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Domestic fund houses access to invest in global companies-Sethurathnam Ravi

Sethurathnam Ravi (S Ravi) is the former Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) and Founder and Managing Partner of Chartered Accountants' firm Ravi Rajan & Co., an advisory and accountancy firm, headquartered in New Delhi, India. Mr. S Ravi is a Post Graduate in Commerce and holds a diploma in Information System Audit (DISA). He is an Associate Member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE), USA and is also registered as an Insolvency Resolution Professional.

Sethurathnam Ravi (S Ravi) is the former Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) and Founder and Managing Partner of Chartered Accountants' firm Ravi Rajan & Co., an advisory and accountancy firm, headquartered in New Delhi, India. Mr. S Ravi is a Post Graduate in Commerce and holds a diploma in Information System Audit (DISA). He is an Associate Member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE), USA and is also registered as an Insolvency Resolution Professional.

S Ravi, former chairman of BSE and Founder of accountancy firm Ravi Rajan & Co, speaks about ways to invest in international mutual funds and how to choose a fund. "Investors intending to invest in foreign stocks can go through domestic mutual funds who have schemes mandated to invest in foreign stocks", says former BSE Chairman, S Ravi. Investment in international mutual fund is getting more popular as it is generally believed that all global stocks will not fall together in normal circumstances. Investments in global stocks can be made through direct investments, ETFs, global mutual funds and fund of funds.

According to him, this category is quite popular as investing in global mutual funds, the investors hedge their risk by investing in domestic as well as global stocks. International mutual funds invest in various countries and stocks including domestic stocks. Domestic fund houses also provide access to investment in global companies under various schemes floated specifically for such investments.

S Ravi also affirms that all the major fund houses in India provide window for global investments under various schemes. The schemes are well defined and the characteristics of the product offering are defined in the key information memorandum which is approved by SEBI. The process of investment is simple and similar to investment in domestic mutual funds. Technology has been the catalyst which has enabled investors to invest in a faster hassle-free environment. In the year of pandemic and lockdown Mutual's have upgraded the platforms so that there is no disruption.