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'Do not see any reason for SIP flows to change course significantly'

Investors can continue and add SIPs or STPs (spread over next six months rather than lump sum) into midcap funds, with a five year time horizon

Sebi asks mutual funds to take action against fake Telegram groups

MFs told to issue press release and file FIR against misleading groups

Budget 2023 demands: Mutual Fund body asks for preferential tax treatment

To encourage retail investors to invest in yellow metal through mutual fund route, industry body Amfi has asked the government for preferential tax treatment for Gold ETFs and Fund of Funds ahead of the Union Budget. In its budget proposals for 2023-24 to the finance ministry, Amfi has proposed that Gold ETFs and Fund of Funds (FoF), which invest 90 per cent or more of their corpus in units of Gold ETFs, should be subjected to long-term capital gains tax of 10 per cent instead of 20 per cent with indexation benefit. Alternatively, it has suggested that holding period to avail long-term capital gains taxation in respect of Gold ETFs (exchange traded funds) should be reduced from existing three years to one year. "A preferential tax treatment to financial gold offerings like Gold ETFs and Fund of Funds ...will promote the category as a gold investment avenue over other fiscally inefficient avenues like physical gold and gold jewellery. This move will be in line with the government's

Passive funds: Select ones with low tracking error, say experts

In case of an ETF, prefer those that also have large trading volume and AUM

Investors pull out big money from debt funds despite attractive yields

Fund managers and MF distributors expect net inflows to turn positive after completion of rate hike cycle

80% of net SIP investments in Sept go into active equity schemes: Data

Investment advisors recommend the SIP route for investment in volatile asset classes to maximise the benefit of rupee cost averaging

Gold ETF flows shrink despite superior returns, shows Amfi data

Between October 2021 and September 2022, gold prices rose over 9.5 per cent even as ETF inflows shrunk to a half

AMCs to freeze non-PAN card MF portfolios from April 2023, says AMFI

Restrictions on redemptions from such accounts is already in place since 2019

Net inflows into equity MFs jump 130% to Rs 14,100 crore in September

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).

Modest traction for MF Central in first year, phased rollout cited

The common platform for MF transactions logs 350,000 registrations and 10,000 monthly logins

A Balasubramanian re-elected Amfi chairman, Sundeep Sikka to head ETF panel

Vishal Kapoor remains head of committee of certified distributors, Nilesh Shah and Navneet Munot stay as chief of valuation committee and equity CIO panel, respectively

Sebi gets tougher with MF industry body for dragging feet on pooling norms

Regulator also unhappy with phase-1 of two-factor authentication framework, asks Amfi for schedule and progress reports

Amfi to block MF distributors indulging in 'splitting of transactions'

Amfi shall take necessary action i.e. blocking of such MF distributors for a period of six months: Sebi

Monthly inflows in mutual fund SIP at over Rs 12k cr during May-Aug: Amfi

Investors are betting big on systematic investment plan or SIP to generate long-term wealth with monthly flow in the mutual fund industry through the route continuing to be over Rs 12,000 crore for the past four months. In fact, inflows through the SIP route touched an all-time high of Rs 12,693 crore in the month of August, a latest data with Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) showed. The inflows through SIP has been growing above 12,000-crore mark since May. It was at Rs 12,140 crore in July, Rs 12,276 crore in June, Rs 12,286 crore in May. Prior to that, it was at Rs 11,863 crore in April. With this, total inflow has reached to Rs 61,258 crore in the first five months of the current fiscal. This came following an inflow of over Rs 1.24 lakh crore in the 2021-22 financial year. Investors are flocking towards the SIP route for making investments as it helps investors, especially the salaried people, make the investment process simpler. "Investors don't have to think abou

BS Number Wise: The increasing dominance of bank-owned mutual funds

Related entities acting as distributors account for a higher share of assets in such fund houses

Equity fund inflows dip to 10-month low in August, shows AMFI data

Debt-oriented schemes received net flows of Rs 49,164 crore compared to just Rs 4,930 crore in July

Distribution commission pool of mutual funds jumps 2.3x, shows data

The sharp spike in commission comes on the back of surge in the equity markets and sustained flows into equity MF schemes

Equity MFs' inflow drops 43% to Rs 8,898 cr in July amid choppy markets

The net inflows in July were lower compared to the net inflow of Rs 15,495 crore seen in June, Rs 18,529 crore seen in May and Rs 15,890 crore in April, according to data released by Amfi on Monday

MFs invest in fewer companies in June after portfolios hit multi-year high

Drop in number of firms invested in comes even as MFs' overall holding in stock market has been rising

Regulating insiders

Including mutual funds will be progressive