These funds have scored the best on the Morningstar Risk and Return rating grades.
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The Sebi chief said that although the idea of an SRO has been challenged in court, he is hopeful of its implementation.
A higher TER means a larger portion of the return goes to the AMC, leaving less for the investor, unless compensated by higher returns.
Benchmark indices today are where they were five years back. But that has not been a deterrent for these equity funds, which topped their respective categories.
DLF wrote to Sebi, asking if the firm's ban on securities transactions extends to mutual fund investments.
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Floating-rate mutual funds are back in demand after a year-long period of consistent outflows. In the past three months, investors have poured over Rs 6,100 crore into these debt schemes, indicating a reversal in fortunes for the category that recorded outflows for 11 consecutive months (May 2022 to March 2023), totalling Rs 32,250 crore. Floating-rate funds invest at least 65 per cent in floating-rate instruments, which have their interest rates linked to the Reserve Bank of India repo rate.
The mutual fund industry witnessed a 18 per cent decline in its assets under management in October, plunging below the Rs 5-trillion mark for the first time this year.
New investors or those with lower-than-planned exposure should add US-oriented funds through SIPs.
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Thursday said it has sold 3.53 per cent stake in RBL Bank for Rs 678 crore, representing a 62.5 per cent gain on the investment. On July 26, 2023, the Mumbai-based diversified firm had announced the acquisition of a 3.53 per cent stake in RBL Bank as a treasury investment at a cost of Rs 417 crore.
State Bank of India has sold 37 per cent stake in its mutual fund arm -- SBI Fund Management Pvt Ltd -- to France-based Societe Generale Asset Management, for an undisclosed sum.
Suppandi has evolved over the years from being a household help to having a variety of office jobs.
'The net inflows into MF schemes may also have been lower last month, with investors booking profit and taking a more measured approach amid elevated valuations.'
Retail investors now own a bigger slice of small-cap companies than a couple of years earlier, attributable to their growing conviction in mutual fund (MF) schemes focused on this space. Data from Capitaline shows MFs' average holding in the National Stock Exchange Nifty Smallcap 250 rising to 8.67 per cent, from 7.67 per cent in the past two financial years, with the number of companies with over 20 per cent MF holdings, rising from 15 to 24. At the end of May, the top five small-cap firms with the highest MF holdings were Carborundum Universal, Blue Star, Cyient, Gujarat State Petronet, and Cholamandalam Finance.
Reforms took centre-stage last year, but 2010 may be the year when their effects will be seen.
'They are positioned as defensive products and can potentially give marginally higher returns than liquid funds.'
'Corporates now have multiple funding sources beyond banks, and many are sitting on large cash reserves.'
The 44-player industry logged assets under management of Rs 26.33 lakh crore in October-end, as compared to Rs 27.04 lakh crore by November end, representing a growth of 3 per cent. Among debt-oriented schemes, overnight funds received flows worth about Rs 20,650 crore, the highest among the fixed-income segment last month.
Despite recent underperformance, MNC funds have delivered over longer time frames.
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During 2013-14, the number of investor folios for equity schemes fell by 40 lakh.
'...not merely in managing fiscal mathematics, but in demonstrating conservatism and prudence within that framework.' 'Looking forward, we believe sufficient growth drivers exist -- ranging from government reforms to revival in consumption to favourable monsoons. Numerous factors support the Indian economy.'
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Investors must have predetermined investment objectives and plans before they start investing; also, they must invest in line with the same at all times.
Importantly, is there hope going forward?
But due to SEC diktats, funds that are US-based -- like Templeton, Fidelity and HSBC -- do not accept investments from NRIs.
Making information available to all will solve only part of the problem. The biggest problem is a complete lack of understanding of mutual funds.
At first glance, the numbers show a mixed trend.
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'MFs have a combined exposure of Rs 3.2 lakh crore to NBFCs, out of which Rs 1.1 lakh crore matures by September 2019.'
The average fall in 15 most-invested stocks by equity MFs was 5.7 per cent. Chandan Kishore Kant reports
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The rise of algorithmic and high-frequency trading brings efficiency but also demands robust risk controls, real-time monitoring and compliance safeguards, Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey told the Morningstar Investment Conference India 2025.
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