Franklin Templeton has won the mutual fund of the year award instituted by CNBC-TV18 and rating agency CRISIL.
Chief Investment Officer of Prudential ICICI, Nilesh Shah discusses the current situation of the market in terms of inflows, valuations and the general consensus on the market.
New retirement schemes from MFs offer Section 80C benefit but locks in your money for five years
Indian asset management companies (AMCs) are likely to see a hefty spike in their valuations, after the last week's 5 per cent equity stake sale by Reliance Mutual Fund to US-based hedge fund Eton Park.
Move over equity markets, mutual funds and bonds. Investors across India are these days picking up and trading in the latest investment avenue in town: the Gold Exchange Traded Funds.
Following recommendations from the Deepak Parekh-headed Expert Group and taking into account comments from the public, PFRDA has categorised NPS investments into three asset classes -- E (equity), C (corporate paper) and G (government securities).
Olympus Capital, UTI's PE arm to fund Rs 400 crore.
With the stock coming under pressure, the MF holding value could have dropped to Rs 50 billion, back-of-the-envelope calculations show.
Apprehending a sharp decline in business, mutual funds including UTI AMC have asked Finance Minister P Chidambaram to exempt all debt instruments from the proposed 0.15 per cent transaction tax.
Mutual fund is an investment vehicle that is made up of a pool of funds collected from many investors for the purpose of investing in securities such as stocks, bonds, money market instruments and similar assets.
Swati Kulkarni, executive vice-president and fund manager - equities at UTI Mutual Fund tells Puneet Wadhwa that though mid-and small-cap companies are trading at a higher valuation as compared to large-cap peers, one can still find value in select pockets.
The fall in the equity markets was to put some pressure on the balance sheets of the top five asset management companies (AMCs) in the country. But, two of them have managed to buck the trend, thanks to the rise in their average assets under management (AAUM).
2006 has been the year of the winners. Almost all asset classes have performed well. CNBC Awaaz spoke to a mix of experts to understand what kept the market moving.
Stay orders keep law out of citizen access even years after CIC rulings on opening market institutions to scrutiny
This came even as the airline recorded the fastest domestic passenger growth rate of 26 per cent.
One risk of investing in a very low-cost ETF is if a fund house runs it at below cost, it could close it if it fails to attract institutional money
Government needs to focus on areas where reforms are much easier
Over the past 25 years the MF industry has come a long way. Geographic reach has increased, many more customers have been added, more channels have been opened up and the product basket is full.
Without bringing sound governance and technical capabilities into the RBI's work, injecting new money sets the stage for a next wave of bad behaviour by banks, warns Ajay Shah.
During the dot-com bubble, it had touched a high of 1.9.
An excerpt from 'Money Smart: The Indian Woman's Guide To Managing Wealth' by Reenita Malhotra Hora and Divya Vij that reveals various options to help you save tax as well as invest for creating long-term wealth.
A long crisis with a lack of sound short-term, long-term actions can result in sluggish growth in India, similar to that in Japan.
Sensex is now as expensive as in early 2008
Operational income not covering even their interest expenses, finds study; analysts say if economy turns around, new equity issuances an option
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
The fund industry may have embraced machines and robots, but managing money still needs the human touch
Growth in India will pick up from current levels, says LEO Puri, managing mirector, UTI Asset Management Company.
The event will also hurt PNB's asset quality in the March 2018 quarter. While the finer details of the fraud have not been provided, making it difficult to gauge the exact impact, analysts say it will dent the bank's financials.
Indian markets rose 19 per cent in the first half of this financial year, the best performance by any market during this period, globally.
For equity investors, the risk-to-reward ratio is worsening.
A customer wanting to buy a car would have to wait a long time for delivery.
'We all wanted a strong Centre with a decisive mandate from the people, to allow them to take bold decisions.'
India has reached a significant milestone on Friday (November 28) by achieving Rs 100 lakh crore or 100 trillion market cap.
'I expect a demand stimulus in the Budget. 'There has been such a shock to the economy that such a stimulus would be needed.'
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