Fund houses have conducted investor camps and awareness programmes in more than 400 cities. Also, the popular 'Mutual fund sahi hai' campaign has helped bring in a lot of new investors into the MF fold from underpenetrated regions.
If you miss the July 31 deadline, there is a late filing fee of up to Rs 10,000. Also, you cannot file returns beyond March 31, 2019.
'The ability to tailor schemes to market conditions and invest in unlisted equity and real estate, as well as commodities, makes Alternative Investment Funds a sought after platform.'
Foreign portfolio investors, on the other hand, have been net sellers in the markethaving pulled out Rs 8,600 crore
Experts tell Tinesh Bhasin how to pick one to save money as well as some troubles later
Importantly, is there hope going forward?
Drop in the number of schemes is less than 3%, despite merger of 38 schemes between Sept 2017 and May this year
'When a company goes into insolvency, by definition it means that existing shareholders have been wiped out.'
Why the case for investing in passive funds is becoming stronger.
A large proportion of passive funds has beaten actively managed large-cap funds with average one-year category returns for large-cap at 10.2 per cent
Exodus of top managers an unintended side effect of roaring MF industry
Rera's implementation is patchy across states, and the powers of the regulator to enforce its orders are also limited.
Whether you have a two bedroom or a three bedroom house, you can convert it into a smart home starting at Rs 60,000 to Rs 70,000.
Define ownership proportionately at the time of registration to ensure that you don't face problems on taxation front.
Contrarian stocks can help investors generate much higher returns than buying shares of companies that have shown consistent high growth for years.
Professional CEOs in the sector draw a much higher remuneration than promoter CEOs, points out report by IiAS.
Investors can earn risk-free income of 6% to 8% annually by lending stocks.
New borrowers should go for banks over housing finance companies as the new benchmark -- MCLR -- is more transparent.
SBI has twice hiked interest rates on fixed deposits within a month, but an investor still gets better returns at the post office.