Budget 2024 once again lays emphasis on the infrastructure segment. Focus on urban development, energy transition, housing, water supply and sanitation augurs well for the sector
Infrastructure as a sector is cyclical. Revenues of infrastructure companies depend upon economic growth and take a hit when the economy is down. Hence, mutual funds investing in infrastructure companies fall or go up swiftly and their year-on-year returns can vastly vary. It is thus important to take calculated bets.
The provisions announced in the Union Budget 2023 will benefit companies engaged in the Cement, Metals, Engineering, road and railways sectors
Infrastructure funds invest mainly in stocks of companies in the power, construction, capital goods and metals segments
Thematic funds are risky and making gains mostly depends on timing your entry and exit well
SEBI's board has approved the alternate investment fund regulations that regulate the venture capital, private equity and hedge fund industry. CNBC-TV18's Payaswini Upadhyay says the new regulations seem to have taken into account several suggestions that the industry had made.
Infrastructure funds mopped-up USD 2.8 billion globally in the April-June period of 2011, a slight increase from the previous quarter and is expected to pick up in the coming six months, says a report.