Page 9 - Mutual Fund Industry

Stewardship code aims greater investor, India Inc engagement. Will it work?

Stewardship responsibilities include engaging investee companies on ma­tters ranging from corporate governance and financial performance to capital structure and strategy

YES Bank crisis: Mutual fund industry stares at Rs 3,000-crore hole

Nippon India's schemes saw maximum impact following perpetual bond write-offs

MFs plan to increase headcount as they gear up for commodity play

Some fund houses are also planning AIFs that can take exposure to commodity derivatives

Consumption a better theme than capex-related bets: Shreyas Devalkar

SHREYAS DEVALKAR tells in an interview with Shreepad S Aute that he believes equities as an asset class would continue to remain attractive

What next for India's MF industry?

The industry needs to innovate for the risk-focused, liquidity-preferring, return-agnostic masses

MF asset base slips 2% in Dec on sell-off from debt schemes, liquid funds

The 44-player industry logged an all-time high assets under management (AUM) of Rs 27.04 trillion at November-end, as compared to Rs 26.54 trillion by the end of last month

Mutual funds added 260,000 investors in Nov; total reached 86.5 million

In comparison, the industry had added 6 lakh folios in October, 3.45 lakh in September, 4.8 lakh in August and more than 10 lakh in July

Equity flows see sharpest dip in 3.5 years, slip 78% in November

Flows were 78% low compared to Oct; lump sum investments hit

Growth of ETFs can disrupt the mutual funds market, says Steven Hawkins

he impact of artificial intelligence on the investment industry has just begun, says Steven Hawkins

Mutual funds to gain as Sebi tightens norms for portfolio managers

The regulator will also prescribe a formula for profit sharing

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

Asset allocation schemes yet to gain traction among mutual fund investors

According to data from Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi), asset allocation categories have seen net outflows of Rs 6,714 crore in the current financial year

Largecap MFs failed to beat benchmarks in the past one year: Report

Interestingly, more than 80 per cent of the actively-managed schemes in the mid- and small-cap category have managed to deliver better returns than the S&P 400 MidSmallCap Index

UTI MF opposes 42% haircut for IL&FS entity, challenges its 'amber' status

Fund house says proposal completely ignores sponsor undertaking and differentiation between secured and unsecured lenders

Indian financial sector lags in embracing climate-linked investment calls

Lack of enthusiasm to link climate issues with financial support could slow India's push for renewables and supporting technologies for low carbon pathways

Mutual fund-borrower standstill pacts not recognised: Sebi's Ajay Tyagi

As part of the 'standstill' agreement, the debt would not be declared as default, despite the drop in value of the underlying shares

India's mutual funds industry improves the global ranking on fees

The Morningstar's biennial study noted that the cost of investing in debt (fixed-income) funds was much cheaper than equity funds

Equity flows inch higher as investors pump money to make most of correction

Total flows into MFs up 13% to Rs 9,152 crore; Small-cap funds see 56% surge

MFs cheer finance ministry's move to allow Aadhar-based KYC

Industry players say decision can be key in deepening penetration levels