Factors Influencing Mutual Fund Investment Decision in Pakistan.

Abstract

This study has focused mainly on assessing factors influencing mutual fund investment decision in Pakistan. This study has considered capital gains, consistent returns, dividend per share and dividend policy as the independent variables. Whereas, mutual fund investment decision has been considered as the dependent variable in this study. However, this study has finalized Islamabad Stock Exchange to testify the relationship between variables mentioned above. The major emphasis in this study has been on assessing the relationship between capital gains, consistent returns, dividend per share and dividend policy (independent variables) and mutual fund investment decision (dependent variable) in Islamabad Stock Exchange, Pakistan. To prove this relationship, a survey has been conducted through an adopted structured questionnaire regarding this literature, in which investors affiliated with Islamabad Stock Exchange, have been requested to share their experiences by filling the questionnaires. Then, to identify the results on data gathered from the respondents, statistical instruments have been used. Some of the statistical instruments used in this study includes descriptive frequencies, reliability, correlation, regression, etc. Results derived through statistical instruments have shown that there exists a significant positive relationship between capital gains, consistent returns, dividend per share and dividend policy (independent variables) and mutual fund investment decision (dependent variable) in Islamabad Stock Exchange, Pakistan.