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Flows from global emerging market funds into India amounted to $459 million, led by non-ETF inflows of $318 million, taking the total inflows in CY21 to $5.6 billion.
Demand spurred by healthy returns and a chance to play in stocks such as Alphabet Inc, Microsoft and Facebook
Michael Burry, whose huge, wildly profitable bets against the housing bubble were made famous in "The Big Short," is wagering that long-term US Treasuries will fall.
This was the thirteenth consecutive quarter of net outflows for the category
Investors withdrew the most money from Brazil, notably the $1.6 billion iShares Latin America 40 ETF, known as ILF
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Globally, passive funds such as index funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) have emerged as one of the largest asset classes.
Allocations to India by Asia ex-Japan funds remained stable at 13.5% in June while those by GEM funds declined to 10.8% in June from 10.9% in May
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Equity ETFs secured $490.65 billion or 76% of the total inflows, while bond ETFs received $136.6 billion
Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are getting a lot of attention from investors, with the leading stock exchange NSE witnessing listing of 100th such instruments.
Tata Steel is expected to see huge inflows from ETFs over the next week.
The 30-share bluechip index is rebalanced on a semi-annual basis with next rejig slated for June 18
Conservative investors looking to lock in returns should opt for target maturity ETFs/index funds
Company clocked over 20 million annual direct mutual funds transactions with assets under management of over Rs 5,000 crore, says Varun Sridhar
ETFs storing gold for shareholders grew rapidly during the coronavirus crisis as investors amassed what they saw as a safe asset
During the past one year, some funds in this domain have generated returns of 38-42 per cent. In comparison, the Nifty and Nifty 100 indices have gained less than 34 per cent
Sebi's easing of investment norms has encouraged MFs to look at the category more seriously