New Delhi, April 22 -- If you are planning to invest in a mutual fund scheme, it is recommend to examine the past returns of that scheme and compare the same with similar schemes in the same category. This gives a fair amount of idea of which schemes are doing well and also the future scope of growth in those schemes.

Here, we give a lowdown on the past five year returns delivered by flexi cap mutual funds. Those who are not aware, flexi cap mutual funds refer to the schemes which have complete a flexibility of investing across market capitalisation i.e., mid cap, small cap and large cap in any ratio.

These schemes are also supposed to invest a minimum of 65 percent of assets in equity and equity related instruments, per the Sebi's cate...