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Explained: Why the 'sponsorless' mutual funds could be a good idea

Sebi's proposal may resolve conflict between regulations and lead to more investment and activity in the bond markets

Sebi's MF Lite plank for passive funds seen boosting India ETF landscape

Industry experts say it could help attract global players

Sebi paves way for Rs 33,000-crore 'backstop' for debt mutual funds

Sebi told reporters that chosen debt MFs will contribute 2 basis points of their assets under management towards the fund

AMC stocks find support from analysts despite tax blow to debt MFs

Recent correction factors in most negatives, valuations attractive, say brokerages

Rs 40-trillion MF industry braces for industry-wide forensic audit

AMCs term it from 'positive development' to 'preventive exercise'

Sebi proposes to enhance role, accountability of mutual fund trustees

Amidst growing scale of the mutual fund industry, capital markets regulator Sebi has proposed to increase the role and accountability of the trustees in a bid to safeguard unitholders' interest. In addition, the regulator has suggested to enhance the accountability of board of asset management company (AMC). Also, Sebi has proposed a common platform for dissemination of public announcements by mutual funds. In order to have an independent review mechanism for the decisions of AMC from the perspective of the unitholders' interest across all products and services, Sebi has proposed to mandate that a "Unit Holder Protection Committee (UHPC) should be constituted by board of AMC". In its consultation paper, Sebi has suggested that trustees of mutual funds should focus on market abuse by AMC, its employees and mis-selling by the AMC to increase the asset base. Also, trustees should be responsible for fairness of fees and expenses charged by the AMC, compare its performance with peers a

Market regulator Sebi considers allowing sponsor-less mutual funds

Issues discussion paper proposing radical changes on ownership structures

Sebi permits AMCs to provide advisory services to all FPIs at IFSC

Markets regulator Sebi on Friday permitted asset management companies (AMCs) to provide management and advisory services to all FPIs operating from International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs). This is subject to certain conditions, including that such Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) will be allowed to invest in mutual fund schemes other than the schemes in the category of "thematic", the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a circular. For investment in equity and equity derivative securities listed on recognised stock exchanges in India, the FPIs will not be allowed to take contra-position for six months from the date of purchase or sale of such securities, it said. It has been decided that AMCs may also provide management and advisory services to FPIs operating from IFSC and regulated by International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) not falling under the categories of FPIs specified by Sebi in its circular issued in December 2019, Sebi said. T

Sebi fines DSP group firms Rs 1 lakh for charging TER from AMC books

Sebi noted the defaulters paid 0.09% expenses of the scheme out of 0.16% from their own books in case of DSP Nifty 50 ETF

Tata in talks to buy majority stake in UTI AMC from 4 PSU finance entities

If the deal goes through, Tata AMC and UTI AMC's combined entity could become the fourth-largest asset manager in India

Flexi- or multi-cap fund? Go by risk appetite, not by past returns

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

ASK Capital gets Central Bank of Ireland nod to launch India-based fund

UCITS is a regulatory framework of the European Commission for management and sale of mutual funds

AMCs to be penalised for delay in dividend, redemption payments: Sebi

Any delay in dividend payment beyond seven working days to attract interest charge at 15% a year; investors to get redemption money within three working days, from 10 earlier

Passive fund race: Bigger players steal the show over smaller counterparts

Over 95% passive AUM is with top 10 AMCs; experts say opportunities still exist in the smart beta space

Motilal Oswal AMC to accept fresh investments in international schemes

The AMC had suspended fresh subscriptions to these schemes in Jan after the MF industry came close to breaching global investment limit

Sebi notifies rules on dividend, redemption proceeds to MF unitholders

Capital markets regulator Sebi has notified new rules for asset management companies (AMCs) pertaining to transfer of dividend and redemption proceeds to mutual fund unitholders. Under this, every mutual fund and asset management company would be required to transfer to the unitholders the dividend payments and the redemption or repurchase proceeds within a period specified by Sebi, the regulator said in a notification made public on Thursday. In case of failure to transfer the proceeds within the specified period, the AMC would be liable to pay interest to the unitholders for the period of such delay. "Notwithstanding payment of such interest to the unit-holders...the asset management company may be liable for action for failure to transfer the redemption or repurchase proceeds or dividend payments within the stipulated time," Sebi said. It further said that physical despatch of redemption or repurchase proceeds or dividend payments would be carried out only in exceptional ...

AMCs line up differentiated target maturity funds amid stiff competition

Yield-to-maturity between 7.36% and 7.5% for these schemes with fixed tenure makes them attractive bet

Listed asset management companies see subdued profit growth in Q2

The brokerage has set a March 2024 target of Rs 2,470 for HDFC AMC and Rs 400 for Nippon India AMC

20% allocation in gold ETF a better investment strategy: Quantum AMC

At a time when there are many risks and uncertainties in the global economy, a 20 per cent allocation to gold ETFs in an investment portfolio during Diwali is ideal, said Quantum AMC

Fund houses rush to acquire talent as tightening of compliance rules weighs

New hires demand compensation beyond standard hikes to make up for impact on take-home pay due to the skin-in-the-game norms; seasoned professionals quit in droves