The Securities and Exchange Board of India will notify the rules by August 1.
Expenses incurred by mutual funds are a critical factor because they eat into the returns which would otherwise be available to investors
Mutual funds bought FMCG, construction, auto, and IT stocks in November.
Investors must consider investing through mutual funds as there are better systems to ensure that investors are insulated from adverse news.
Mutual fund analysis is a sophisticated problem studied by global investment professionals, and while no list can do complete justice to the problem, there are ten nuanced factors that professionals look at.
Investors must be careful while comparing mutual funds. They must ensure that they are comparing funds with comparable risk profiles within the same category.
The value of MF exposure to REITs and InvITs which was at Rs 734 crore at the end of March 2020, rose to Rs 5,200 crore by the end of March 2023.
These mutual funds from LIC have been steady performers since the last 5 years
The venture -- named as BSE StAR MF, has received confirmation from more than 20 mutual fund-houses to participate and seven funds, with a total of 103 schemes, will be available from today itself.
A month after getting the Securities and Exchange Board of India's nod to launch an asset management company, Dutch financial services major Aegon and Religare Enterprises have decided to part ways.
Most investors think that a dividend-paying mutual fund scheme is better than growth-oriented schemes. Here's an analysis of which is better.
The Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25 season has been postponed to after October 6 due to the FIFA international match window, and will proceed with 13 teams after Diamond Harbour FC failed to meet payment deadlines. Concurrently, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has condemned "unverified claims" regarding its finances and the decision to withdraw from the FIFA ASEAN Cup, asserting that the prioritisation of a friendly match against Brazil was a strategic move for Indian football.
Mutual funds (MFs) scooped up smallcap shares across sectors such as healthcare, banking and financial services in March 2024 amid a near 4.5 per cent fall in key smallcap indices. Aster DM Healthcare, NLC India, and Aavas Financiers topped the list of most-bought stocks in the Rs 10,000-40,000 crore market capitalisation (mcap) bracket, according to a study by Nuvama Alternative & Quantitative Research. Aster and Aavas had corrected by 13 per cent and 10 per cent in March, respectively, while NLC India ended the month with a 2.5 per cent gain.
Encashing your mutual fund at the right time is as important as buying one.
Ask rediffGURU Reetika Sharma your insurance, mutual fund and personal finance-related questions.
The new 'riskometer' seeks to help investors gauge the level of risk in a particular scheme. The new guidelines will come into effect from July 1, 2015.
Here's an analyses of 25 mutual funds that will create long-term value for you. In a 5 part series that begins today, here we present the first five mutual funds with the rest to follow on subsequent days.
The Indian MF industry offers a great investment opportunity to NRIs.
If one has the risk appetite and is willing to stay invested for 3-5 years, this is a good time to start investing in a staggered manner (via SIPs), says financial planning expert Irfan Rupani.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
In response to liquidity problems faced by the mutual fund industry because of a surge in redemptions, RBI on October 14 announced a 14-day term repo facility to meet liquidity requirements of mutual funds. The facility was further extended till March 31 next year.
Don't buy mutual funds for these wrong reasons. Here's what you should be aware of while investing in mutual funds.
To help you decide whether mutual funds are best for you and your situation, we are going to look at some reasons why you might want to consider investing in mutual funds.
Ask rediffGURU and PF, MF and insurance expert Purshotam Lal your mutual fund, insurance and personal finance-related questions.
IL&FS Mutual Fund is eyeing acquisitions and plans to launch six more schemes to increase its assets under management to over Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) by the end of this fiscal.
The global funds are gung-ho about the prospects of India's real estate sector and have committed billions of dollars, but the Indian mutual funds are treading cautiously.
Mutual funds continued to buy into oil and gas, banking and finance, telecom, and media stocks in April
Mutual funds focused on small-caps have emerged as the winner with a net inflow of close to Rs 11,000 crore in April-June quarter, as fund managers struggle to create alpha in the large-cap space, and the trend is expected to continue for some time. On the other hand, large-cap space, which is yet to pick up momentum, witnessed an outflow of Rs 3,360 crore during the quarter under review, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) showed. Apart from the June quarter, small-cap funds logged an inflow of Rs 6,932 crore in three months that ended in March.
Unperturbed by election uncertainty, investors poured record sums into equity mutual fund (MF) schemes in May, driving India closer to a $5 trillion market capitalisation. The Rs 34,697 crore net inflows into actively managed equity funds last month surpassed the previous high of Rs 28,463 crore recorded in March 2022. In April 2024, equity schemes had garnered nearly Rs 19,000 crore.
India's securitisation market achieved its highest-ever first-quarter performance, reaching approximately 60,000 crore, a 22 per cent year-on-year increase, primarily driven by Non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and a significant surge in gold loan securitisation.
A study of the top ten mutual funds' equity portfolios as on March 30 reveals that funds bought huge chunks of metal major SAIL, engineering stock KEC Infrastructures, while diluted their exposure to FMCG major ITC.
