Passive Funds

Lower compliance will help expand the reach of passive funds

The mutual fund industry is expanding distribution reach, simplifying products and leveraging technology in a bid to more than double assets under management

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Becomes first fund house to shift from active to passive in ELSS

Index fund growth led by debt schemes, with fund houses launching target maturity funds this year

Debt schemes account for 2% of the net inflows, passive schemes 8%

Exchange-traded funds group-level exposure will be capped at 25 per cent, says regulator.

Investors who wish to chase alpha may use active funds and factor-based funds in the satellite portfolio

Besides growth-oriented active fund, add value-oriented fund to your portfolio

Exposure to mid-cap oriented and concentrated offerings should be taken later as part of exposure, say experts.

In the last five years, the Indian passive fund assets have grown 18 times from just Rs 22,409 crore in March 2016, says the investment platform

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

Officials in the industry say since several large-cap funds have not been generating alpha, investors may be opting for passive funds instead

With just three or four passive products, you can build a solid, long-term portfolio

A fund manager can now authorise an AMC employee to place an order on his behalf provided the order instructions are through the electronic mode, including email, and audit trail is maintained

But active investment still holds the edge among individual investors

Allocation to a thematic offering like the newly-launched healthcare index fund should, however, be limited

In this podcast, Business Standard's Sanjay Kumar Singh explains the difference between active and passive funds, why should an investor get into passive funds and more

The majority of active funds still outperform their benchmarks and passive funds don't have a long track record in these two segments

Fund houses have launched ETFs in both equity and debt segments