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​Large cap mutual funds are ideal for conservative investors
2023-06-06T14:03:11+05:30


Sanjiv Bajaj, Chairman & Managing Director, Bajaj Finserv, said, “We are committed to being a full-stack financial solutions provider to meet India’s growing needs and building deeper, long-term relationships with customers who are already invested in us. The launch of asset management helps diversify our retail franchise and leverage Bajaj Finserv companies’ combined strength in financial services across a much larger customer base.”
2023-06-06T12:32:18+05:30


Anish Tawakley, fund manager of the Scheme and Deputy CIO-Equity and Head of Research, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company, notes, "Over the years, picking high conviction stocks with buy and hold approach in large-cap companies with proven track record, quality management, good growth potential has worked well for the scheme."
2023-06-06T11:23:48+05:30


Two index funds, a multi asset allocation fund, focused fund, thematic fund, an ETF and ELSS fund are currently open for subscription in the market.
2023-06-06T10:53:21+05:30


The portfolio construction strategy of the scheme will be 45-55% in fixed income, 35-40% in equity arbitrage, and 10-15% in gold and silver arbitrage. The portfolio helps the scheme to qualify for long-term capital gains tax.
2023-06-06T10:40:08+05:30


The RBI certainly seems to be on a pause mode. And in fact, global central banks also, especially the US Federal Reserve, also seems to be indicating that they would pause soon.
2023-06-06T08:01:00+05:30


The performance of the scheme will be benchmarked against Nifty 500 TRI (40%) + Nifty 5 year Benchmark G-Sec Index (50%) + Domestic Gold Prices (5%) + Domestic Silver Prices (5%). The scheme will be managed by Bhavesh Jain and Bharat Lahoti (Equity), Dhawal Dalal (Debt), Amit Vora (Overseas), and Ashish Sood (Commodities).
2023-06-05T13:18:35+05:30


​Mutual fund investors are always looking for great returns
2023-06-05T11:39:39+05:30


Kaustubh Belapurkar, Director - Manager Research, Morningstar India, also believes that investors' interest in ESG funds will increase on growing awareness towards such funds in coming years.
2023-06-05T08:35:52+05:30


Inflation has been tamed but is still above the comfort zone of the RBI. The Ukraine crisis remains unresolved. In the US, though the debt ceiling deal has averted a default catastrophe, analysts say a recession appears imminent. These factors are likely to keep gold and silver prices buoyant in the coming months.
2023-06-05T06:30:00+05:30


We examine the key fundamentals of the fund, its portfolio and performance to help you make an informed investment decision.
2023-06-05T06:30:00+05:30


According to an ET poll with 16 respondents, the six-member rate-setting panel is seen maintaining the benchmark policy repo rate at 6.50% during the June 6-8 meeting, marking the second consecutive instance of it holding off on policy tightening. The respondents were unanimous in their expectation.
2023-06-05T05:56:27+05:30


​PPFAS Mutual Fund completed 10 years in May. In an interview Neil Parikh shared his plans for the fund house.
2023-06-02T14:58:37+05:30


Gold prices started May on a high with the background of pain in the US banking sector leading to global risk aversion, the report said. The Fed policy at the start of the month where the Fed chair hinted at flexibility and a meeting-by-meeting approach was considered dovish by markets. This also supported the prices.
2023-06-02T11:58:59+05:30


"Smallcap valuations are attractive compared with larger peers. Smallcap Index is trading at a discount to largecap index. It was trading at a premium to the largecap index during the euphoria of 2007 and 2017. People who invested in smallcap stocks back then suffered losses or accrued sub-par returns. The current valuations of small-caps seem reasonable," says Sahil Shah of Edelweiss MF.
2023-06-02T09:49:47+05:30


​In about 20 years, these six states have reached where India was yesterday. Now, if all of us continue to work in similar fashion for next 20 years, these six states will create today's five India.
2023-06-02T08:00:00+05:30


