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No. of new independent financial advisors see sharp fall in February

Registrations 39% lower than past 10-month average

Sebi tightens norms for valuing below investment grade debt securities

Regulator says all money market and debt securities rated below investment grade shall be valued at the price provided by the valuation agencies.

Short duration schemes are seeing an uptick in investor inflows: Experts

Besides institutional and HNIs, retail investors showing interest, say experts

Reader's Corner: Mutual Funds

The prime difference between corporate bond funds and credit risk funds is the quality of paper

From Axis to ICICI: Mutual funds lap up private bank stocks ahead of rally

MFs also bought shares of Emami, where the promoter divested their holding to reduce the share pledge burden

MF equity flows fall for fourth month in February, now at Rs 5,122 crore

Fall in trailing returns, ban on upfront commission cited as triggers for the current situation

Invest more as SIP closure ratio rises

Long-term investors may use this number as a contrarian signal

Goldman Sachs says 'laggard India is a large overweight' among Asian MFs

Fewer than half of the top 100 Asian funds and about 60 percent of the top 200 emerging-market mutual funds in Goldman's sample have outperformed year to date

Sebi gives mutual funds a reality check

Guidelines on returns, classification and labelling will scale back 'outperformance' claims and improve transparency

Mutual funds as lenders? Sahi nahin hain

Anyone with a basic knowledge of financial markets would know the basic difference between banks and debt funds

Mutual funds seek common investor kitty for paying credit rating agencies

Fund houses say need measures like rotating raters to resolve any conflict of interest

Govt raises limit beyond which employees need to show stock, MF investments

Now, all government employees need to send an intimation if total transactions in shares, securities, debentures, mutual funds scheme and the like exceeds 6 months' basic pay during the calendar yea

Mutual funds and FIIs suffer big losses in Zee, Vedanta, DHFL stocks

According to data, the fall in shares of Zee Entertainment, Vedanta and Dewan Housing Finance (DHFL) has eroded close to Rs 11,000 crore of these institutional investors' wealth in just a month

Reader's corner: Does price-to-earnings ratio matter in an equity MF?

The P/E ratio of mutual funds can differ based on the investment styles of fund managers

Sebi issues new format for mutual funds' monthly cumulative report

From April 2019 onwards, AMCs will have to submit the MCR to Sebi in the new format by the third working day of each month

Private sector corporate lenders see a spurt in flows from mutual funds

Fund managers wary of raising bets on state-owned banks fearing government intervention

MF equity assets only 4% of India's GDP, lags global average of 35%: Report

Account for long-single digit percentage of GDP despite rising nearly five times since 2013

MFs add Rs 1.24 trn to asset base in 2018 on SIP flows despite choppy mkts

Mutual funds have added a staggering Rs 1.24 lakh crore to their asset base in 2018 assisted by consistent increase in SIP flows and a robust participation of retail investors despite volatile markets. The asset under management (AUM) of the industry grew by 5.54 per cent or Rs 1.24 lakh crore to Rs 23.61 lakh crore at the end of December 2018, up from Rs 22.37 lakh crore at the end of December 2017, latest data available with the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) showed. The year 2018 also marked the sixth consecutive yearly rise in the industry's AUM after a drop in the two preceding years. The pace of growth, however, declined for the asset size in 2018 as compared to the previous year. The industry saw a surge of 32 per cent in the AUM or an addition of over Rs 5.4 lakh crore in 2017. The IL&FS default and the consequent blow to the NBFC sector because of the credit crunch, exposed mutual funds to ill-liquid debt funds worth lakhs of crores. This coupled with ...

MFs' entry in commodity derivatives to set stage for more commodity ETFs

MCX suggests Sebi to allow gold funds to buy futures instead of physical metal

MFs add Rs 3 trillion to assets base in 2018; more traction seen in 2019

The industry had seen a surge of 32% in the AUM or addition of over Rs 5.4 trillion in 2017