Axis Mutual Fund has terminated the employment of their chief dealer & fund manager Viresh Joshi. Sumaira Abidi brings you up to speed on the latest developments & the recommendation for unit holders.
The idea of ESG is still nascent in India. Add to it that the ESG dataset itself is not too reliable, and it’s clear that it is too early to start betting on this theme.
Overestimating the potential of equity markets, just on recent returns, and under-estimating the effects of inflation can come in the way of wealth creation.
Rising interest rates have led to a sharp fall in technology stocks in the US, a favourite among Indian investors for the past two years. That doesn’t mean you should sell them in a hurry, especially when fresh investments have been halted temporarily.
Debt funds invest in fixed-income generating instruments like corporate bonds, government bonds, treasury bills, commercial papers, certificates of deposit, and other market securities
Rising interest rates, volatile equity markets and a curb on new fund launches have slowed mutual fund inflows. Fund officials say this is temporary.
In developed markets like the US, 85% of the active managers underperformed the market in 2021. In fact, not only in 2021, but a Morningstar report suggests that over a 10-year period, only 25% of all active funds beat their passive counterparts in the US. In contrast, in India, on average the active manager has outperformed the benchmark.
The actions of Indian mutual fund investors are in line with their global counterparts. Gold’s strong price performance and rising uncertainty in the financial markets arising from both geopolitical tensions and recession fears made investors look at the yellow metal.
Last week, Axis Mutual Fund announced the suspension of two fund managers - Viresh Joshi and Deepak Agarwal - with Viresh also acting as the chief dealer. According to sources, the allegations against the two include front running and price rigging of stocks. Sumaira Abidi explains the timeline of the ongoing probe in this video.
It may be best for investors to wait for the investigation to be completed before deciding on the next course of action.
Gold prices may not have stuck to the script of going up despite the Russia-Ukraine conflict. But gold is not to be used to generate returns. It is a hedge against inflation and uncertainty. And it’s best to invest in it, paperless.
Mothers in the Gen S, or Sandwich generation, have to play the dual responsibility of caring for elderly parents and simultaneously planning for their children’s future. Managing finances and goals of two generations, besides your own, needs more meticulous financial planning
Higher interest rates on loans, an increase in charges by a private bank on savings/salaried accounts, and the start of swing pricing in mutual funds are among the regulatory and operational changes kicking off in May
Many investors are confused about what to choose when they invest -- a systematic investment plan (SIP) or a lumpsum investment. And whether they should pick an active fund or a passive one. Moneycontrol deconstructs the puzzle
The TVCs make small savers aware of the "pitfalls of investing in dubious schemes and new-age trends" and urge them to shift towards reliable investment avenues like mutual funds.
Understanding risk is challenging within a single class. It becomes exponentially challenging with multi-asset class portfolios, as the fund is invested in various asset classes with each of them having their own set of dynamics
One learning is that we need to be even more conservative when it comes to putting our portfolios through stress tests for extreme events, says Sanjay Sapre.
Having returned to investors nearly all the money stuck in the six debt funds it unceremoniously wound up two years ago, Franklin Templeton is looking to win back investors and distributors. It’s not going to be easy.
The numbers for 2021 look better than the scorecard for 2020. The study showed 50 percent of the large cap equity funds underperformed the S&P BSE 100 index in 2021 compared with 80 percent in 2020.
Change investing, a new concept in India, allows you to invest at a variable frequency and buy fractionalized assets. At the very least, it instils in you the habit of investing at a low cost
The rise in passive investment is not the only reason for the underperformance of AMC stocks. It could also be breeding mistrust
Sizeable domestic flows in the face of foreign fund outflows should keep volatility in check, says Prashant Jain, executive director and chief investment officer of HDFC Mutual Fund.
The working group for reviewing the role and eligibility of an MF’s sponsor will be chaired by A Balasubramanian, MD and CEO of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC and chairman of industry body AMFI, while the other group constituted to streamline the role and obligations of trustees of MFs will be headed by Manoj Vaish, Independent Trustee of Mirae Mutual Fund.
Equity mutual fund investors however continued to invest in stocks through equity mutual funds. A large chunk of money however came through new fund offers in March 2022.
In comparison, equity mutual funds saw a net inflow of Rs 19,705 crore in February, Rs 14,888 crore in January and Rs 25,077 crore in December 2021, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) showed on Friday.