Largecap heavy funds back in reckoning as smallcap fever recedes

Net inflows into two of the ‘lower risk’ equity funds — largecaps and flexicaps — outpaced the flows into smallcap funds during January 2024 for the first time in 17 months.......

What's in store for mutual fund investors in 2024?

The mutual fund (MF) industry had an action-packed 2023 as it tackled the scrapping of tax benefits for debt fund investors and surging flows into equity funds. Illustration: Dominic......

Safe-bet BAFs take the back seat as investors turn to riskier funds

Balanced advantage funds (BAFs) were popular in the later part of 2021 and continued to see good inflows until some months back as investors looked for safer options amid over-valuation concerns.......

Should you still bet on BAFs or move back to FDs?

Outflows could be a result of investor dissatisfaction with certain schemes, bank fixed deposits becoming attractive, and a decline in lump sum flows into MFs. Abhishek Kumar reports.......