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What Are The Important Facts I Should Know Before Investing?

What Are The Important Facts I Should Know Before Investing?

You can start investing in Ekush First Unit Fund with minimum of BDT 5,000 on lumpsum basis. Alternatively, you can open SIP account, which is like DPS, with minimum BDT 1,000 or multiple of BDT 1,000.

When you will make the investment, you will get unit at NAV without charging any fees.

There is an implicit fee charged on the mutual fund as per the fee schedule of BSEC’s Mutual Fund Rules, 2001 which is given below-

Fund Size in Crore

Management fee as a % of fund size p.a.

<5

2.5% p.a

5-25

2.0% p.a

25-50

1.5% p.a

>50

1.0% p.a

The fees are deducted from the net asset value of the fund over time. You can see the prospectus section of fees and charges for more information

There are no charges when you sell your funds. Units are bought and sold at NAV per unit unless declared otherwise.

The Units of the Fund are transferable by way of inheritance/ gift and/ or by specific operation of the law. for this reason, the transferee has to have an BO account in his/her name.

Yes, investors get an Acknowledgement slip authorized by at least one of the signatories of Ekush. The purchased unit will be credited in your BO account after CDBL transfers those to your broker. Then, you can see the units in your BO statement. This units in BO account are your owner certificates.

You will have a “confirmation of unit allocation” certificate in your user account when accessed via Ekush website. It will works as certificate and verifies of your investment with us.

You can download and print the certificate by loging www.ekushwml.com from anywhere in Bangladesh.

We do not charge any fees for selling units unless and until declared otherwise at a given point of time.

Shares representing the ownership in a mutual fund are generally called a unit. Investors can purchase or sell units of an open-end fund at the fund’s contemporary NAV per unit.

NAV= Total Assets – Liabilities

NAV per unit= Value of NAV/ No of units outstanding.

You can check the NAV progression in the following link: https://ekushwml.com/ekush-first-unit-fund/#nav.

We publish the NAV weekly on each Thursday on the company’s website, National Daily newspaper and Social Media.

For our Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=ekush%20wealth%20management%20limited

Any one can invest in mutual fund.

You will receive annual report along with the yearly and half yearly statements of accounts as and when published on Ekush’s website. After loging in the portal (www.ekushwml.com) you can see the investment status of you fund.

An expert fund manager is a skilled professional capable of generating better returns with minimum risk. It depends on his or her level of experience, past track record of performance and investment strategy.

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is the regulatory body of Mutual Funds in Bangladesh.

Sponsor: The sponsor initiates the mutual fund by investing the seed money which is minimum 10% of the total fund size.

Ekush Wealth Management Limited is the sponsor of Ekush First Unit Fund. Ekush invested as BDT 1 crore as sponsor of the fund.  

Trustees: The board of trustees is responsible for protecting the interests of the unit holders. It is an independent body having received the trusteeship license from BSEC and is not associated with the Sponsor or the Asset Management Company. Sandhani Life Insurance Co. Limited is the trustee of the fund.

Custodian: The custodian is responsible for physical handling and safe keeping of the assets managed by the Asset Management Company. They received the Custodian license from the regulator and are independent of the Sponsor or the Asset Management Company. Brac Bank Limited is the custodian of the fund.

Asset Management Company (AMC): The Asset Management Company is responsible managing the mutual funds in accordance with Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission Mutual fund rules, 2001 and guidelines provided by the Trustee.