Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Here's a study to find out how schemes from the diversified equity funds category performed on a year-to-date basis and to determine who the top gainers and losers are.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is considering a proposal to allow mutual funds (MFs) to charge a fee based on their performance, said Ananta Barua, whole-time member of the markets regulator. He said the proposal is being reviewed by a working group formed to look into cost structures. "One working group has been set up which is going to review... One of the suggestions is that if any scheme or fund is performing well above the benchmark, it (fee) can be linked to its performance.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
While the proposed new tax regime is optional for taxpayers, the finance minister has said the government eventually wants to do away with all exemptions with a lower tax-rate simplified structure.
Mutual Funds added more than 7 lakh investors into equity schemes in August. Despite this, redemptions out-weighed investments in equity funds.
Fund managers's compensation is largely tied to the assets they manage and scheme performance.
Mutual funds are better than Portfolio Management Schemes where costs crystallise only at the end of the investment period, says Shashank Khade.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
With fear of a slowdown looming, a steep fall in world's markets last week and the US being downgraded first the time in seven decades, domestic retail investors have made losses in their most-favoured schemes this year.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
Mutual funds provide the right opportunity to the millions of investors
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Now that investors are waking up to mutual funds, they should understand a few intricacies of making the best use of that vehicle
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your mutual fund queries.
This amount does not include losses suffered indirectly through investment in mutual funds (MFs) and insurance companies.
It is best not to get carried away by returns or take a short-term view of the markets, says Bhavana Acharya.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your mutual fund queries.
Investors can now park money in practically all overseas firms via domestic mutual funds (MFs). The removal of this key deterrent will encourage investment in the funds.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Stick to low-cost ULIPs launched in the past few years. Go with an insurer with a good investment team and solid track record of long-term returns, suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Amit Gupta, MD, Sag Infotech, answers your personal income tax queries.
'This is the first time we will see how SIP investors react to market correction.'
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'Investors should be careful in getting carried away; although a reversal of IPO frenzy this time is taking longer than in the past.'
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Monday relaxed the norms for valuing perpetual bonds. The norms, which had sought to value banks' deemed residual maturity of Basel III additional tier 1 (AT1) bonds as 100-year debt from April 1, were strongly opposed by the finance ministry. In a statement released on Monday, the regulator said the maturity would be 10 years until March 31, 2022, and would be increased to 20 and 30 years over the subsequent six-month period.
Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com After a brief respite at the year's start, FPIs have dumped shares worth more than $5.7 billion (Rs 42,596 crore), taking the cumulative net outflows since October to $10.5 billion (Rs 78,466 crore), and adding to the volatility on the bourses. The figure would have been a lot worse had it not been for net purchases to the tune of $5.7 billion in the primary market from October to date.
January 2005 was clearly a testing month for most investors; however, such times can often demarcate serious long-term investors from those who are looking to make a quick buck.
Now SEBI registered Mutual Funds would be allowed to accept subscriptions from foreign investors who meet the Know Your Client (KYC) requirements for equity schemes.
But increase in surcharge for DDT to impact debt funds.
This is a key reason for the finance ministry's objection to fixing the tenure at 100 years, as it is pushing PSBs to be self-dependent and raise funds from the market, reports Hamsini Karthik.
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.
MF investors may not be able to support markets fall if selling intensifies
Operational and compliance challenges foreseen for fund houses in deducting tax at source, resulting in possible TDS mismatches and disputes with investors.
MFs have garnered record assets in the past one year, led by increased investor participation through SIPs and robust returns in mid-cap schemes.
Mukul Gupta, CEO, Birla Sun Life AMC talks about the benefits investors can draw by investing through mutual funds.
