Mutual Funds

MFs, advisers adopt 'wait-and-watch' stance on duration after RBI rate rise

Debt fund managers and wealth advisers favour accruals and shorter-duration bonds, awaiting clarity on inflation and peak policy rates before adding duration exposure

Mutual funds log 5% AUM growth in Q2 despite equity market volatility

Mutual fund houses' average quarterly assets under management rose to ₹87.2 trillion in Q2FY27 from ₹83.1 trillion in Q1, supported by strong inflows across categories

Invesco and Motilal Oswal lead AUM growth in Q2 FY27, shows data

Invesco, Motilal Oswal, and HSBC logged over 10% QoQ growth, while SBI MF drove overall industry volumes, adding ₹53,146 cr

Active vs passive: How investors can choose the right fund strategy

Active and passive funds offer different advantages across market-cap segments, making a mix of both a sensible portfolio strategy

Moving from SIPs to direct stocks? Questions to ask before you start | Investment tips

Moving from mutual funds to direct stocks gives investors more control, but also more responsibility. Before picking stocks, they should understand the business, assess its profits, debt, cash flows

High oil prices biggest risk to corporate earnings: Anupam Tiwari, Groww MF

Tiwari says a sustained rise in crude oil prices could have implications for inflation, the fiscal position and corporate margins, and could consequently weigh on the broader earnings outlook.

'Nifty's mcap composition causes it to trail broader earnings growth'

Abakkus' Sunil Singhania says India's changing economic structure could shift growth towards newer industries and smaller companies

Slew of corrections dent largecap funds' long-term return picture

Average 5-year performance hardly above fixed income returns

RBI eases bank share acquisition norms for funds, insurers, pension funds

Eligible investors can seek one-time approval for subsequent acquisitions of up to 10 per cent in a bank, while prior approval remains mandatory for the initial acquisition

India's domestic funds push IPO valuations lower amid market strain

The median price-to-book ratio for IPOs raising at least ₹1,000 crore fell to 7.4 times in 2026 from 10.2 times last year as local funds push for lower valuations

MF investors showed resilience by continuing SIPs: Anand Vardarajan

Tata AMC CEO Anand Vardarajan says differentiated products, strong distribution and steady fund performance will drive growth as investors continue SIPs despite a prolonged sideways market.

Rich valuations, elevated crude narrow equity opportunities: Andrade

Andrade says rising valuations and macroeconomic (macro) headwinds are narrowing the opportunity set in the equity market

Averaging in stocks vs mutual funds: What you need to know before investing

Averaging down can lower your entry costs in quality investments, but blindly buying falling stocks can quickly destroy your capital

Registered advisors, distributors assess Sebi's MF-only PMS route

They see multiple advantages - from performance visibility to client stickiness

Fund performance in focus as Tata AMC looks to add AI investment talent

Tata AMC chief Anand Vardarajan says the fund house will strengthen its investment team, explore AI talent and launch products across passive funds, SIFs and GIFT City

Hindi-speaking regions emerging as MF's new 'growth engine': Vishal Kapoor

Hindi and regional-language content, digital access and rising financial awareness can help mutual funds deepen their reach beyond major cities

Hindi-speaking states — the new growth engine for mutual fund industry

Business Standard Hindi examines a key question for India's mutual fund industry—how Hindi-speaking regions are emerging as new growth engines for the sector.

Rural MF investor growth stalls as weak equity market returns take toll

Semi-urban and rural areas added just 1.3 million MF investors in FY26, down from 6.1 million in FY25, while additions in Tier II cities more than doubled

4 MF categories attract half the SIP inflows in Aug, smallcap schemes lead

Small-cap funds led SIP collections at ₹5,012 crore, followed by mid-cap and flexi-cap schemes, as four equity categories together garnered ₹16,096 crore

ICICI Pru MF, SBI MF corner more than half of LIC's ₹31,552 crore OFS

ICICI Prudential MF and SBI MF together bought over half of LIC's ₹31,552-crore OFS, sharply raising mutual funds' holding in the insurer