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Reliance Quant fund: The arrival of new-age ‘smart’ funds

Vidya Bala

If you followed developed equity markets in the rest of the world, you would have read that index and ETF-based investing are often touted to be the smart, efficient way…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: Why you should not be exiting debt funds now

Vidya Bala

If you were to look at the year-ago returns of many of your debt funds and the current returns, you will wonder if you made a wrong choice in investing…Continue Reading

SEBI's new categories, what's changing in Select Funds?

FundsIndia Views: SEBI’s new categories – what’s changing in Select Funds?

Bhavana Acharya

Over the past two weeks, we covered the changes taking place in equity and debt categories because of SEBI’s new categorization norms. We’ve discussed the impact of the changes, what’s…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: SEBI’s new categories – what’s changing in your debt funds

Bhavana Acharya

Last week, we discussed changes in equity funds as AMCs get into full swing in redefining categories based on SEBI’s new rules. This week we’ll take up the changes involved…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: SEBI’s new categories – what’s changing in your equity funds

Vidya Bala

A month ago, we wrote about what SEBI’s scheme re-categorization means for you. Now, with a good chunk of the changes announced by AMCs, we’d like to get into what…Continue Reading

HDFC Balanced is merging into another fund and will be called HDFC Hybrid Equity fund. What's in store for investors?

FundsIndia Views: HDFC Balanced is merging. Should you worry?

Bhavana Acharya

For investors in HDFC Balanced fund, last week dropped what seemed a bombshell. HDFC Balanced is merging into another fund. