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Category: Mutual Fund Research

Observations, recommendations and insights, straight from our Mutual Fund Research Desk

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Deposits alone won’t secure your future

Vidya Bala

A recent release by the RBI had placed bank deposits held by individuals at a whopping Rs 33 lakh crore as of March 2013. That is close to one half…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Strategies: Should You Go for Infrastructure Funds?

Vidya Bala

For those of you used to seeing your infrastructure funds languish in the last 5 years, the sudden uptick in the last 6 months may have come as a surprise.…Continue Reading

“Our fund management is process driven and not dependent on a single fund manager”

Vidya Bala

ICICI Prudential Mutual has been in the limelight recently for quite a few events. One, it won the Morningstar India Fund Awards this year – for best fund house across…Continue Reading

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What to do if your FMP just matured

Vidya Bala

It is that time of the year when investments such as Fixed Maturity Plans, mostly invested by you for double indexation tax benefits, mature and swell your bank balance. Are…Continue Reading

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FundsIndia is moving to NACH

FundsIndia Desk

We’re happy to announce that we’ve adopted the National Automated Clearing House (NACH) system for bank mandates. This is a modern, fully automated system for periodic debits created by the…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Debt Strategy: Funds in a ‘No Rate Change’ Scenario

Vidya Bala

The good news from the RBI’s first bi-monthly monetary policy is that if inflation behaves as per expectations, RBI may not feel the need to hike rates. But the not…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: Tax-saving Funds

Vidya Bala

Have you missed your deadline for submitting tax-saving investment option proofs to your employer? Not to worry; you still have a good week to go to make your investments. Yes,…Continue Reading

How your investment behaviour can be a recipe for poor returns

Vidya Bala

In this article, I wish to share a few thoughts from an interesting presentation made by Prashant Jain, ED and CIO, HDFC Mutual. In this presentation, Prashant Jain points out…Continue Reading

Product Note on Goldman Sachs CPSE ETFs

Vidya Bala

What It Is An Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) that has a basket of 10 public sector stocks that will track the CPSE Index. This index, which will be used to…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: Templeton India Short Term Income Plan

Vidya Bala

If you are looking to play the opportunities in the debt market with at least a 1-2 year investment perspective, you can consider investments in Templeton India Short Term Income…Continue Reading