Page 25 - Mutual Funds

Index fund folios up 12-fold since March 2020: Zerodha Fund House

Data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) pegs the index fund retail accounts or folios at 7.2 million in March 2024

Bajaj Finserv AMC launches fund 'focused on' 25-30 largecap stocks

Bajaj Finserv Large Cap Fund will have a concentrated portfolio with a 'high conviction' stock selection approach

Indian banks' short-term debt increases to 12-year high on loan demand

Depositors in India have been saving less in banks as soaring equity markets and avenues such as mutual funds, insurance funds and pension funds lure them

MF AUM increases to 29% of bank deposits on equity rally, inflows

In the financial years ending March 2023 and March 2022, MFs had cornered over 6 per cent of household savings. In FY21, this figure had been a mere 1.3 per cent, according to RBI data

MFDs cash in big: Commissions increase over 20% on market liftoff

SBI hits the mother lode: Rs 1,000 crore payoff from its mutual fund

Budget 2024 wishlist: Amfi's hopes for mutual fund reforms and tax benefits

Budget 2024: One of Amfi's main requests is to align the tax benefits for pension-focused mutual fund schemes with those of NPS

Motilal Oswal MF launches a new fund focusing on current capex cycle

The fund house said India has a huge manufacturing opportunity on the export front with sectors like chemicals, pharma, industrial machi­n­ery, and automotive likely to emerge as key drivers

New asset class to foster innovation, raise competition, say experts

Industry experts believe it may eat into some of the existing assets of MFs, PMS

Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund divests stake in Zomato for Rs 646 crore

Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund on Tuesday divested its stake in online food delivery aggregator Zomato for Rs 646 crore through an open market transaction. According to the block deal data available on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund (MF) sold more than 2.84 crore shares or 0.3 per cent stake in Gurugram-based Zomato. The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 226.85 apiece, taking the transaction value to Rs 645.84 crore. Axis Mutual Fund, BNP Paribas Arbitrage, Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius, Goldman Sachs, Matthews Asia, Morgan Stanley, Hong Kong-based Optimas Capital Management and investment management firm Polar Capital were among the buyers of Zomato's shares. Shares of Zomato plunged 4.71 per cent to close at Rs 218.35 apiece on the NSE.

Six firms in queue for MF licence; AlphaGrep Securities latest applicant

AlphaGrep Securities joins Jio and two others in line for in-principle approval

Mutual funds equity AUM surges past Rs 30 trillion in June, shows data

The report noted that the 8.7 per cent month-on-month rise in AUM was fueled by a rise in market indices and a jump in fresh inflows

Canara Robeco MF launches Balanced Advantage Fund: Should you invest?

The fund aims to generate long-term capital appreciation by dynamically investing in equity and equity-related instruments and debt and money market instruments

A plea to provide more mutual fund data

While these MF products are not systemically important yet, data about them should be made public for academics and investors to do research and challenge incorrect conclusions

Domestic mutual funds increase stake in Paytm, firm's FDI dips by 2%

The shareholding of foreign portfolio investors was pegged at 20.5 per cent in Q1FY25, a 0.16 per cent decline from Q4FY24

Mutual funds bought over Rs 46,000 crore HDFC Bank shares in H1CY24

Apart from HDFC Bank, the stocks that saw the highest MF buying include Indus Towers, Mphasis, Vedanta, Infosys, and TCS. The total investments in the two IT majors stood at Rs 4,870 crore

RBI's risk weighting hike: Mutual fund funding to NBFCs continues to grow

Stays above Rs 2 trillion mark for second consecutive month

Record inflows, equity rally drive MF AUM past Rs 60 trillion: Amfi data

Industry adds latest Rs 10 trillion in just six months

Edelweiss Mutual Fund launches a factor-based business cycle fund

Explaining the strategy, Edelweiss MF said the fund will create three baskets representing quality, growth, and value stocks

Equity MF inflows up 17% at record high of Rs 40,608 cr in June: Amfi

The benchmark NSE Nifty 50 has risen about 65% over these last 40 months, helped by sustained mutual fund inflows, steady earnings and the fastest macroeconomic growth among large economies

AMCs look strong but high valuations risk sharper fall in downturns

Companies have strong cash conversion, predictability and growth runway