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.
Rediff explains why the system, not the Budget, is the problem.
Investors must be careful while comparing mutual funds. They must ensure that they are comparing funds with comparable risk profiles within the same category.
These mutual funds from LIC have been steady performers since the last 5 years
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.
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.
'Healthcare costs in India rise by 10 to 14% annually, causing treatment costs to double roughly every 5-7 years.'
Ask rediffGURU and PF expert Nitin Narkhede your mutual fund and personal finance-related questions.
Encashing your mutual fund at the right time is as important as buying one.
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.
A simple SIP-first approach can help reduce debt, avoid EMIs and build lasting financial freedom through disciplined spending, advises Ramalingam Kalirajan
Yield-generating instruments like Infrastructure Investment Trusts (Invits), Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits), and Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) are witnessing a surge in investor interest, contrasting with a notable slowdown in the equity primary market, which saw only one IPO in April.
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.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The Indian MF industry offers a great investment opportunity to NRIs.
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.
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.
For India, the guiding principle should remain clear: Engage Bangladesh as a sovereign nation and society rather than through the prism of any individual leader or political party, suggests Manoj Mohanka.
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.
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.
Don't buy mutual funds for these wrong reasons. Here's what you should be aware of while investing in mutual funds.
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.
Ask rediffGURU and PF expert Nitin Narkhede your mutual fund and personal finance-related questions.
IT stocks had their worst first half fall in decades, with the Nifty IT index declining 31% in the January-June 2026 period, its biggest decline in the first six months of a calendar year since 2003.
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.
