Set up a mutual fund

You can manage the assets in a mutual fund as a portfolio in FA. You can define the share classes in the mutual fund as securities, that are linked to the underlying mutual fund portfolio. If your fund does not have share classes, you should anyway define one share class security to represent the fund. Each share class security can have its own fee structure, which is defined when adding or editing the share class. Shareholders are defined as contacts and the transactions are recorded in the shareholders' portfolios.

You can create a mutual fund portfolio in the FA Fund Management app. In order to add a new fund, use the Fund wizard. To start the wizard:

The wizard guides you through the fund parameters that you need to define. See more about the options available in Fund wizard in FA Fund Management Reference.

Once you have set up your fund portfolio, you need to define one or more share classes for your fund. You can do this in the FA Fund Management app by using the Share class wizard. To start the wizard:

The wizard guides you through the share class parameters that you need to define. See more about the options available in Share class wizard in FA Fund Management Reference.

Familiarize yourself with the Fund's reporting and warnings before calculating your first NAV:

NAV report

NAV calculation warnings

Add warnings for NAV calculation

If your fund includes the Income distribution feature or the price is affected by the swing price element, read their usage sample here:

Income distribution

Swing pricing