Debt-oriented mutual funds have continued to give positive returns in February, while almost all the equity schemes ended in the negative, a latest study said. According to Crisil FundServices, provider of fund evaluation and risk solutions to the Indian MF industry, debt funds showed positive momentum, while equity funds continued to slide in February.
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Systematic investment plans, through which mutual fund investors put a fixed sum into MF schemes, are proving to be engines of growth for fund houses with the number of SIP investors growing nearly three times since last year.
Experts say investors should stay patient and stay invested in mutual funds.
'There is still scope for selective stockpicking.'
HDFC Equity, the largest equity fund, also managed by Prashant Jain, with a corpus of Rs 10,445 crore, has 9.4 per cent of its assets in SBI.
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A look at stocks in the portfolio, corpus size and comparison with peers can help in selecting a fund.
'Investors should restrict themselves to a few category schemes with high quality portfolios apart from overnight and liquid funds.'
The mutual fund industry saw a sharp decline in its average assets in June -- with over 36 per cent plunge for some companies -- as investors withdrawal offset gains from an upward move in the equity market.
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From a longer term prospective, while the markets are not as attractive as they were six months back, it would be correct to say that there is reasonable upside for medium to long term investor, said Prashant Jain, head-equities, HDFC Mutual Fund.
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Though the sum was nowhere close to the big-ticket monthly purchases seen during the 2004-2008 bull run, it is significant, as it confirms the reversal of a selling spree that began in September 2013.
The mutual fund industry's average assets under management grew by Rs 86,355.19 crore (Rs 863.55 billion), or 15.66 per cent, and analysts said the increased inflows into fund houses show that investors are regaining confidence in equity schemes. The combined average AUM of the 35 fund houses in the country increased to Rs 6,37,609.41 crore (Rs 6,376.09 billion) in May compared to Rs 5,51,25,422 crore (Rs 5,51,25,4.22 billion) in April.
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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.
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Soon after the finance ministry cleared the haze on tax treatment of equity linked savings scheme, fund managers are lining up such policies to tap investors eager to participate in the stock market boom and simultaneously save tax. \n
ELSS, in general, is one of the best options among the instruments eligible for tax benefits under section 80C both in terms of potential to grow as well as tax efficiency of the returns.
There have been two changes announced so far as MF taxation is concerned.
Several MF managers are trying to tell their investors that it could be the best time to invest as India is different.
'Macro headwinds are rising for Indian equities in the form of rising commodity prices, especially oil, depreciating rupee, fiscal challenges, election-related uncertainty and upside risks to inflation'
The recent weakness in stock markets has provided an opportunity to buy quality stocks relatively cheaper
Apprehending a sharp decline in business, mutual funds including UTI AMC have asked Finance Minister P Chidambaram to exempt all debt instruments from the proposed 0.15 per cent transaction tax.
Investors should take this opportunity to look at asset allocation and realign their portfolio.
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While there's tax arbitrage advantage in ULIPs now, experts say investors should prefer mutual funds for long-term savings.
ETFs may be an option if you are considering only large-cap funds, experts tell Tinesh Bhasin.
Experts say you may invest in small-sized funds and benefit from their nimbleness.
Retail investors have matured and have moved away from investing in only in-vogue products, says the managing director and chief executive officer of ICICI Prudential AMC.
Mutual funds are better than Portfolio Management Schemes where costs crystallise only at the end of the investment period, says Shashank Khade.
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