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What is Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund

About Mutual Fund

What is Mutual Fund

A mutual fund is a professionally-managed investment scheme, made up of a pool of money collected from many investors to invest in securities like stocks, bonds, money market instruments, and other assets.
 
Mutual funds are operated by professional money managers, who allocate the fund's assets and attempt to produce capital gains or income for the fund's investors.
 
A mutual fund's portfolio is structured and maintained to match the investment objectives stated in its prospectus.
Mutual funds give small or individual investors access to professionally managed portfolios of equities, bonds, and other securities.
 
Each shareholder, therefore, participates proportionally in the gains or losses of the
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Latest Updates on Mutual Fund

Geojit Credits launches digital loan against mutual fund holdings

Geojit Credits, a non-banking financial company (NBFC), on Monday announced the launch of Loan Against Mutual Fund (LAMF)

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Updated On : 03 Apr 2023 | 6:46 PM IST

The mutual fund industry is being vilified baselessly, says Amfi

Amfi has said industry is being vilified baselessly as segment has lowest customer complaints in entire financial market space, as it follows most transparent and disclosure-based reporting

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Updated On : 13 Mar 2023 | 12:10 AM IST

SBI Mutual Fund launches dividend yield fund, NFO open till March 6

The scheme will target aggregate dividend yield that is at least 50 per cent higher than the Nifty 50 index

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Updated On : 20 Feb 2023 | 9:07 PM IST

L&T MF and ex-officials settle inter-scheme transfer case with Sebi

The matter pertains to inter-scheme transfers of L&T Mutual Fund for the period between April 01, 2017 and June 30, 2018

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Updated On : 17 Feb 2023 | 9:17 PM IST

Two new initiatives by Amfi ignite greater interest in MF distribution

24,000 new MF distributors join industry in 2022--that's 42% higher than 2021

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Updated On : 30 Jan 2023 | 7:25 PM IST

Distributors gain as direct mutual fund investment platforms lose steam

Just 4% growth in registration of direct plan SIPs last year after 115% growth in 2021

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Updated On : 26 Jan 2023 | 11:07 PM IST

Trust Mutual Fund adds corporate bond fund to its offerings

The new fund offering will close on January 18

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Updated On : 10 Jan 2023 | 8:36 PM IST

Diversify your investment portfolio by style to include value funds

Don't exit growth-style funds as they may benefit next from a shift in investor preference

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Updated On : 06 Jan 2023 | 6:17 PM IST

IDBI Mutual Fund signs agreement to transfer schemes to LIC MF

Merger likely to make LIC MF the 22nd largest fund house by AUM

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Updated On : 31 Dec 2022 | 7:15 PM IST

Invest in long-term debt? Dynamic bond fund managers on the fence

In November, nearly half the dynamic bond fund (DBF) schemes raised the allocation to medium-to-longer-duration papers

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Updated On : 28 Dec 2022 | 11:36 PM IST

Investors must have moderate return expectations in 2023: Nippon India exec

Earnings could be challenging as global economic growth is weakening, says Sailesh Raj Bhan

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2022 | 6:45 PM IST

Volume IconWill the markets see a time-wise correction in 2023?

Business Standard's Puneet Wadhwa caught up with Neil Parikh, CEO of PPFAS Mutual Fund on his views on Sebi's order on capped exposure to foreign stocks and more

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2022 | 1:21 PM IST

Sebi to review fees and expenses charged by mutual fund companies

Study to provide inputs for future policy formulations, says market regulator

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Updated On : 23 Dec 2022 | 8:32 PM IST

Industry can aspire to reach $5 a person monthly SIP in five years: Bhatia

With this, monthly SIP inflows can reach Rs 50,000 cr, says Sebi whole-time member

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Updated On : 22 Dec 2022 | 7:59 PM IST

Sebi opens doors for MF investment platforms to charge transaction fee

They can charge some money but commission won't be allowed: Chairman Madhavi Puri Buch

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Updated On : 20 Dec 2022 | 11:06 PM IST

NFO collections shrink in 2022 as new equity fund launches dry up

Fund houses came out with more schemes in 2022 than in 2021 but only a few caught the investors' fancy

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Updated On : 20 Dec 2022 | 11:04 PM IST

One in two urban Indians investing more post Covid: DSP MF-YouGov Survey

45% respondents raised their investments as pandemic forced a rethink on financial health, 23% slashed it due to pay cuts, fall in risk-taking capacity, uncertainty in business and job loss

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Updated On : 12 Dec 2022 | 11:36 PM IST

Softbank halves stake in Policy Bazaar parent, mops up Rs 1,043 crore

Sells 22.84 million shares, or 5.08% stake, at Rs 456.4 apiece; 30 institutional investors among buyers

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Updated On : 02 Dec 2022 | 11:24 PM IST

If investment review shows decline in international allocation, restore it

Lock into attractive yields being offered by target maturity funds of three-five-year maturity

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Updated On : 01 Dec 2022 | 10:43 PM IST

Key challenge for new BSE chief: Keep NSE, rival he helped build, in check

Having spent nearly two decades at the country's largest bourse, Ramamurthy is among the early architects of NSE and understands all the cogs of the exchange wheel like only a few others

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Updated On : 30 Nov 2022 | 10:10 PM IST