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Unit Trust of India

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The Unit Trust of India (UTI) was a statutory body established under the Unit Trust of India Act, 1963, by the Government of India in partnership with the Reserve Bank of India . It operated from 1964 until its bifurcation under the Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 2002. UTI was India’s first and, for over two decades, its only mutual fund entity, mobilising household savings through its network of agents and unit offices across the country. At its peak in the late 1990s, UTI managed assets of approximately Rs 78,000 crore and held unit accounts for tens of millions of small investors.

UTI Mutual Fund

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UTI Mutual Fund is an Indian asset management company, formally incorporated as UTI Asset Management Company Limited (UTI AMC), and the institutional successor to the market-linked mutual fund business of the Unit Trust of India following the statutory bifurcation in 2003. The AMC manages assets across equity, debt, hybrid, passive, and solution-oriented categories. As of March 2024, UTI AMC managed assets in excess of Rs 2.8 lakh crore and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange following its IPO in September-October 2020.

UTI US-64 crisis (2001)

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The UTI US-64 crisis of July 2001 was a systemic failure of Unit Trust of India’s flagship US-64 scheme that forced an emergency suspension of repurchases, a government-funded bailout exceeding Rs 14,500 crore, and a fundamental restructuring of India’s oldest and largest mutual fund organisation. The crisis exposed the dangers of offering guaranteed or price-supported returns to retail investors through vehicles that lacked mark-to-market accounting, concentrated equity exposures, and transparent governance. It triggered the eventual dissolution of UTI as a unified statutory body, compelled sweeping regulatory amendments by the Securities and Exchange Board of India , and reshaped investor expectations of the mutual fund industry in India for the subsequent decade.