Mutual Funds

Tax change, spike in inflows revive interest in Rs 84,000-crore FoF space

The broader category, which includes offerings across equity, debt and commodities, has seen a spike in the inflows over the past two months

Momentum-based factor funds: Volatile but rewarding strategy for investors

"Factor investing is growing rapidly in India. Among factor funds, momentum is the largest and the most popular strategy," says Pratik Oswal, chief of business, passive funds, Motilal Oswal AMC

Robust equity inflows likely to keep earnings growth strong for AMCs

Among listed AMCs, in Q1FY25, Nippon AMC recorded the highest growth of 54 per cent Y-o-Y while ABSL AMC saw least growth at 19 per cent

Investors pump Rs 38,239 crore into equity mutual funds in August

Surge in SIP flows, strong NFO collections drive August collection to the second highest in a month

Deposit mobilisation: Banks seek level playing field vis-a-vis mutual funds

Industry lobby group IBA wants govt and RBI to intervene

Equity mutual fund asset boom drives surge in distributor commission

Around 2,500 MF distributors rake in Rs 14,850 cr in commissions last fiscal year

HDFC, Nippon, ICICI hoist the folio trophy as 40 funds chase finish line

Folio growth powered by stellar performance and strategic distribution

ITI Mutual Fund projects to reach Rs 1 trn AUM in next five years

ITI MF's asset under management (AUM) increased nearly 2.4 times to Rs 8,791 crore in July 2024 from Rs 3,698 crore in March 2023

Mutual funds take to factor-based investing; bridging active, passive gap

Use parameters such as momentum, company size, and volatility to construct portfolios

Deepak Shenoy's Capitalmind gets in-principle approval for MF foray

Capitalmind joins the likes of Angel One and Unifi Capital in the queue for a final MF licence

Market regulator Sebi to release stress test findings on equity MFs

Fund houses have started publishing their own stress test results for smallcap schemes every fortnight since March, amid concerns of "frothy valuations"

Red-hot thematic investing theme receives a 'passive' boost in July

Index funds add 1 million folios in July, 14% of total additions

Thematic funds emerge as largest MF category; AUM doubles in a year

Flexicap slips to the second spot, largecap perched fourth

NFO deluge opens mutual fund investor floodgates wide in July, shows data

Investor tide swells by 1.2 million, reaching 48.1 million

Charticle: Mutual funds continue to lap up banking shares in July

The investment is the aggregate of total net deployment by active equity, passive and equity-oriented hybrid schemes

Equity MF schemes stockpile cash in response to sky-high valuations

July sees cash levels climb to 5.4%, up from June's 4.6%

Focused MFs' asset base rises 31% to Rs 1.43 trillion in April-June qtr

Focused funds are a type of mutual fund where the fund manager selects a concentrated portfolio of stocks, typically limited to a maximum of 30 due to regulatory constraints

Equity MF inflow drops 9% to Rs 37k cr in July over drop in fund infusion

This reflects the growing financial discipline among retail investors, helping them build wealth systematically over time, Venkat Chalasani, Chief Executive, AMFI, said

India's equity MF inflows ease off record high levels in July, shows data

The sequential 9.4 per cent drop in July from the previous month was due to profit booking at record high levels

Mkt regulator Sebi notifies mutual fund norms to prevent market abuse

Fund houses to put in place whistle-blower policy, top management to shoulder more responsibilities