Page 15 - Mutual Fund

AIF assets nudge past Rs 5 trn mark, still a seventh of MF industry size

The AIF segment has grown more than 8x in past five years

Short-term debt MFs likely to gain from RBI policy stance: Market players

Prices of fixed-income securities have an inverse relation with interest rates. When the latter decline, prices of fixed income securities increase and vice versa

MFs step up buying as markets wobble, equity scheme purchases at 4-mth high

Participants in mutual funds say corrections gave some opportunities to enter at lower levels. In November, S&P BSE Sensex lost 3.8%, while S&P BSE Midcap shed 2.33%

PGIM India MF doubles AUM in six months to Rs 17,700 crore

The fund house has also doubled its customer folios during the first six months of the current fiscal

BS BFSI Insight Summit: MFs to stay top choice for investors, say panelists

Transparency, low cost and the variety of investment options offered drive investor preference, says a section of top MF honchos

Top MF execs to speak at Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit on Tuesday

The keynote speaker for the evening will be Usha Thorat, chairperson of the Mutual Fund Advisory Committee and former RBI deputy governor

Sebi tweaks benchmarking norms for MFs, brings in uniformity

Regulator has introduced a two-tiered structure for benchmarking of schemes and all the benchmarks followed should be total return index (TRI)

Sebi mulls disclosure norms for MF ESG schemes, seeks public comments

Currently, top 1,000 listed firms are required to furnish a 'business responsibility and sustainability report' to the bourses, which has disclosures about ESG initiatives taken

No room for me-too players in MF biz: Aashish Somaiyaa of White Oak Capital

While the MF industry has grown manifold over the past decade, the number of players have shrunk, says the CEO of the investment management firm in a Q&A

SIP inflows cross Rs 10,000 cr-mark for first time in a month in Sept

Equity inflows stood at Rs 8,677 cr; Debt segment saw outflows of Rs 63,910 cr

Sebi tweaks MF compensation circular ahead of implementation on Oct 1

Sebi has also replaced the nomenclature 'key employees' - used in the original circular - with 'designated employees'

Non-metros help SBI MF mobilise record sum in Balanced Fund NFO

Over two-third was collected from beyond the top 8 cities; jump in average ticket size plays its part

Sachin Bansal's Navi MF files documents for 4 new passive funds

During past two months, fund house has filed 14 schemes, all passive. In August, it had filed seven offer documents with Sebi in a single day

IDFC to look for suitors again for its Rs 1.26 trillion MF business

Existing fund houses, MF aspirants could show interest

Samco MF to use six 'stress tests' for picking stocks before investing

Some of the tests include, cash flow stress, balance sheet and debt stress, and regulatory stress, fund house will initially launch a flexicap scheme followed by a global active fund and an ELSS

We'll follow rule-based active investment style: Rajiv Shastri of NJ AMC

The CEO of an asset management company run by the country's largest MF distributor talks about how the fund house plans to create a niche and avoid conflict of interest

Record SIP numbers bring cheer to mutual fund industry

Monthly SIP book nears Rs 10,000 cr, new SIP registration & AUM hit record highs

Sachin Bansal-led Navi MF files seven offer for passive funds in a day

Fund house is planning to file a few more schemes with the regulator and will launch them as and when it starts getting Sebi clearance

Six Franklin MF shuttered schemes have Rs 1,981 cr cash for distribution

Sources the money will be given to investors in next few days; fund house has already returned Rs 21,080.34 cr or 84% so far

MMFs suitable for current environment, to gain on hardening interest rates

Most schemes in this category avoid taking any credit risk