Page 5 - Mutual Funds Industry

Investor flows shift to 'safer' corporate bond funds, say experts

Industry experts say that this trend is likely to continue

Market surge improves MF returns; investors look to take money off table

Yields by large-caps jump to positive terrain in four days

Non-residents' investments in India's mutual funds near Rs 1 trillion

It was Rs 86,000 crore a year ago

Small towns contribute 15.3% to MF industry's assets under management

Over the past few years, markets regulator Sebi has been pushing asset management companies to reach out to small towns for increasing their assets base

India's MF sector among most concentrated asset management industries

In the case of China and the UK, concentration was among the lowest at 46 and 47 per cent

Rs 26-trillion mutual fund industry yet to penetrate most Indian states

Many have Mutual fund assets, which are less than 5% of economic output

BS Fund Cafe: One misstep can set MF industry back by 10 yrs, says UK Sinha

Sinha says funds need to win trust of ordinary people

Fund investors in India keep faith in stocks despite market rout

Stock funds took in Rs 111 billion in September, the most since May, up from Rs 83 billion in August, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India show

MF investment universe witnesses sizeable churn due to corporate defaults

Half a dozen stocks from the large-cap universe and over two dozen from the mid-cap universe have been replaced, shows the latest data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India

Budget 2019: MFs want reversal of LTCG tax; seek clarity on toxic assets

MF industry wish list also features clarity on segregated toxic assets

Sebi likely to limit MFs' exposure to corporate groups to mitigate risks

Norms related to loan-against-shares model can be tweaked to deal with promoters with high levels of pledging

In charts: Mutual fund winners and laggards in FY19 March quarter

Among individual fund houses, SBI MF was the biggest gainer in absolute terms

High costs, poor distribution reach hobble foreign asset managers in India

MF business a difficult wicket for foreign players

MF industry adds 3.2 million members in last one year on awareness campaign

The industry had launched the first leg of its very ambitious investor awareness campaign

Cash levels at MFs remain below one-year average level of 4.3% in December

The benchmark Sensex gained 28 per cent in 2017, while the broader markets rallied even more

MFs raise bets, foreign institutional investors trim exposure in BSE 500

In the three months to December, MFs had invested Rs 240 billion in domestic stocks, whereas FII buying was relatively muted at Rs 83 billion

Over a quarter of equity mutual fund assets in top 10 stocks list

The list has largely remained unchanged over the past one-year period

Mutual funds' AUM dips 6% in December at Rs 21 trn

Yield on govt's 10-year bond, which was hovering around 6.48% in early September was on a gradual rise

Indian funds should focus on reducing expense ratios: Kunal Kapoor

Interview with CEO, Morningstar Inc

After Sebi's warning, MFs say there is nothing to worry

Mutual fund (MF) executives have assuaged concerns over risk management systems in the ~23-lakh crore domestic asset management industry.Recently, senior officials of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had cautioned the sector, asking them to stay disciplined amid a gush of liquidity. Industry players say they have learnt from the bitter experience of 2008 and have far better checks and balances in place to avoid an encore.Earlier this month, G Mahalingam, Sebi's whole-time member, said at a CII conference, "We need to bear at the back of our mind that a huge amount of liquidity gush is keeping us afloat. These are good times so let us start implementing some of the good practices, principles and good disciplinary mechanisms so that we can weather bad times easily and investors continue to stay with the industry."Mahalingam, who was formerly with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), asked the industry to focus on metrics such as minimum capital, loss-absorbing capacity, ...