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Sebi eases default valuation for MFs, allows valuers to make exceptions

According to market participants, the move will help in stalling mark-to-market impact on portfolios of debt schemes due to the cornavirus-related lockdown and provide relief on exposures to NBFCs

Amid growth hurdles, mutual fund advisors see 51% dip in new entrants

In FY20, registrations for new independent financial advisors reduced to 8,594

Mutual funds likely to get Sebi lifeline to tide over liquidity woes

Market regulator likely to relax 20% cap on MF borrowing

Mutual funds investing in debt funds see Rs 1.95 trn outflow in Mar

Banking and PSU funds saw an outflow to the tune of over Rs 6,300 crore, while the same for credit risk fund was over Rs 5,500 crore and corporate bond category close to Rs 3,800 crore

Covid-19: Sebi curtails cut-off timings for mutual funds from 3 pm to 1 pm

Equity scheme investors will have to invest before 1 pm to get same day's net asset value

Claiming loss will be useful if you have capital gains in FY20

Remember, it is mandatory to file I-T returns by the due date to carry forward losses to the following years

MF industry adds 300,000 investor accounts in Feb; total tally at 88.8 mn

Folios are numbers designated to individual investor accounts. An investor can have multiple folios

UTI, Nippon India MF create separate portfolios for Voda Idea AGR debt

Move follows downgrade by Care Ratings to below investment grade

Budget 2020 on non-working day, no prospect of fresh exits for MF investors

This could put MF investors in a difficult spot if there is a sharp negative reaction from markets

Debt investors face a tax maze in India

While debt is an important source of funds for the Indian economy, investors - especially foreign investors - have to navigate through various complexities associated with taxation of debt investment

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Investors must be cautious when considering focused schemes: MF experts

In a one-year period, focused schemes have delivered returns of 13 per cent, beating the category returns of large-cap schemes, which yielded 11.6 per cent in the same period

Mid-and-small cap MFs hold cash positions, fund managers delay investment

Fund managers don't want to get caught in value-traps, say experts

Have limited exposure to credit risk funds, select the fund manager well

These funds are meant only for those who understand their risks

Diversify your emergency funds, redeem mutual funds when hit by bank glitch

Park them in several instruments; have three to six months' expenses kept aside as emergency fund

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

RBI may give mutual funds, NBFCs access to large credit information

Simply put, it will do away with the prevailing situation wherein non-banks have no clue on the status of credit exposure of borrowers with banks

MFs focus on large-cap in Q2, markets bet on public sector companies

Fund managers say PSUs look attractive as valuations are cheap and possibility of strategic sales offers room for value unlocking

Fema mess: Foreign-owned mutual funds approach Sebi to get issues resolved

Market watchers believe that the change in guidelines fly in the face of some of the recent initiatives taken by the government, such as easing norms for foreign portfolio investors

Short-term volatility is a friend of the long-term investor: Sundaram MF MD

India is going to be the next China. It will be a foreign flow magnet, says Sundaram Mutual Funds MD Sunil Subramaniam