Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
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.
Unlike last year when private equity participants exited through strategic deals with third party investors, this year PEs are opting to exit via initial public offerings route.
Mutual funds continued to buy into oil and gas, banking and finance, telecom, and media stocks in April
India's mutual fund (MF) industry had barely any retail footprint when it completed 50 years in 2013. MFs had Rs 7 trillion in assets under management (AUM) in March 2013, of which around Rs 5 trillion was in institution-focused debt funds. By comparison, bank deposits in the country stood at Rs 67.5 trillion around the same time.
Most market analysts are expecting the momentum to shift towards 'quality' and 'growth' stocks in 2024 after the outperformance of 'value' stocks over the past three years. 'Value' stocks are generally well-established companies with steady profits that are trading at a discount to what they are intrinsically worth. Companies in sectors such as commodities, industrials, commercial vehicles and public sector units (PSUs) fall in this bracket.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your mutual fund queries.
Event-based volatility could rise in the near future, increasing arbitrage opportunities.
Experts believe FPIs will keep a close watch on coronavirus pandemic, its spread and likely impact on the economy while making decisions about investment into India.
UTILTAF is a 10-Yr close-ended tax-saving fund, with an initial 3-Yr lock-in period
Shares of asset management companies (AMCs) have rallied in the last 3-4 sessions due to clarity on regulatory changes in total expense ratios (TER) and expectations that it won't upset profits much in the long run. HDFC AMC has gained over 12 per cent in the last four sessions, while Nippon AMC and UTI AMC are up around 5 per cent. Aditya Birla Sun Life (ABSL), the only other listed AMCs, has risen more than 2.3 per cent in the last four sessions.
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Worst performers among category funds, but beat sectoral indices
'Most investors are still waiting for the winners to correct.'
To be fair, one year is too short a period to judge the schemes' performance.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Investors across age groups and risk appetite can invest in these schemes.
Insurance behemoth LIC on Tuesday said it has garnered a little over Rs 5,627 crore from anchor investors led primarily by domestic institutions ahead of its mega initial public offering (IPO). Anchor Investors' (AIs) portion (5,92,96,853 equity shares) was subscribed at Rs 949 per equity share, the insurer said in an early morning filing to exchanges. Out of the allocation of about 5.9 crore shares to AIs, 4.2 crore shares (71.12 per cent) were allocated to 15 domestic mutual funds through 99 schemes, the filing said.
PFRDA will invite bids to appoint pension fund managers.
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The country's 44 fund houses together had an average AUM of Rs 9.85 lakh crore during April-June quarter of 2014-15, up from Rs 9.05 lakh crore (Rs 9.05 trillion) in the preceding three months, according to the latest data available with Association of Mutual Funds in India.
One-sponsor-one-fund rule may set off merger as Amundi seen sponsoring two funds following buyout.
Removal of mark-ups to be paid by Maruti, other changes could raise funding need to Rs 6,000 crore.
Shares of Yes Bank may face selling pressure as the Reserve Bank-mandated three-year lock-in period for individual investors and exchange-traded funds is ending on Monday, according to analysts. The analysts expect distress on the bank counter on Monday as they expect investors, primarily the nine banks led by State Bank, which picked up almost 49 per cent of its stocks in March 2020 for Rs 10 per share -- at a premium of Rs 8 on the face value as part of the RBI bailout, making an exit. Exchange-traded funds are also likely to press the exit button.
'To ensure you remain with the better performers, you need to consistently monitor your MF portfolios and weed out the non-performers, even if they are from a star fund manager or a fund house with a sound record.'
The tax filing season is here, and mutual funds have launched tax-saving products.
'Companies with a strong business case and healthy balance-sheet should sail through and emerge more robust in the future.'
Insurance firms have designed amazing retirment plans to lure more customers.
Ten Indian states contribute a lion's share of 95% or Rs 12.25 lakh crore.
Mutual funds are all set to capture the buoyancy in the energy sector. The latest to join the bandwagon is Sundaram BNP Paribas Mutual Fund, which is coming out with a three-year, closed-ended new fund offering 'The Energy Opportunities Fund'. The fund will invest in equity and equity-related instruments of companies focussed on the energy space or those directly or indirectly benefiting from it.
Transcript of the market chat held on January 12.
Mutual fund houses hold Rs 3,400 crore of Yes Bank's 'riskier' bonds. Reliance MF, Franklin Templeton MF and UTI MF account for bulk of these exposures.
Now govt employees to enjoy greater say in how their NPS corpus is invested. Younger employees should raise their allocation to equities in this very long-term investment instrument
The scheme encourages retail investors to participate in capital markets.
With market regulator SEBI having no objection, leading mutual funds including UTI AMC are now awaiting Reserve Bank's nod to invest in the equity of Fortune-500 companies.
Reliance Mutual Fund topped the AUM chart with its AUM in excess of Rs 660 billion, while ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund came second with an AUM of Rs 487 billion.
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