Wealth managers believe the Nifty Next 50 represents the next rung of liquid securities after the Nifty 50 and recommend an allocation to this index for equity investors. The Nifty Next 50 trades at a one-year forward price-earnings ratio of 28, compared with its five-year average of 28.93, making valuations reasonable.
2023-06-02T07:56:48+05:30


The markets regulator, in its consultation paper issued last month, proposed that AMCs should put in place robust surveillance systems and internal control procedures, to deter possible misconduct by employees or other entities which may have information relating to fund management or investments of mutual fund schemes.
2023-06-01T16:09:19+05:30


Sebi had placed a consultation paper on the review of the total expense ratio (TER) charged by AMCS to unitholders of fund schemes on May 18 and sought comments till June 1 on the proposal.
2023-06-01T16:03:09+05:30


If you have any mutual fund queries, message us on ET Mutual Funds on Facebook. We will get it answered by our panel of experts.
2023-06-01T12:13:17+05:30


2023-06-01T11:27:57+05:30


This policy decision should not have any material impact on the bond market though there could be minor fluctuation in yields depending on policy stance and language.
2023-06-01T09:05:10+05:30


​These schemes have high risk. But they also have potential to offer higher returns.
2023-05-31T14:08:06+05:30


​So, one problem is in a way out of the way and alongside which we have also seen actually interest rates presumably going into a bit of a pause mode as far as we can understand and which is again a little better than our expectations because that was supposed to come about more in the second half of the year which basically means that PE multiple decline from year essentially is arrested and that problem at one level is out of the way.
2023-05-31T12:04:46+05:30


Out of 167 equity schemes that have completed five years in the market, 107 schemes failed to beat their respective benchmarks. These 107 schemes were from across the categories such as contra fund, ELSS, flexi cap, focused fund, large & mid cap, large cap, mid cap, small cap, and value fund.
2023-05-31T11:13:07+05:30


Wealth managers recommend investors put some money in international funds to geographically diversify their equity portfolios, hedge currency risks, and gain exposure to companies in cutting-edge technology areas that are not available in India
2023-05-31T09:13:48+05:30


The Sebi chief said mutual funds are an important vehicle to encourage investors to participate in the markets. Buch expressed confidence in the industry's potential and said its asset size could grow from the current ₹40 lakh crore to ₹100 lakh crore.
2023-05-31T05:49:18+05:30


Are you looking to invest for three years?
2023-05-30T14:10:27+05:30


A lumpsum investment made on May 24, 2020 of Rs 10,000 in these 15 small cap schemes would have grown between Rs 27,450 to Rs 43,833 in the three-year period.
2023-05-30T11:12:19+05:30


Four index funds, a fixed maturity plan, value fund, thematic fund, focused fund, an ETF, and ELSS fund are currently open for subscription in the market. Should you invest in these new fund offers to maximize the returns from your mutual fund portfolio?
2023-05-30T10:31:17+05:30


Data provided by CRISIL Market Intelligence and Analytics to ET showed that MF investments in AT-1 bonds crashed to ₹5,382 crore in April 2023, from ₹25,057 crore in January 2020.
2023-05-30T07:52:59+05:30


Benchmark indices rose to their highest level in nearly six months led by the financials, with the Sensex briefly surpassing the 63,000-mark before trimming some of its gains.
2023-05-30T05:42:07+05:30


The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) may negatively impact India's mutual fund sector with its proposal to review total expense ratio (TER) regulations, according to brokerage Nuvama. The sector's net profitability could fall by up to 27% from listing asset managers' 2024-25 net operating profits due to changes potentially increasing annual fees to include items such as securities transaction tax (STT) and brokerage.
2023-05-29T22:00:34+05:30


​New investors are confused about which mutual funds to start investing in to create wealth.​
2023-05-29T13:13:11+05:30


ITI Focused Equity Fund will be benchmarked against Nifty 500 Total Return Index. The fund will be jointly managed by Dhimant Shah and Rohan Korde.
2023-05-29T11:11:05+05:30


