Investors must be aware that there is an element of uncertainty attached to investing in MF IPOs, which they must factor in before making an investment decision.
In other debt-oriented funds, retail assets jumped from about Rs 45,000 crore to Rs 64,000 crore.
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The country's 44 fund houses together had an average AUM of Rs 9.85 lakh crore during April-June quarter of 2014-15, up from Rs 9.05 lakh crore (Rs 9.05 trillion) in the preceding three months, according to the latest data available with Association of Mutual Funds in India.
In the past few years, MFs have emerged as significant institutional buyers, often offsetting the selling by FPIs.
Several investors opine that mutual funds have been making a distinction between subscribers based on their investment values. Investors with high value net investments are charged nil or lesser entry & exit loads. The MFs have been justifying this by saying that it helps them to get more subscriptions and enables them to invest in large-cap and high-value Sensex stocks.
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Many investors, who have made money in the rising market of the recent past, are pulling out of equity funds, believing that they can earn more by investing directly.
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Given its focus on the real estate sector, financial planners feel this scheme is not meant for first-time investors and any investor should only have 5 to 10 per cent exposure to this fund.
The new rule follows the recommendations of the Association of Mutual Funds in India's Working Group on Standardisation of Key Operational Areas, a circular by Sebi said in Mumbai on Tuesday evening.
Despite taking a hit on profitability amid the pandemic, companies with strong balance sheets are gaining market share because of consolidation in their respective sectors.
If you watch television, you just cannot miss the colourful, new fund offering advertisements by mutual funds talking about India's growing economy and how investing in them is likely to fetch great returns
Standard Chartered Bank is expected to seal the deal of its Mutual Fund business in the near future.
The Rs 4,200 crore (Rs 42 billion) Murugappa group is toying with the idea of including a foreign strategic partner in its mutual fund arm Cholamandalam AMC, which plans to double its business to Rs 2,500 crore within a year.
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CBI conducted raids at over two dozen places including those of senior officials of SBI Mutual Fund, UTI and broker Ketan Parekh for allegedly duping the financial institutions of crores of rupees in the latest stock market scam.
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No fund houses could muster the courage to launch equity funds during the period and the sector lost a lot of its equity assets.
The move to allow payments through digital wallets could give a fillip to distribution and reach for these investment vehicles, say experts.
Backed by upsurge in stock prices, diversified open-ended equity schemes of mutual funds posted an average 19 per cent return for the one year ended June 2003, according to Crisil's mutual fund ranking.\n\n\n\n
UTI Mutual Fund plans to foray into the pension sector once the government sets up Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority in October this year.
Investors who cannot manage an asset-allocated portfolio or rebalance regularly, or do not have an advisor, may opt for these funds, but only after a detailed study of their strategy, suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Many investors get out of their existing MF scheme to invest in new MF schemes as they are told they will get more units. But beware, this may not be good for you.
According to a notification on Saturday, the "services rendered by a mutual fund agent or distributor to mutual fund or asset management company for distribution or marketing of mutual fund" form part of 34 items exempt from service tax.
The country's leading fund manager UTI Mutual Fund is likely to enter the capital market with its public issue by the end of current fiscal and has already got the approval from its board for the IPO.
If you save regularly and you buy funds that fit your asset-allocation mix, you will do as well as, or better than, most professionals in the financial world.
If you plan to invest in an FD, go for the 12-15-month tenure. This will allow you to redeploy maturity proceeds at higher rates (if rates rise), advises Sarbajeet K Sen.
Every investor must have a clear game-plan and set financial goals based on certain pre-defined objectives with specified time frames.
When it comes to successful investing it is the journey that is more enjoyable than the final destination.
'There is still scope for selective stockpicking.'
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UTI, HDFC, Reliance MF and SBI MF already source 17-25% of funds from small towns.
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