The Rs 84,000 crore domestic fund of funds (FoFs) space, which was in the doldrums over the past 18 months, has now caught the attention of investors due to a change in the tax structure in Budget 2024. The broader category, which includes offerings across equity, debt and commodities, has seen a spike in the inflows over the past two months. FoFs typically deploy the pooled capital in one or multiple MF schemes rather than investing directly into equities, debt or commodities.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
With at least three IPOs in the offing this year, stock market investors have a lot to look forward to.
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
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
In numerous instances, family members are unaware of an insurance policy's existence, let alone its details.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, 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.
New entrants could include Flipkart, Paytm, Cafe Coffee Day and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, it says
Insurance behemoth LIC on Tuesday said it has garnered a little over Rs 5,627 crore from anchor investors led primarily by domestic institutions ahead of its mega initial public offering (IPO). Anchor Investors' (AIs) portion (5,92,96,853 equity shares) was subscribed at Rs 949 per equity share, the insurer said in an early morning filing to exchanges. Out of the allocation of about 5.9 crore shares to AIs, 4.2 crore shares (71.12 per cent) were allocated to 15 domestic mutual funds through 99 schemes, the filing said.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'A long-term investor with a 4 to 5 year horizon could invest in this theme via SIPs.'
As many as 56 firms collectively mopped up Rs 17,283 crores through IPOs during the April-September period of 2016-17.
EPFO is managing a corpus of Rs 6.5 lakh crore.
These products are extremely transparent and are the lowest charged products in the insurance space. The policyholder has to only pay the fund management charge. Hence, from the cost side, ULIPs are very competitive.
New fund offers collection in the current calendar year was the highest in a decade, with 13 of the 70 equity schemes cornering 75 per cent of the amount raised.
S V Ramanan, CEO, CAMS Repository Services, answered readers' queries on electronic insurance in an online chat with readers August 6
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
Steep volatility in the markets has made fund managers cautious, awaiting opportunities to deploy the cash.
By contrast, the fraud enabled Raju's kin and aides to make hundreds of crores, charges CBI.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Unit linked insurance plans are probably the hottest selling product for most life insurance companies today.
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.
rediffGURU Nikunj Saraf suggests considering small-cap, mid-cap, and multi-cap mutual funds.
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank's initial public offering attracted heavy investor demand on the final day of bidding on Wednesday as the issue was subscribed a whopping 126.36 times.
Equity-focused schemes may perform better in a bull market, while debt-oriented ones may offer greater stability during volatile periods.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
rediffGURU Ramalingam Kalirajan answers your personal finance queries.
Buoyancy in the equity market and the soft interest rate regime have prompted insurers like the LIC to focus on unit-linked products that provide life cover as well as tax benefits and capital appreciation to investors.
Critical illness policies by life insurance companies provide a variety of combinations but have a complex fine print.
Shikha Sharma's contentious appointment as CEO of Axis Bank doesn't detract from her sound reputation in the financial world.
Life Insurance Corporation and UTI Mutual Fund are in the fray for entering the lucrative pension business, which is slated to grow to Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) by 2010.
HDFC MF witnessed 17% rise in investment in its schemes to Rs 6,462 crore by group companies during May.
'We like certain stocks from banking, insurance, retail, hospitals and capital goods.' 'Though some of these stocks may seem expensive, they will compound well over the long term, thus justifying their current multiples.'
