In a latest development in the alleged front-running case involving Axis Mutual Fund, the Income Tax Department has freezed fix deposits worth Rs 57 crore belonging to its former chief trader
Sources in the Income Tax department have said that they grilled two serving executives of the Axis Mutual Fund in connection with the alleged front-running case
Joshi was sacked in May by the Axis Asset Management Company over allegations of front running
Axis Asset Management Co, India's seventh largest mutual fund manager and partly owned by Schroders, in May sacked two employees, including its chief dealer, amid an ongoing internal probe
In May, Axis MF terminated Joshi and (Deepak) Agrawal, following allegations of tailgating
'Based on the findings so far, we believe that the conduct of the concerned individuals identified do not have any impact on our liquidity or our operations,' says the company
On May 20, Axis MF terminated the employment of Joshi, a chief trader and fund manager, due to alleged irregularities. Axis MF hadn't cited any reason for the termination
Though investigation is pending, Sebi may issue interim order
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Functioning of dealers at MFs & brokers may undergo greater scrutiny in coming weeks
In a statement, Axis Bank said a suo moto investigation was launched two months ago to probe potential irregularities
Axis Mutual Fund is targeting to collect Rs 100 crore from its new equity ETF fund of funds during the primary subscription period, which opens on February 4 and closes on 18. The open-ended fund of fund scheme will predominantly invest in units of domestic equity ETFs and is looking to collect Rs 100 crore during the subscription period, Raghav Iyengar, chief business officer at the fund house, told PTI on Wednesday. The fund will track the Nifty 500 stocks and will be managed by Shreyash Devalkar, the fund house said. ETFs are one of the most popular vehicles of investing in passive strategies as they replicate the portfolio of the underlying index while trading in bite-sized units on an exchange at market prices. In the past three years, equity ETFs AUM has increased more than three times. Since different sectors and market segments perform differently at different times, the new FoF's investment approach is designed to allocate dynamically across market cap and sectoral/ themat
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Planning a larger play in the equity funds space which has been behind the massive market rally since the middle of last year, Axis Mutual Fund announced a new multi-cap fund from which it expects to mobilise at least Rs 5,000 crore. The fund, opening on November 26 and closing on December 10, will provide investors with an opportunity to invest in large, mid and small cap stocks with minimum equal exposure across each category, Chandresh Nigam, Managing Director & Chief Executive of Axis AMC said on Tuesday. The fund house, which is one of the fastest growing ones, plans to mobilse at least Rs 5,000 crore from the new fund, Raghav Iyengar, Chief Business Officer at the fund house, told PTI. The fund, an open-ended equity scheme, will track the Nifty 500 multi-cap stocks. It will be managed by Anupam Tiwari and Sachin Jain who are fund managers at the company. According to Sebi regulations, multi-cap funds need to have a minimum 25 per cent exposure under each market cap, ensuring