Reliance Capital Asset Management, controlled by Anil Ambani, has sold a 5 per cent stake to Eton Park Capital Management in a deal that for the first time puts a value on India's largest mutual fund.
'The day is not too far when the share of MFs alone will be greater than that of foreign institutional investors.'
In November, six primary market issuances accounted for more than 13,000 crore of net equity investments by MFs.
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group firm Reliance Mutual Fund retains its position as the country's largest fund house having assets of over Rs 48,000 crore (Rs 480 billion).
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday questioned Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor as part of a money laundering investigation against Reliance Anil Ambani group companies, officials said.
The Reliance Centre, a guesthouse and some residential assets in Mumbai, apart from 231 plots of land in Chennai, are among the fresh assets worth Rs 1,120 crore attached by the ED as part of its ongoing money-laundering probe against the companies of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani.
When it comes to the average assets under management among the top five mutual funds, there has been a shuffle in positions. While Reliance Mutual Fund has been able to maintain the number one position at Rs 700 billion, ICICI Prudential has been pushed to number four from second spot by HDFC Mutual Fund. ICICI Prudential was above HDFC by Rs 73 billion in January-end 2008. But at the end of December, HDFC's assets were up by Rs 48.79 billion over that of ICICI Prudential.
Meaningful market share would go to those who have the distribution strength to push their products, such as banks.
Industry body Amfi to hold meeting to decide on road map.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
Investors are moving away from the commercial paper (CP) market towards certificates of deposit (CDs), as primary CD issuances and rates on these short-term instruments rise.
The Budget emerges as a measured, credible and forward-looking policy document that reinforces India's commitment to remaining a stable, reform-oriented economy amid an increasingly fragmented global landscape, says A Balasubramanian.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your mutual fund queries.
'The first time India has seen two consecutive blockbuster IPO years.'
State-run UTI Mutual fund has toppled private sector ICICI Prudential to be the country's second biggest fund house, while Anil Ambani Group's Reliance MF has retained its top position.
The improvement in the performance of actively managed mutual fund (MF) schemes is acting as a key tailwind for the nearly Rs 50 trillion industry, Kotak Institutional Equities (KIE) said in a report. The report adds that the two largest listed asset management companies (AMCs) - HDFC and Nippon India - are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries. "The industry has a solid track record of delivering alpha on 10-year returns (70-80 per cent of assets under management (AUM) beat the benchmark), with shorter duration performance also on an upswing.
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Here's an analyses of 25 mutual funds that will create long-term value for you. In a 5 part series that began on September 29, here we present the fourth part of the mutual funds (that investors can buy for the long term) series.
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Mutual funds continued to buy into oil and gas, banking and finance, telecom, and media stocks in April
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.
Reliance Industries, Grasim, and ITC were the top held stocks by mutual funds in terms of value in July.
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.
Salil Dhawan reveals the MFs that have not only performed well in the past but have a promising outlook for the future too.
'Active funds have the ability to manage downside risk.'
Domestic brokerage Sharekhan's last month's analysis of buy and sell transactions by mutual funds shows that the fund houses purchased stocks from sectors such as infrastructure, IT, telecom and healthcare, while offloading shares from oil and gas and banking sectors. Domestic mutual funds are lapping up the buying opportunity present in the bear gripped stock market and made net purchases worth Rs 3,179 crore (Rs 31.79 billion) in equities in June.
The first private sector MF, Kothari Pioneer was registered in July 1993.
The mutual fund industry's average assets under management grew by Rs 86,355.19 crore (Rs 863.55 billion), or 15.66 per cent, and analysts said the increased inflows into fund houses show that investors are regaining confidence in equity schemes. The combined average AUM of the 35 fund houses in the country increased to Rs 6,37,609.41 crore (Rs 6,376.09 billion) in May compared to Rs 5,51,25,422 crore (Rs 5,51,25,4.22 billion) in April.
HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank remained among the top mutual fund (MF) buys for the second consecutive month in September. MFs deployed a net of Rs 15,000 crore into these stocks during the two-month period (August-September), revealed Nuvama Alternative & Quantitative Research reports.
India's mutual fund industry is one of the brightest spots in an already fast-growing domestic financial sector.
The total AUM rose 40 per cent or Rs 6.3 lakh crore, to Rs 23 lakh crore at the end of November.
In an online chat with readers on August 10, Vidya Bala, Vidya Bala, head of mutual fund research at FundsIndia, answered their queries. For hose who missed the chat, here is the transcript.
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