributor under this plan.

You can stop their SIP in PPFAS Mutual Fund online. To do this, you need to directly visit the PPFAS Mutual Fund website, log in with the folio number, and stop the SIP. Alternatively, you can log in to the platform where they started the PPFAS Mutual Fund investment and stop the SIP.

Yes. With 5Paisa, you can easily invest in the PPFAS Mutual Fund of your choice at zero commission. In addition, investing with 5Paisa is fully safe and gives you benefits such as:

• Professional management of funds
• Complete transparency for liquidity
• Simple SIP or lump sum investment process 
• You can invest in PPFAS mutual funds by starting a SIP as low as INR 1000
• Gives you the flexibility to choose from a wide range of options

PPFAS (Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services Limited) Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. is a renowned Indian asset management company offering mutual fund schemes to Indian and foreign investors.

Mr Rajeev Thakkar, Mr Raunak Onkar, and Mr Raj Mehta are the top fund managers of PPFAS Mutual Fund.

As per SEBI’s/AMC vide SEBI Circular no. CIR/IMD/DF/21/2012 dated September 13, 2012, all mutual funds are required to provide a separate direct investment plan, i.e. investments not routed through a distributor, both in existing and new schemes. In line with this circular, PPFAS Mutual Fund has launched separate plans under its flagship scheme Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund, for direct investments, known as ‘direct plans.

If you are an offline investor subscribing under the direct plan of the PPFAS scheme, you will have to indicate the Scheme Name followed by the words’ Direct Plan’. For instance, Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund – Direct Plan. You can also mention “Direct” in the ARN column of the application form.

If you are an online investor, you have two different options-

• If you have routed your initial investment through a distributor, any additional investment will automatically be routed through the regular plan
• If you wish to invest through the direct plan, you should click on the direct plan option before proceeding, and this will be treated as an investment in a new folio.

Here is the list of documents needed to incur a PPFAS mutual fund for the first time-

• KYC documents of all holders
• Bank account proof
• Power of Attorney (notarised)
• PIO/OCI card
• Board resolution/Authorisation to invest
• List of authorised signatories (with specimen signature)
• Overseas auditors certificate

Yes, you can easily increase the SIP amount at any time. To do so, you need to follow the below procedure-

• Go to the SIP section and select the SIP that you want to increase/revise the amount for
• Once you have selected the SIP of your choice, choose the EDIT SIP option
• Update the SIP amount, frequency, or instalment date as per your preference
• Once you have updated the details, you will receive a notification about the revisions to your SIP

PPFAS Mutual Fund currently provides one equity scheme (Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund), one ELSS scheme (Parag Parikh Tax Saver Fund), one hybrid fund (Parag Parikh Conservative Hybrid Fund), and one liquid fund (Parag Parikh Liquid Fund).