Global Funds

The NSE Nifty 50 Index surged to its highest level since October this week, fueled by optimism that India could be among the first to strike a deal with the US

Foreigners’ derivatives bets hit record $116 billion in India

Global funds have plowed a net $8.5 billion into local shares since July 1, set for the biggest quarterly inflow in over a year.

Global funds are making a bet on India’s longer-maturity bonds

The proportion of foreign money allocated to local bonds due in 10 years or more climbed to 17% last week, up from just 11% in September, while that in debt maturing in five years of less slipped 10 percentage points to 44% over the same period, according to calculations by Bloomberg.

Why the Indian market is in a sweet spot 

Just like asset management companies (AMCs) launched Asia-ex-Japan funds and indices at the turn of the century, there is an emerging trend of launching Emerging market-ex-China funds. This raises the odds of more inflows into India.

Not just debt funds, gold and international funds to also lose from the Finance Bill tweak

Balanced advantage funds stand to gain as experts predict that conservative investors might shift to them to get the equity tax advantage

Investcorp joins Global Funds in betting on Indian warehouses

Warehousing currently accounts for almost 16% of the Bahrain-based firm’s $350 million real estate portfolio in India, and it’s planning to boost that share in the coming year, according to Ritesh Vohra, the firm’s real estate head in the nation.

Global funds offload $40 billion from emerging Asia last quarter, and it could get worse

Global funds offloaded a net $40 billion of equities across seven regional markets last quarter, exceeding any three-month period characterized by systemic stresses since 2007.

How restricting fresh lumpsums in international mutual funds impacts investors

The restriction is applied to fund houses on buying listed shares or securities or units of schemes overseas (other than exchange traded funds)

$3.9 billion of domestic, global funds riding on six Adani Group stocks

As many as 556 global funds are invested in Adani Green, Adani Total Gas, Adani Transmission, Adani Power, Adani Enterprises, and Adani Ports.

Real estate sector registers $5 billion institutional fund inflows in 2020: JLL

There were 27 deals transacted in 2020 over 54 in 2019; Office assets account for a major share of investments in 2020; Bengaluru continues to attract maximum investments

The Market Podcast | Kunj Bansal demystifies global investing; allocate 10% of funds

Looking forward, considering the facility is available for Indians, investors should take some exposure towards global funds as part of the asset allocation strategy.

D-Street Talk podcast | It might not a bad idea to stay in fixed income or cash: Nikhil Kamath

It might not be the worst idea to stay in fixed income or cash until you get opportunities which typically come about every one or two years, says Nikhil Kamath of True Beacon and Zerodha.

The lesser-known MF categories that delivered in 2019

Be it gold or international themes, they can at best be diversifiers in a portfolio

Diversify your portfolio by investing a portion in US-focused mutual funds

Developed markets such as US have delivered significant returns over market cycles

See downward revision for 2 qtrs over note ban: Amisha Vora

Speaking to CNBC-TV18 Amisha Vora of Prabhudas Lilladher said that demonetisation will lead to downward revision in one or two quarters at least. The critical question is whether global funds will overlook the pain for two quarters?

The Golden Tap: In conversation with the author

Serial entrepreneur, Kashyap Deorah who has had the benefit of building businesses in both India and Silicon Valley, in his book The Golden Tap, gives an insider's view on the dynamics at play in hyper funded Indian startups.

Selling pressure to stay; Nifty may test 7600: Choksey

Largely the selling pressure, redemption pressure is coming from the global side which is pulling out some of the funds from the larger cap companies, says Deven Choksey of KR Choksey Investment Managers

India preferred over US; Fed rate hike a reality: Geosphere

Arvind Sanger, managing partner, Geosphere Capital expects the Indian equity market to see a 20 percent upside by the year-end.

Rupee falling against the dollar, what should you do?

Rupee at its low against dollar! But how does this impact your investments? Financial expert Amit Trivedi analysis the impact of deprecating rupee on four essentials of the personal finances: assets, liabilities, income and expenses and advices investors on what steps should be taken in current scenario.

Should you have an exposure to equity markets abroad?

Many experts believed that India being the developing economy, it would bear fruitful investment in the years to come. However, at the time of global turmoil, our market, along with other emerging economies tumbled much more than the US markets! So, should Indian investors also invest his money in global market? Read this space to know why.

Global Funds - Should they be a part of your portfolio

All global markets and assets do not necessarily move in tandem. Hence there exists the possibility that losses in one place can be offset by gains elsewhere. With rupee weakening, volatile domestic markets and many international markets doing well, investment into global funds could hedge one‘s portfolio, reckons Anil Rego.

5 points you must know before investing in Global funds

Many investors in an aim to diversify their portfolio across geographical boundaries invest in global funds. While it is a healthy to diversify but it is equally vital to know the risk involved in it. Read this space to know about the risk involved in a Global Funds?

US Debt Crisis:Should it be a concern for Indian Investors?

With so much turmoil in global markets, investors often drift away from their goal and sell their investments in panic. Financial advisor Renu Pothen advices investors to stay focused and continue to hold investments made for long term and act smartly by taking advantage of market dip by investing via SIP or Lumpsum route.