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Fund distributors' fees dip 23% on new rules

Payout dips 23 per cent; number of individual crorepati distributors shrinks to 60 from 87

Fund Pick: ICICI Prudential Value Discovery Fund

ICICI Prudential Value Discovery Fund has been classified in the small and mid-cap equity-oriented category under the CRISIL Mutual Fund Ranking

New fund option in mid-cap space

ICICI Pru's new Midcap Select ETF will be in a space where only three schemes exist. Investors should understand the product before investing

Banking, infra schemes made the most money last month

They offered returns in excess of 6% beating all other equity categories

Global jitters hobble equity MF managers in June

As of Monday, overall net investment by fund managers in June has been only Rs 81 crore, down from Rs 7,200 crore in May

MFs invest Rs 76,000 cr in debt market in Apr-Jun

Experts see increased participation from investors at work for the inflows into the debt market

Mutual Funds pump in Rs 7,200-cr in stock mkts in Apr-Jun

Equities witnessed a net outflow of Rs 575 crore in April, taking total to Rs 6,208 crore, according to latest data with Sebi

Mutual Funds approach Sebi with 50 new proposals in 2016

Hybrid, equity, debt, retirement and fixed maturity plan (FMP) are some of the themes for which mutual fund houses have filed the applications

Amfi ask MFs to disclose distributor commission for FY16

Also, Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) has listed 497 distributors that qualify for disclosure of commission criteria laid by Sebi

Are MF investors ready for advisory-based model?

Sector participants say at least five years needed to move away from today's commission-based model to a new one

Equity mutual funds' asset base climbs 14% to Rs 3.7 lakh cr in May

Market experts attributed rise in inflow to investment in SIPs and strong participation from retail investors

Infosys stock fall impacts equity schemes

Firm is the second most sought after by equity fund managers, with 4% of assets finding their way into its shares

Mutual Funds witness net outflow of Rs 58,000 cr in May

The liquid or money market segment witnessed Rs 69,399 crore being pulled out last month while Rs 837 crore was taken out from gilt funds

New equity mutual fund launches dip 70% in 2016

Asset mobilisation declines about 90% to a mere Rs 769 cr during January-May period; existing schemes score over new

Now, fund houses can't restrict redemptions

Experts say Sebi's new rules to make MFs safer for retail investors but many fund houses disagree

MF equity folio addition slows in April-May

First two months of FY17 add 180,000 investors on average, compared to a monthly addition of 360,000 in the previous fiscal

Equity MF inflows hit 6-mth high at Rs 4,721 cr in May

Equity schemes received funds of Rs 3,644 cr, Rs 2,914 cr and Rs 2,522 cr in December, January and February

Sensex, Nifty beat most equity schemes in May

Banking funds were the only ones to buck the trend, returning 5.3% versus a little over 4% delivered by the indices

SBI's new ETF is not for the risk-averse investor

Those with requisite risk appetite could bet on SBI's 10-year gilt ETF, using either the asset allocation or tactical investment approach

Inflows in equity schemes hit six month high at Rs 4,700 crore

However, massive outflows from money market schemes saw net outflows of Rs 58,185 crore