Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
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'We would advise investors to hold on to multi-cap funds and not invest further until further clarity emerges.'
At the outset, decide whether you want to be a trader or an investor, suggest Sarbajeet K Sen and Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Sebi pointed out instances of misleading the investors by reporting incorrect data on investor complaints, instances of inappropriate utilisation of funds meant for investor education, such as spending on programmes meant for financial advisors, charging of expenses to the said funds for stationery items such as notebooks, planners and calendars, and charging of expenses without adequate records.
At gross level, MFs mobilised Rs 43.67 lakh crore (Rs 43.67 trillion) in August.
Many investors are lured with dividends that mutual funds pay, without realising that they are getting their own money back.
The strong inflow in MF schemes coincided with a gain in BSE's benchmark Sensex by two per cent last month.
Two factors play a predominant role in fetching good returns -- stock selection and allocation, suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
'You need to be careful about this.' 'Growth without fundamental principles is like fat.' 'Growth with good base and fundamentals is like muscles.'
The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Monday approved guidelines for real estate mutual funds.
If one compares returns, the two public-sector ETFs have done better over the past year, but the ELSS category has done better over the trailing three and five years.
While the amount collected is a tad lower than last two years, it may surpass the previous two years' collections by the end of the year.
'There is no need to do anything, let your SIPs get deducted every month, and stick to your allocation between equity, fixed income and emergency funds and your risk covers.'
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has recommended reservation for domestic mutual funds within the quota allocated for "anchor investors" in initial public offers.
Thirty-five schemes are back in the dividend list in 2005, while 17 mutual fund schemes that paid dividends in 2004, have not announced any dividend as of yet.
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Corporate houses, banks and financial institutions account for more than half of the mutual fund industry's total assets under management, while retail investors hold less than one-fourth of the assets, a report says.\n\n
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'In the business of money, where you are regulated, the liability lies on the head of the acquirer.' 'It is not a good thing when you cannot spot the risks.'
After getting the go-ahead from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), IDBI Bank is all set to apply to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for a mutual fund licence.
Sahara group has been engaged in a long-running regulatory and legal battle with Sebi.
Exit from equities if your investment was goal-linked or if you urgently need cash. Else, stay; rebalance your portfolio by picking attractively valued and some better-performing stocks
This is the right time to get out of schemes, which have not lived up to your expectations.
The country's 44 fund houses together garnered an average Asset Under Management) of Rs 9.04 lakh crore (Rs 9.04 trillion) during the January-March quarter of 2013-14, up from Rs 8.76 lakh crore (Rs 8.76 trillion) in the previous three-month period, Crisil said attributing the data to the Association of Mutual Funds in India.
LIC is one of the largest Indian shareholders in the country's largest car maker, with a 6.93% stake.
While equity funds can charge an expense ratio up to 2.5 per cent, debt funds can charge up to 2.25 per cent.
As if wanting to be an antidote to the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian stock market adorned carnival robes in 2021 with a tsunami of liquidity unleashed by global central banks coupled with supportive domestic policies and the world's largest vaccination drive sparking off a world-beating rally on Dalal Street, despite bouts of uneasiness over fizzy valuations. While the wider economy shuttled between recovery and relapse, dictated by multiple mutations of the virus, equity market benchmarks appeared headed in just one direction -- skywards. The dizzying upward journey has added a whopping Rs 72 lakh crore during 2021 to investors' wealth, measured as the cumulative value of all listed shares in the country, taking it to nearly Rs 260 lakh crore.
New fund offer, called Reliance Fixed Horizon Fund - XX, is a close-ended income scheme and the units can be purchased only during the period of NFO.
Franklin Templeton has won the mutual fund of the year award instituted by CNBC-TV18 and rating agency CRISIL.
This will be the first such deal since the global financial crisis caused the Indian stock markets to crash a record 23 per cent in October.
As an investor you need to learn not only when to buy but also when to sell a mutual fund. Learning the principles of when to sell a mutual fund helps weed off investment in unprofitable mutual funds and build up a desirable and profitable portfolio of mutual fund investments.
The journey that your money undergoes from the time of investment in an MF scheme till redemption.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Experts say a combination of improving asset quality and NBFCs' weak balance-sheets bodes well for both corporate and retail banks.
Most equity schemes have more than doubled their NAVs in 8 years, even if they entered at the pre-Lehman crisis peak
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