Mutual funds in demat form or Statement: Which one should you hold?
If you are keen on investing in An exchange-traded fund (ETF), you should be using a demat account to hold your mutual funds Mutual funds can be held in a demat account. You could also hold them in a statement of account (SOA) form. In both cases, the holding is in digital mode and there is no physical certificate as such. Here are some of the key factors you should consider before deciding your holding mode. Are you into ETFs? If you are keen on investing in ETFs, you should be using a demat account to hold your mutual funds. You can access ETFs through the fund of fund route as well and hold them in SOA format. The biggest advantage of a demat account is you get to hold most of your financial investments such as shares, mutual funds, bonds and sovereign gold bonds in one account. It makes tracking simple. Consolidated account statement issued by CDSL or NSDL resolves this issue to some extent if you are holding in the SOA form. Transactions: The biggest advantage of holding units in ...