Category: Mutual Fund Research
Observations, recommendations and insights, straight from our Mutual Fund Research Desk
Gold funds see inflows in September but equities continue to be redeemed
October 15, 2012Gold funds are back in the reckoning suggests the monthly fund flow data from AMFI. But equity funds did not see a similar turn-around in their fortunes despite the recent…Continue Reading
FAQ: Does a larger asset size affect fund performance?
October 12, 2012If a fund’s assets under management swells, will that spell trouble for its performance? This is something investors have been wanting to know in light of a marginal dip in…Continue Reading
HDFC Children’s Gift – Investment Plan: Invest
October 8, 2012A Fund for your child’s portfolio If you are looking to build wealth for your child’s future, HDFC Children’s Gift fund – Investment Plan is a good option. With a sound…Continue Reading
Religare Mid N Small Cap: Invest
October 2, 2012Are you looking to add some equity funds to your portfolio? If you already hold a basket of well-diversified funds, then Religare Mid N Small Cap fund can be a…Continue Reading
Who do we represent? AMC or the Investor?
September 28, 2012An interesting twitter conversation ensued today between CIEL’s Uma Shashikant and Mint’s Hindustan Times’s Gautam Chikermane. It started with a conversation that Gautam had with Raghuram Rajan in which the latter…Continue Reading
What the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme holds for MF investors
September 24, 2012The Finance Ministry, last week, announced the inclusion of mutual funds and exchange traded funds in the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) – a measure aimed at improving the…Continue Reading
Welcome Vidya, FundsIndia’s head of mutual fund research
September 17, 2012We take great pleasure in welcoming Vidya Bala to Team FundsIndia as Head of Mutual fund Research. Many of you might already be familiar with Vidya. She was the Chief…Continue Reading
SEBI’s new mutual fund regulations – what is the real impact to retail investors likely to be?
August 17, 2012After weeks of deliberations, SEBI has come out with its new regulations for the mutual fund industry. Currently, it is a press release which means we only get the outline…Continue Reading
Meeting with a mutual fund CEO
July 27, 2012I attended a talk by Sandesh Kirkire, CEO of Kotak Mutual fund yesterday. The most important point he made during the talk was about the impact of the proposed new…Continue Reading
Impact of proposed expense ratio hike
July 21, 2012A tweet from Subramoney (a.k.a P V Subramanyam) prompted this post. Commenting on the rumored recommendation waiting for SEBI clearance about hiking expense ratio of mutual funds and passing on…Continue Reading
