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Mutual funds looked beyond frontline stocks in April, say analysts

Meanwhile, fund managers were seen buying shares of companies, such as HDFC Life, Eicher Motors, and Page Industries - which are arguably a notch below the frontline names

Amid growth hurdles, mutual fund advisors see 51% dip in new entrants

In FY20, registrations for new independent financial advisors reduced to 8,594

Active vs passive: Mixed strategy works well, have your feet in both funds

Experts favour passive funds up to 40% in core and a bunch of active funds in satellite portfolio

Inflows into equity MFs surge to one-year high of Rs 11,485 cr in March

The outflow has pulled down the assets under management of the 44-players mutual fund industry to Rs 22.26 trillion in March-end from Rs 27.23 trillion in February-end

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Value investors will find enough bargains

But they must look for a cushion of safety when taking long-term positions

Covid-19: MFs fear huge redemptions, write to RBI for liquidity support

Corporate investors seen pulling out funds from liquid schemes to meet their debt onligations as coronavirus takes toll on businesses

Market meltdown to weigh on equity flows, dent financial health of MF firms

According to market participants, MF investors could decide to sit on the sidelines as several equity schemes have seen their net asset values (NAVs) dip sharply in February

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MFs yet to warm up to InvITs; NHAI instrument may change the trend

According to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) November 2019 data, the amount deployed by mutual funds in InvITs stands at Rs 933 crore

Diversify your emergency funds, redeem mutual funds when hit by bank glitch

Park them in several instruments; have three to six months' expenses kept aside as emergency fund

Sep quarter Debt MFs see Rs 5000-crore outflow over rating downgrades

On the other hand, investors pumped nearly Rs 24,000 crore in equity mutual funds during July-September 2019, a surge of 35 per cent from the preceding quarter

Mutual funds to gain as Sebi tightens norms for portfolio managers

The regulator will also prescribe a formula for profit sharing

Mutual fund investments via SIPs rise 3.2 per cent to Rs 8,246 cr in Oct

SIP continued to be the preferred route for retail investors to invest in mutual funds as it helps them reduce market timing risk, the industry body noted.

MFs' exposure to NBFCs down 30% in 15 months since IL&FS crisis broke out

Fund houses have particularly pruned exposure to troubled NBFCs

Mutual fund houses approach Sebi with 125 new schemes in 2019 so far

Fund houses attributed the fewer NFOs (new fund offers) in 2019 to tepid investors' sentiment and liquidity crisis in debt funds

Share of retail assets in equity mutual funds fell to 52% in Sep quarter

This comes amid the recent uptick in markets

Infosys freefall hits mutual funds; FPIs lose over Rs 17,000 crore

"As Infosys is a Nifty stock, the company is widely held in several equity schemes," said a fund manager. According to industry estimates, the stock is held in over 400 MF schemes

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