Siddharth Srivastava, Head - ETF Product, Mirae Asset Mutual Fund said, “Silver is widely considered to be a relatively in times of economy turmoil and a good hedge against dollar, just like gold. In addition to these factors, silver price has found support from its growing use in industrial settings, which now accounts for roughly half of the silver annual demand. These factors make silver a very compelling asset to be included in an investor’s portfolio either from a long-term point of view or for tactical allocation based on various technical indicators.”
2023-05-29T11:05:38+05:30


"Due to the recent changes in debt taxation, there could either be some change to our existing hybrid scheme or a new scheme offering may be considered given the changed environment. Our preference is not to launch too many schemes and clutter the offering," says Neil Parikh of PPFAS Mutual Fund.
2023-05-29T09:56:45+05:30


The portfolio is well diversified yet retains large positions in its top bets. The fund endured a blip in performance between 2017-2020 but came back strong in 2021 and 2022. The shift in market’s preference towards value has helped the fund recover smartly.
2023-05-29T06:30:00+05:30


"By easing the compliance burden, Sebi aims to foster the growth of passive investments in the Indian mutual fund industry," Sebi whole-time member Ananta Barua said while speaking at the mutual fund summit organised by industry body Assocham in the national capital.
2023-05-27T08:43:47+05:30


​Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund completes 10 years of existence next week. The scheme was launched in May 2013. The scheme has offered 18.26% returns since inception.
2023-05-26T13:19:44+05:30


Market experts have been asking investors to tone down their expectations from equity investments. However, if you look at the performance chart, you will be pleasantly surprised that your equity funds offered double-digit returns in one year.
2023-05-26T11:53:31+05:30


The performance of the scheme will be benchmarked against the NIFTY 200 Momentum 30 Index (Total Return Index). The scheme will be managed by Devender Singhal, Satish Dondapati, and Abhishek Bisen.
2023-05-25T14:53:43+05:30


​But my own belief is as interest rates start coming down the next year and supported by good growth coming in, probably we should see some kind of premium valuation starts coming in, which probably should see it coming in next year.
2023-05-25T11:39:04+05:30


Kotak Nifty PSU Bank ETF and Nippon India ETF Nifty PSU Bank BeES offered 67.09% and 67.08% returns respectively in a year. NIFTY PSU BANK - TRI, the benchmark for these two schemes, offered 68.19% in the one-year horizon.
2023-05-25T11:04:32+05:30


A Dynamic Bond Fund or any other debt fund which invests in long-term debt instruments is highly sensitive to interest rate movements. Thus, in a short period of time, returns could be highly volatile and can even be negative. However, over a longer time frame of over 2-3 years period, returns tend to normalise along with the interest rate cycles.
2023-05-25T10:25:01+05:30


From an investment point of view, due to its lower correlation with equities and gold-like behaviour when it comes to robustness during times of economic turmoil, silver becomes a very compelling asset to be included in an investor portfolio.
2023-05-25T09:37:27+05:30


I think a lot of it has to do to my mind with two or three things. One is your external account situation obviously has gone through a sea change because energy prices are down, service exports have done well. The dollar itself has weakened.
2023-05-24T12:14:35+05:30


“The size of Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund has surely grown over the last decade. This has prompted some to wonder whether we should close for fresh investments. We are not considering this for now,” Thakkar said.
2023-05-24T11:39:20+05:30


Three index funds, two thematic funds, a fixed maturity plan, value fund, and an ELSS fund are open for subscription in the market. Should you invest in these new fund offers to maximize the returns from your mutual fund portfolio?
2023-05-24T10:12:59+05:30


In addition to ETF, in the index funds too, HNIs have witnessed an AUM CAGR of 145 per cent over the past four years. Apart from HNIs, retail AUM in ETFs has posted a CAGR of 56 per cent over FY19-23 to Rs 9,700 crore in FY23.
2023-05-24T09:36:27+05:30