Category: Research Desk
One Year of Re-Categorisation: Looking back
April 22, 2019Last year around this time, SEBI had come out with standardised categories for funds to follow. That meant existing funds also had to fit into one of the categories. With…Continue Reading
Changes to FundsIndia’s Select Funds List
April 17, 2019It has been a year since the SEBI-mandated categorization exercise first began. The dust from the changes made by AMCs has since settled and there is more clarity now on…Continue Reading
Returns of debt funds are trending up
April 8, 2019Last week, we wrote on liquid fund returns and how the high returns of 2018 have begun sliding. This trend is both on account of an abnormal credit situation easing…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Recommends: Mirae Asset India Equity
April 3, 2019Mirae Asset India Equity is among the steadiest equity funds. It beats the broad-market Nifty 500 TRI index all the time in any 3-year period since its inception. The average…Continue Reading
Liquid fund returns are tapering off
April 1, 2019Liquid funds sported high returns through 2018, thanks to higher interest rates and bond yields and a liquidity crunch in the later part of the year. But returns for these…Continue Reading
Why hybrid aggressive funds underperformed large-cap funds
March 11, 2019On a 1-year basis, hybrid aggressive funds are in the low single digits at just 1.2% on an average. Not just that, the category was clocking 1-year losses in preceding…Continue Reading
Banks support earnings growth for the December 2018 quarter
March 4, 2019India Inc. saw a drop in profits for the December quarter. This was largely a result of exceptional losses in few large companies. For 496 out of the 500 BSE…Continue Reading
Changes to FundsIndia’s Select Funds
January 16, 2019These are hard times for equity and cautious times for debt funds. But what we can tell you is that funds in the Select Funds list have weathered volatile times…Continue Reading
Frequently asked questions on annual portfolio review
January 14, 2019It’s that time of the year when you will look back at performance and have questions about your portfolio – specifically underperformance in your funds. In years like 2018 when…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Views: 2019 – Equity and debt outlook
January 10, 20192018 was a year that probably gave you glimpses of the rough side of equity and debt markets. The bad news is that you have probably not seen the end…Continue Reading
