For the purpose of the study, 100 investors of UTI mutual funds in
Salem district have been selected at random and using structured
questionnaire, primary data have been collected. Factor analysis,
inter-correlation, Paired Sample T-Test, ANOVA and Chi square
have been used for analysis of data. This research study makes
an attempt to identify the factors influencing the risk return
perception of the investors towards mutual funds. It can be
inferred that there exists a significant difference between the risk
and return perception of investors for few funds. It is found that
there exists a fairly positive correlation among the factors time
horizon, investment knowledge, toleration level, fall in the stock
portfolio and fall in the bond portfolio. Also, it can be inferred
that there is significant association between investment
knowledge and the toleration level of the investors.

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