Category: Mutual Funds

Mutual fund industry is busy deciphering an indecipherable paragraph in Budget 2017. It reads: Consolidation of plans within a scheme of mutual fund Finance Act,2016 amended section 47 of the Act so as to provide tax neutrality to the transfer… Read more

With mutual funds gaining traction among retail investors, asset management companies have filed draft offer documents with market regulator Sebi for as many as 10 new schemes this month. Equity, debt and fixed maturity plans (FMPs) are some of the… Read more

You can expect more CPSE Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in 2017. Against the backdrop of a successful listing of CPSE ETF this week, the finance minister said Exchange Traded Funds or ETFs are likely to remain preferred investment vehicle for… Read more

The most important factor in investment is the time period. You should know when and what kind of research has to be done before investing. As the idiom goes – haste makes waste – it’s is better to do your… Read more

Mutual fund managers have purchased stocks worth nearly Rs 5,000 crore so far in January, making it the sixth straight monthly inflow after retail investors continued to lap up shares. Besides, fund managers have pumped in over Rs 30,000 crore… Read more

Everybody wants a reward but not risks that come while working towards it. This is also the main reason for the popularity of systematic investment plans, or SIPs, which give investors the option of gaining from market while reducing the… Read more

Balanced funds (or equity-oriented hybrid funds) have emerged as a popular category in the past few years. From Rs 12,047 crore in September 2013, the assets under management (AUM) of these funds have risen more than five-fold to Rs 68,784… Read more

Fifty days after the government’s decision to replace the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, fund managers of leading asset management companies have adopted a stock-specific approach for bettering the returns of their portfolios. They are now shuffling their portfolios… Read more

Traders use several strategies to make a profit in the market. Arbitrage, which is a tool used to exploit price differences, is one of them. Here is what it means 1. What is Arbitrage? It is an investment strategy which… Read more

Several mutual fund officials believe that the finance minister may propose to change the taxation of arbitrage mutual fund schemes in the coming budget. “We were anticipating it even during the last two budgets. But it looks very likely this… Read more