PSU bank shares were the top gainers on hopes of a rate by the RBI on easing consumer inflation
While stocks are at cheap valuations, the volatility can be unnerving.
The mutual fund (MF) industry has seen a fair number of new entrants in the last 10 years but none of them have proved to be much of a challenge for the larger players. The list of top 20 fund houses, which manage over 90 per cent of the industry's total assets, continues to be dominated by players who have been in the business for more than a decade. Bajaj Finserv MF may change that, say experts.
In last few years, a number of global players have exited the Indian mutual fund business.
Event-based volatility could rise in the near future, increasing arbitrage opportunities.
Three fund managers share their views and state where they are looking for value.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
Exodus of top managers an unintended side effect of roaring MF industry
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.
Invest 5 to 10 per cent in a banking sector fund. Ensure that mutual fund's portfolio includes all three players -- private sector banks, public sector banks and NBFCs.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Most banks led by the State Bank, have or are going to declare DHFL account as NPA in the third quarter.
Debt funds have exposure of nearly Rs 8,000 crore to Zee group papers. Aditya Birla MF, HDFC MF, Franklin Templeton MF, and ICICI Prudential MF have the highest exposure, reports Samie Modak.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
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.
The recently-created flexi-cap fund category is emerging as the hottest segment in the Rs 11-trillion equity mutual funds (MFs) space. Buoyed by the success of ICICI Prudential Flexicap Fund, other MFs are lining up new fund offerings (NFO) in this segment. Industry players say the flexi-cap category could emerge as the biggest segment in the equity MF space. Recently, ICICI Pru Flexicap's NFO collected a record Rs 10,200 crore.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Chief Investment Officer of Prudential ICICI, Nilesh Shah discusses the current situation of the market in terms of inflows, valuations and the general consensus on the market.
Ulhas Joshi, Head -- Sales, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Reliance Mutual Fund has toppled UTI MF to become the country's largest fund house in January with assets under management of more than Rs 39,000 crore (Rs 390 billion).
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.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your mutual fund queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
You can look at equity-oriented balanced funds.
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.
This came even as the airline recorded the fastest domestic passenger growth rate of 26 per cent.
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.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Add a term plan with a child mutual fund for best results.
If a 5% to 10% fall in the equity market gives you sleepless nights, you are not cut out for a 75% to 80% allocation to equities and must reduce it.
The hard truth is that unless you start investing for your children in advance, in appropriate investment avenues, you are risking their future aspirations.
There cannot be value in every stock, whether large cap or otherwise. Thus buying a stock cheap does not always translate into value buying
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Equity fund managers say large-caps offer higher relative safety, especially in such times.
The rally in silver may continue if the global economic recovery remains on course.
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