In a chat with Get Ahead readers financial planning expert Vetapalem Sridhar tells them about the mutual funds for the long term and why they should remain invested for at least five years.
As deposit growth lags credit expansion, Indian banks face shrinking low-cost Casa inflows, rising funding costs, and structural shifts driven by UPI, e-Kuber, and digital savings trends, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The following discussion is an attempt to look at some of the parameters to decide how to select mutual funds for investments.
Equity mutual funds (MFs) deployed maximum in shares of Reliance Industries (RIL) in June at Rs 2,177 crore, followed by Maruti Suzuki (Rs 2,045 crore) and Bharti Airtel (Rs 1,310 crore). Shares of both RIL and Bharti Airtel have been turbulent this month. On July 1, shares of RIL crashed over 7 per cent, following the government imposing windfall taxes on domestic crude oil production and fuel exports.
This is how two people with the same starting amount can end up in very different financial places. In this article, let's understand what lessons can be drawn for anyone starting out!
Conservative investors seeking equity-like tax benefits with low risk may go for them.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Wednesday, financial planning expert Trideep Choudhary offered some valuable tips.
Often investors are lured to mutual funds due to dividends. It is necessary to understand the role of dividends in MFs and know that the only way MFs give returns is through NAV appreciation.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India will notify the rules by August 1.
Equity mutual funds attracted Rs 8,898 crore in July, a 43 per cent decline compared to the preceding month as markets continued to remain volatile amid concerns over inflation and rate hike expectations. For the 17th straight month, equity mutual funds witnessed inflows in July. The net inflows in July were lower compared to Rs 15,495 crore seen in June, Rs 18,529 crore in May and Rs 15,890 crore in April, according to data released by Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) on Monday.
These mutual funds from LIC have been steady performers since the last 5 years
Generally, getting into a mutual fund is associated with a long-term relationship whereby, there are good times as well as bad times. However, most investors are willing to enjoy the upside, but at the slightest hint of a downside, they start crying foul.
Mutual funds cannot invest more than 10 per cent of the total net assets of a scheme in the short-term deposits of a single bank, the Securities and Exchange Board of India said on Monday.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'The real question is how best to leverage technology to deliver better services, all the way to the last mile, where we still haven't been able to get across the financial literacy that can enable us to unlock the potential of the entire country.'
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 consider investing through mutual funds as there are better systems to ensure that investors are insulated from adverse news.
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.
'AUM reached an all-time high of Rs 79.9 trillion in October 2025, driven by strong retail participation and record SIP inflows of Rs 29,529 crore from over 94.5 million contributing accounts.'
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 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.
Most investors think that a dividend-paying mutual fund scheme is better than growth-oriented schemes. Here's an analysis of which is better.
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.
L&T Housing Finance on Thursday announced selling L&T Investment Management (LTIM) to HSBC Asset Management (India) at $425 million. LTIM is the investment manager of the mutual fund business of L&T. The divestment of the mutual fund business is in line with the strategic objective of L&T Finance Holdings of unlocking value from its subsidiaries to strengthen its balance sheet, it stated in a press release. The data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) shows L&T Mutual Fund (MF) has average assets under management (AAUM) worth Rs 78,273.80 crore, while HSBC MF has AAUM of Rs 11,314.32 crore as in the July-September quarter.
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.
Several companies across sectors like finance, healthcare, wellness, retail technology, and asset management are bracing up to hit the D-street. With an unprecedented 1.7 lakh crore raised in 2025, the momentum is likely to sustain in 2026.
Encashing your mutual fund at the right time is as important as buying one.
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.
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