Mutual Fund Schemes

With this merger, investors who have invested in IDBI MF schemes will get access to LIC MF's diversified basket of product offerings covering equity, debt, hybrid, solution-oriented themes, ETF and Index funds.

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BIG STORY | Franklin Templeton India closes 6 funds: All questions answered

What the winding up of these credit funds means for investors, explained.

MFs to give 15 days for exit option to REITs, InvITs investors

Mutual fund schemes investing in REITs and infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) will have to give 15-day time to unit-holders to exercise exit option, Sebi said today.

MFs see Rs 54,000 cr inflow in Jan; Rs 3.67 lakh cr in FY'17

Investors have pumped in nearly Rs 54,000 crore into various mutual fund schemes in January, with liquid, income and equity funds attracting the most of the inflows.

Here's why micro finance cos are ramping up digital platforms

CNBC-TV18 learns that banks stand to save 50 percent on marketing and operational spends by digitizing rural operations.

Investors pump in Rs 2 lakh cr in MF schemes during Apr-Jan

As per the latest data available with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), investors have put in Rs 1,94,820 crore in various mutual fund schemes.

Investors put Rs 1.5 lakh cr in mutual fund schemes in Oct

Investors had poured in Rs 1 lakh crore and Rs 1.13 lakh crore, respectively, in MF schemes in August and July.

Dilemmas that mutual fund investors face

Since most of the mutual funds mirror market performance though not essentially in a linear way, the returns from mutual fund tend to vary as the market changes. Not only this, some mutual fund schemes fail even in a rising market as the fund manager fails to find the right investment algorithm required to make a scheme work successfully.

How equity linked savings scheme is a key savings tool

Rajiv Goel of Bombay Capital Services elaborates on how equity linked savings scheme is the new equity linked support system. He focuses on how it becomes a key savings and investment tool.

Investors pull out Rs 48,000 cr from MF schemes in June

This significant level of funds withdrawal has also contributed to the decline in the total assets under management of mutual funds that fell to Rs 8.11 lakh crore as on June 30, from Rs 8.68 lakh crore in the previous month.

Why should you invest through Mutual Funds?

Investors always look for good investment opportunity, which gives good returns, but at the time people also want their investment to be safe and secure. Looking at present financial distribution system and quality of advice available in the market, Pankaj Maalde strongly believes that Mutual Fund Investment can help a lot to investors.

Mutual funds start lining up RGESS offerings

Fund houses have begun lining up mutual fund schemes focused on the government's newly proposed Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings scheme (RGESS), which aims to attract first-time small investors into the capital market by offering them tax benefits.

Is MF a good investment option inspite of it charges?

In any product that we procure, including financial products, there are costs involved. In case of Mutual funds, for all the convenience it confers, the costs are recovered by way of an expense that the fund charges. Read this space to know if the cost charged by Mutual Fund is really worth paying.

India to allow foreign investment in MFs from Aug 1

India will allow qualified foreign investors to invest up to USD 10 billion in domestic mutual funds from August 1, a senior finance ministry official said on Friday.