Only investors who understand the significance of ESG investing should enter these funds for the long term, advises Sarbajeet K Sen.
The fund house has proposed the government allow those investing up to a specified amount, to contribute on a monthly basis without submitting PAN, which is a must for all mutual fund investments. SBI MF is hoping to get around 250,000 investors to invest in 'Chota SIP.' The product aimed at the lower income group, the subscription level could rise to 1 million if the PAN requirement was done away with.
'When we look at the quality of our retail loan book, the non-performing asset percentage is low.'
'Largely, new demat accounts are now being opened by the younger crowd, particularly GenZ.' 'This is great news since younger investors start their journey with very little capital, so they are risking less.'
UTI, SBI, Reliance MF promote SIPs with low threshold. However, there are several hurdles. Mutual fund investments require the investor to have a PAN -- a big deterrent when it comes to tapping small and marginal investors. A big fear is that given the fickle nature of the stock market, rural investors might easily get scared when there is a downturn in the market.
From the enactment of the capital control Act to the recognition of the BSE as a stock exchange and the infamous Harshad Mehta scam, here are the 18 biggest events for stock markets from 1947 to 1993.
J M Mutual Fund's chief investment officer (equity) speaks about his stock picking strategies. He says he is a firm believer in focusing on companies than on sectors.
Fund houses' tie-ups with the postal department for marketing their schemes through post offices are yet to take off in a bigger way.
It is speculated that 5-10 per cent of the PSU cash reserves of up to Rs 1,20,000 crore (Rs 1200 billion), will flow into the three PSU fund houses.
CBI conducted raids at over two dozen places including those of senior officials of SBI Mutual Fund, UTI and broker Ketan Parekh for allegedly duping the financial institutions of crores of rupees in the latest stock market scam.
Making information available to all will solve only part of the problem. The biggest problem is a complete lack of understanding of mutual funds.
Investment expert Sandeep Shanbhag says, "SBI MF as a fund house has a fairly decent track record and it needn't have resorted to such attention grabbing devices to generate assets under management."
The return from the ETF investment will be more than the 8.75 per cent the EPFO offers to subscribers now.
Chandra, who will turn 69 years old on Saturday, becomes non-executive director with immediate effect.
MFs have benefited from a shift to financial assets from physical assets like real estate and gold.
The country's largest lender State Bank of India has seen a perceptible increase in the number transactions happening at its multiple digital channels, with the percentage moving from 60 per cent in the pre-pandemic period to 67 per cent currently, chairman Dinesh Khara said. The rise in the number of digital transactions at the bank was largely driven by pick up in e-commerce during the pandemic-induced lockdown, which restricted movement, he said.
Investing in ETFs is similar to buying and selling shares on exchanges through your trading account, points out Ashwani Bhatia, MD and CEO, SBI Mutual Fund.
Among the stocks that have seen the largest cut by MFs, the DVR shares (shares with differential voting rights) of Tata Motors have seen a cut of 243 basis points (bps) in MFs' stake.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your mutual funds-related queries.
Rajan's appointment will be perceived as a positive development.
Seven students were made international offers.
These funds carry low risk and should be able to beat the returns from fixed deposits.
High rates of such schemes deter banks from dropping borrowing rates - and thus lending rates
Automobile sector accounts for the third-highest equity mutual fund contributions.
Inflation indexed bonds assure a positive return over inflation.
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