With the market regulator SEBI giving its go ahead to real estate mutual funds investors now have one more avenue to diversify their mutual fund portfolio.
A Balasubramanian tells Business Standard that the sector will see one of its best phases in the coming five years.
Mutual funds bought metal, telecom, pharma, cement, and oil and gas stocks in August. Selling was seen in auto majors, sugar, power, textile, and construction stocks, while stocks were re-aligned in the IT, and chemical sectors.
Until now, salaried individuals having income under the head LTCG were required to file Form ITR-2.
Investors who are led to believe that falling net assets is a sure sign that the fund is in trouble and must therefore exit the fund at the earliest, must consider some points first.
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Investors should avoid making drastic changes to their asset allocation during a market correction.
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Specialised investment fund (SIF), a new asset class, will have the same expense structure as that of mutual funds (MFs), according to rules notified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). SIF, which was first proposed by Sebi in July 2024, aims to fill the gap between MFs and portfolio management services (PMS), and it looks at informed investors, who are willing to take riskier bets.
Mutual funds can be broadly classified into two categories in terms of the fund management style
There are various mutual fund schemes to choose from, such as equity-diversified funds, mid- or small-cap funds, debt funds and so on.
The month's big event was the Union Budget 2008-09; however, it proved to be a bit of an anti-climax for mutual fund investors. The only noteworthy change was that the short-term capital gains tax was raised from 10% to 15%. In effect, short-term transactions will become less attractive for investors. Clearly, the benefits of long-term investing aren't lost on the Finance Minister either. However, the month was certainly not a staid one.
Mutual funds predominantly bought engineering, media, pharma, and oil and gas stocks in July
This is the sixth mark down for the largest e-commerce marketplace of the country in as many months.
Mutual funds pared exposure to auto, cement, metal, FMCG, telecom, sugar, and power stocks in January.
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.
Only experienced investors with a high risk appetite, a grasp of market cycles, and comfort with volatility and timing risk should invest.
The return filed could be treated as defective, invalid, or even be considered as not filed at all.
Fund houses conveniently forget to inform investors of the various risks that arbitrage funds are susceptible to.
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Capital markets regulator Sebi on Monday cleared a proposal to introduce a new asset class for high-risk profile investors to bridge the gap between mutual funds and portfolio management services in terms of flexibility in asset construction. The minimum amount of Rs 10 lakh can be invested for the new asset class per investor across all investment strategies of the new product in a particular AMC.
The market capitalisation (mcap) cutoff to qualify for mutual funds' (MFs') largecap universe is likely to go up for the fifth consecutive time to touch the Rs 1 trillion mark for the first time. A fresh list of largecap, midcap, and smallcap stocks is set to be released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) in the first week of January.
By diversifying into developed market equities, Indian investors can mitigate the impact of cyclicality in returns as well as reduce currency risk, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh.
'One should not invest more than 5 to 10 per cent of their overall portfolio exposure in global or international funds.'
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Mutual funds bought pharma, manufacturing, auto, and FMCG stocks in June.
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Inflows into sector and thematic (S&T) funds fell sharply from around 5,711.6 crore in February 2025 to about 170.1 crore in March 2025 - a decline of 97 per cent. With many such funds underperforming, investors need to assess whether to remain invested or exit.
Mutual funds are a convenient way to invest in the stock markets
The investors who put their money directly in index-specific stocks scored over those who invested in mutual funds in April, as most fund houses gave returns of 5-6 per cent while the benchmark BSE Sensex rose by about 12 per cent in the month.
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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.
In the rat race to garner more assets and reach number one position, mutual fund houses look for distributors who can sell more. But does it serve your interests?
