Edelweiss Gilt Plus SDL Short Duration Index Fund will invest in a mix of government securities and state-development loans. In doing so, Edelweiss continues to expand its basket of passive debt funds to short-term categories too.
Covid-zero policy and rising interest rates in the US led to a loss of appetite for Chinese stocks. But a recent reversal in its Covid policy and possibly peak infection rates have brought about rejuvenation in China.
The capital market regulator appears to have evidence that some distributors nudge investors to shift from large and existing schemes to new schemes, as they can pay higher commissions. SEBI is now looking to tighten the cost norms for mutual fund houses
The announcement has come on the heels of Indian equity markets moving to a T+1 settlement cycle for all stocks.
The exemption allowed for long-term capital gains on equity investments need to be further enhanced to account for inflation, rising income levels and to encourage more investors into equity markets, say analysts
Shares of companies ranked below 500 are mostly under-researched and smallcap and microcap stocks. The lack of liquidity is more than made up by exceptional returns if the fund manager can correctly identify potential winners. Here are the most favourite holdings among active mutual fund managers
BAFs may be marketed as an antidote to volatility (while still making money), but don’t judge them on the basis of just one year’s performance.
In November last year, Nippon India Mutual Fund had announced that Manish Gunwani would be leaving the company after a stint of over five years.
While large fund houses have made money consistently, foreign fund houses have struggled, with a few exceptions.
WOBAF is an open-ended dynamic asset allocation scheme investing in equities (65-100%), arbitrage (0-50%), and debt or cash in the range of 0-35% with the weight of net equities in the range of 30-80%.
Though largecap schemes must hold 80 percent in largecap stocks, they can invest the remaining in cash or midcap and smallcap stocks. Midcap stocks tend to spice up returns for largecap funds, thus helping them outperform the benchmarks
There’s merit in this Budget 2023 proposal, argues the writer. That’s because MF AMCs have the set-up and skill-sets in place, besides a plethora of options in terms of fund categories ― 11 equity funds, 16 debt funds, six hybrid funds plus index funds, theme/sector funds, etc. So, rather than the insurance company duplicating the efforts, it can simply be accorded access to.
Mutual fund sponsors might no longer be necessary in a mutual fund’s lifecycle. On the other hand, SEBI has proposed a new breed of sponsors that don’t meet existing stringent criteria, but which comes with deeper pockets.
The platform had contributed Rs 5,515 crore of mutual fund investments compared to the industry's net equity inflow of Rs 7,303 crore in December.
Gold futures price in India rose to Rs 56,245 per 10 grams, surpassing the previous record of Rs 56,191 hit in August 2020, when the bullion had benefitted from the economic uncertainty due to COVID-induced lockdowns.
The Tata Mutual Fund's Chief Investment Officer (Equities) says debt allocation will play a crucial role over the next two years. A combination of short-term funds, target maturity funds, and dynamic bond funds is good for debt allocation, which should be around 30-40%
Despite the volatility and bearish sentiments prevailing in the markets in the latter half of December, there were many portfolio management service schemes that generated better returns compared to the Nifty and the Sensex
Aditya Birla Sun Life Multi Asset Allocation Fund aims to invest across equity, debt, gold and silver in a single fund. Financial planners say it’s best to practice asset allocation through separate schemes, but suggest a selective exposure to multi-asset if you the sort who invests directly.
Rising interest rates have led to an increase in bank fixed deposit rates and lowered the returns of debt funds. But comparing the two is a mistake. Your debt fund returns are about to get better.
The CEO of Trust Mutual fund is concerned about inflation.
In growth or equity-oriented schemes, small-cap funds got the highest inflows at Rs 2,244.77 crore followed by Rs 1,962.26 crore in mid-cap funds, data provided by the Association of Mutual Funds in India shows
In November 2022, HSBC Mutual Fund, one of the handful of foreign asset management companies in India, announced that its takeover of L&T mutual fund is complete. That made bigger news than any of its mutual fund scheme ever did in the past many years, as HSBC India mutual fund’s performance has been ordinary. But newly-appointed co-CEO, Kailash Kulkarni has plans to localize this foreign fund house and do business, the India way.
AMFI, the Association of Mutual Funds of India, has asked for uniform capital gains taxation and better tax treatment for ETFs, from Budget 2023
Since the performance of these funds are cyclical in nature, their portfolios are constructed in a way that that not only to capitalize the opportunities when the sectors or theme perform well but also contain the loss well when they undergo rough paces
The sharp decline in returns from small-cap funds over the past one year should not deter investors. A revival in the property cycle, consumer spending post-Covid-19 and a repair of household balance sheets is good news.