Markets believe growth will revive in the latter half of FY22, says executive.
This amounts to 58 per cent of the assets under management of the six schemes on April 23, 2020, when the fund house decided to wind them up
But it remains to be seen whether this is on account of incremental flows or has to do with appreciation in stock prices
Yet these schemes have run out of investors' favour since April 2020, especially after the Franklin Templeton episode
In a Q&A, the MD-CEO of the fund house shares its journey to the top and his views on the cost of investing
Industry players see this theme doing well going forward due to green shoots in some segments on the economy and govt's infra thrust
NPS subscriber numbers have swelled over the years with 7.41 mn govt employees and 2.84 mn joining from non-govt
55% retail investors have a holding period of over 2 years, up from 48.7% a year ago
Scheme category sees net inflows this April, for the first time since last December
The scheme was launched as a closed-end fund in February 2018, with a tenure of over three years ending June 2021
Move will also give investors indexation benefit on long-term capital gains
The top five buys of small-cap equity funds in April were Hindustan Copper, Hathway Cable & Datacom, Lux Industries, Bharat Rasayan and Dilip Buildcon
Gold has bounced back about 8 per cent from March 2021 lows of close to Rs 44,000 per 10 gram and is trading at Rs 47,600, owing to correcting dollar and treasury yields
These funds account for Rs 56,000 crore of category assets worth Rs 71,700 crore
Industry participants say that distributors have been facing difficulty to reach out to newer clients particularly in the rural areas
Currently, ESG funds have AUM of around Rs 10,500 crore
In two of the schemes, the disbursement was over 75% of AUM in April 2020, when fund houses wound up the schemes
Most funds in FoF space chasing unique themes
Data from MF Explorer shows that maximum return generated by value funds the past one year is 96% and average is 59%
Key categories see a jump in assets; fund managers step up buying in April