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With the Sensex at lifetime highs and a surge in smallcap stocks, financial planners advise investors to focus on large-cap funds. These funds invest
Ease of investing, automatic asset allocation, and favorable long-term capital gains taxation are attracting investors to fund of fund (FoF) schemes.
Mutual funds exited from six stocks in August in a strategic shift. Mutual funds usually add or exit from a stock to actively manage their portfolio.
Despite the substantial growth in investments into sectoral/thematic funds over the past five years, ICRA Analytics advises investors to exercise caut
NRIs can choose between NRE and NRO accounts for mutual fund investments in India. NRE accounts offer full repatriability and tax exemptions, while NR
Around 67% of equity mutual funds outperformed their benchmarks in August, up from 39% in July. Assets under management for equity funds rose to Rs 25
Baroda BNP Paribas Multicap Fund has completed 21 years and crossed Rs 2,500 crore AUM. It has delivered 47.22% returns in the past year, outperformin
Quant Mutual Funds have experienced tremendous growth in assets under management between August 2021 and August 2024. The Mid Cap Fund saw a remarkabl
Radhika Gupta, CEO of Edelweiss Mutual Fund, suggests that with India's financialization, the new measure of wealth should be the size of one's monthl
Since 2018, 53 equity and equity-oriented mutual funds have consistently delivered positive returns. Among these, arbitrage funds dominated with 18 sc
These schemes are similar to erstwhile monthly income plans or MIPs. MIPs were extremely popular at one point. They used to invest a small part of the
As of August, 43 mutual funds collectively held assets worth Rs 67.98 lakh crore, up from Rs 66.47 lakh crore in July, marking a monthly increase of R
Canara Robeco Consumer Trends Fund, launched 15 years ago, has outperformed its benchmark with a 17.62% CAGR. A Rs 10,000 investment in the fund at in
Canara Robeco Flexicap Fund, an open-ended scheme investing across market capitalizations, has completed 21 years. Launched in September 2003, the fun
Fund houses held fewer Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency shares in August compared to July, decreasing from 57 lakh to 30 lakh. The total val
Around five fund houses were sitting on more than Rs 10,000 crore cash pile last month. Among 43 mutual fund houses, SBI Mutual Fund had the highest c
Consumption mutual funds have shown strong performance, offering an average return of 13.73% in three months. Kotak Consumption Fund led with a 17.97%
Balanced advantage funds invest in a mix of stocks, debt, and arbitrage opportunities. These funds decide their equity exposure depending on key marke
Launched in August 2017, the scheme has delivered a 13.51% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) over the past five years. In the more recent three-yea
Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund has launched Motilal Oswal Nifty 500 Momentum 50 ETF, tracking the Nifty 500 Momentum 50 Total Return Index. The fund aims t
