Liquid Funds

To stay safe, keep bulk of portfolio in shorter-duration or target maturity funds

SIP inflows surged 2 per cent month-on-month (MoM) in September to Rs 12,980 crore, according to the latest data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi).

If any claim is not filed during the liquidation process, the amount of claim collated during CIRP should be verified by the liquidator

Investors entering the market now can expect above 5% return at low risk, better than parking money into a savings bank account

Anil Agarwal-controlled unit looks to raise $700 mn from Indian lenders

Liquid funds and credit funds saw net inflows of Rs 53,251.28 crore and Rs 251.18 crore

Debt mutual funds witnessed an outflow of Rs 84,202 crore in three months ended March 2021, with liquid schemes contributing 56 per cent of the withdrawal, according to a Morningstar report. This was the only quarter in 2020-21 that saw outflow in the fixed-income or debt category. The outflow comes following an inflow of Rs 1.69 lakh crore in December quarter, Rs 35,522 crore in September quarter and Rs 1.09 lakh crore in June quarter. According to the report, fixed-income category had faced a challenging atmosphere since the downgrade to IL&FS back in 2018. A spate of downgrades to other entities following the IL&FS crisis left some of the fixed-income funds in a serious liquidity crunch as redemptions in certain categories explode, it added. "Given the uncertainty in the economy caused by COVID-19, investors are again moving toward risk-averse assets in the fixed-income segment during volatile times, as they tend to provide better protection to their capital relative to ...

1-year returns down to less than 3.5%, below short-term rates offered by banks on FDs

The mutual fund industry began the new year on a losing note with the overall AUM falling around 2 per cent in January, hit by surprise net outflows of a whopping Rs 45,316 crore from liquid funds

Gilt funds came back under investors' radar in October after witnessing net outflow for two consecutive months

Liquid schemes recorded a net outflow of Rs 15,814 crore and overnight fund saw a net withdrawal of Rs 10,298 crore

The positive inflow pushed the asset base of debt mutual funds to Rs 11.63 trillion at June-end from Rs 11.5 trillion at the end of March, according to data with Association of Mutual Funds on India

The total outflow from mutual funds went up to Rs 2.35 trillion till March 29; bond yield spike led to redemption pressure

A total of Rs 43,825 crore was taken out from liquid funds, which invest in cash assets such as treasury bills, certificates of deposit and commercial paper for shorter horizon.

The AAUM of overnight schemes in April 2019 was Rs 11,566 crore

Inflows into corporate bonds dropped to Rs 5,359 crore from Rs 6,717 crore

Park them in several instruments; have three to six months' expenses kept aside as emergency fund

In a letter, it informed the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) that it approved of the proposal on graded exit loads made by the industry body

Overnight schemes - those that invest in papers with maturity of as short as a day - are gaining traction as institutional investors are increasingly viewing it as a better alternative

Total flows into MFs up 13% to Rs 9,152 crore; Small-cap funds see 56% surge