Large-cap Funds

ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund has generated higher returns than its benchmark over the one- and three-year periods by minimising risk and focusing on steady performance

Multi-cap funds, with their higher exposure to mid- and small-caps, can outperform but with higher volatility

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

They will outperform if GDP, earnings growth sustain, but global risks pose threat

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Indian equity markets have been very volatile largely due to the sustained selling from the foreign portfolio investors

Market participants believe that concerns still linger in the markets and investors should continue to have higher weighting towards large-cap funds

Steering clear of mediocre companies, even when available at a discount, has yielded rich dividends for Anish Tawakley

The top 250 stocks in the list becomes the large-cap universe for the domestic MF industry.

Move money out of smallcaps to large caps, even as concerns over lofty valuations and likely correction weigh

During the past one year, thematic funds have given returns of 52.27% while large-cap funds have given average returns of 45.88%

Average one-year return at 48% versus Sensex's 45% gain

Most focused funds have exposure of around 50-60% in large-cap stocks, with the remaining between mid- and small-cap stocks

26 of 35 such schemes failed to beat Sensex over past year

With valuations at a premium, brokerages highlight the need for caution

Polarisation and the increase in index weight of a few a stocks have weighed on performance

17 of 37 schemes beat index's returns of -6.4%, but only 3 were positive

The top 100 stocks in India account for 77.3 per cent of the Nifty 500 index. In US, the top 100 stocks account for 71.2 per cent of market capitalisation of the S&P 500 index

Sebi's new diktat says multi-cap equity funds must invest a minimum of 75% in equities, up from 65%, with at least 25% each in large-caps, mid-caps, and small-caps

Sebi's new circular may lead to an avoidable churn in the market