Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Ask rediffGURU and PF expert Milind Vadjikar your insurance, stocks, mutual fund and personal finance-related questions.
Which are the best mutual funds to buy now? What should be your strategy now while buying mutual funds? Should you buy open-ended or close-ended funds?
Mutual funds are a powerful tool for building wealth, but do they work overnight? Successful investing requires discipline, patience, and a long-term vision, avers Ramalingam Kalirajan.
The mutual fund industry continued with the positive momentum in the September quarter, attracting Rs 34,765 crore, although it was a massive reduction as against the Rs 1.85 lakh crore inflow in the preceding quarter, primarily due to withdrawal from debt segment. Most of the asset classes saw net inflows during the July-September period of the current financial year barring the fixed-income or debt segment, which witnessed net outflows. Overall, flows started on a strong note during the quarter under review, with net inflows of Rs 82,467 crore in July, which dipped to Rs 16,180 crore in August and ended with a disappointing Rs 63,882 crore of net outflows in September, according to a report by Morningstar India.
'Most tax notices arise not from wrongdoing, but from unintentional mismatch or ignorance.'
With the ever-changing finance industry and the new rules brought out by SEBI, are you sure you are up-to-date on your mutual funds gyaan?
Anil Rego of Right Horizons answers questions sent in by GA readers.
Mahavir Chopra compares mutual funds and Ulips to help investors decide.
Increasing awareness about mutual funds, ease of transactions through digitisation and sharp surge in equity markets have aided asset management companies to add a staggering 3.17 crore investor accounts in 2021-22, with experts saying the trend is likely to continue this fiscal as well. This was a significant rise from 2020-21 when 81 lakh accounts (or folios in mutual fund parlance) were opened, data with the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) showed. The ongoing financial year too appears to be promising in terms of folios as increase in investor accounts will enable people to move beyond fixed deposits and savings accounts, said Priti Rathi Gupta, founder of LXME, a financial platform for women.
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 total AUM rose 40 per cent or Rs 6.3 lakh crore, to Rs 23 lakh crore at the end of November.
Sahara group has been engaged in a long-running regulatory and legal battle with Sebi.
The fear of losing purchasing power due to inflation and low-interest rates has led many to explore safe alternatives to fixed deposits with high returns
Here's a formula that helps you understand how much money you will need to retire early in India and simple steps to achieve it.
It is easy to get lost in the huge world of mutual funds. Mutual funds expert T Srikanth Bhagavat tells you how to cut through the maze.
Mutual funds (MFs) are betting on a turnaround in the healthcare sector to boost returns but are divided on the prospects of the information technology (IT) sector amid uncertain growth outlook. At the end of June, all of the top 20 fund houses were overweight on the healthcare sector vis--vis the sector's presence in the BSE 200 index, shows a report by Motilal Oswal Financial Services (MOFS). In the case of the IT sector, only six of the 20 fund houses had overweight positions.
Salil Dhawan reveals the MFs that have not only performed well in the past but have a promising outlook for the future too.
This type of alternative investment mutual fund gives investors the benefits of a hedge fund, without the need for high net worth. See if this strategy is right for you.
Today, says Ajit Menon, CEO, PGIM India Mutual Fund, he's pretty much cruising on the parenting highway but that wasn't always the case.
Parents must note some peculiar feature of child funds.
Anil Rego, founder and CEO, Right Horizons, offers his expert advice to mutual fund investors.
While it may be justifiable to pay a higher expense ratio in a fund that outperforms, you should definitely exit one whose performance is below par, says Sanjay Kumar Singh
Market watchers link the pullback to underwhelming listing-day performance and the lack of big-name IPOs.
Mutual fund units you can buy now to get good returns in the long term.
To make wise investments in mutual funds you must know facts and myths about net asset value.
Check out your agent's credentials; s/he should not charge you any fees as well
A look at stocks in the portfolio, corpus size and comparison with peers can help in selecting a fund.
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.
Invest money to meet your goals, not to meet the salesperson's targets
These mutual funds from LIC have been steady performers since the last 5 years
Most portfolios are a mixture of stocks, bonds and cash equivalents. Usually, stock funds or equity funds are growth oriented, cash funds serve the liquidity purposes, and bonds yield income. As an investor it is wise to be in touch with your fund manager from time to time to relook at your asset allocation, which is an ongoing process.
In the second part of this five part series on top 25 mutual funds analysed by Value Research we produce the next best five mutual funds that investors can put their money in for the long term.
The proposed guidelines cover several key parameters, including governance, investor protection, disclosure, testing frameworks, fairness and bias, and data privacy and cybersecurity measures.
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Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate here for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged multiple bank loan fraud cases worth crores of rupees against his group companies, official sources said.
For some time now, Indian mutual fund investors have taken a fancy for star ratings that are accorded by select mutual fund research firms/agencies. These firms, based on certain pre-determined parameters, give a rating.
