Orders placed for buying shares of a mutual fund any time up to 4:00 p.m. are priced at that day’s net asset value (NAV), and orders placed after 4:01 p.m. are priced at the next day’s NAV. What is this practice known as_______________.
Forward pricing is a policy in the mutual funds industry where by companies that are investing are mandated to buy or sell orders based on the end net asset value for the day. It is a policy developed by SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) supported by Rule 22(C) (1) also known as Forward pricing rule. This rule helps to lessen the severity of dilution on shareholders and also help mutual funds operations to run efficiently
