It has now been a month since the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) new rule on the abolition of entry loads on mutual funds sales came into effect. As most investors should know by now, mutual funds no longer deduct an entry load from the amount invested. Earlier, this amount was used to pay most of the commission that funds disburse to the distributor who sold you the fund. From August 1 onwards, the entire amount that you write on the cheque is invested in your name - none of it is deducted for any purpose.