Net asset value

A fund's price, quoted per unit

In detail

Net asset value is the price of a fund, calculated from the market value of what it holds less its costs. It is set once a day, not continuously like a share price, so you place an order without knowing the price you will get. Paying a distribution lowers it by that amount, so a fall is not automatically a loss.

Example

Investing $120,000 in a fund priced at $1.2 per unit buys you 100,000 units.

Differences by country

Japan — In Japan a fund's price is quoted per 10,000 units.

South Korea — In Korea a fund's price is the previous day's net assets divided by the previous day's units, published every day (Capital Markets Act, Article 238).

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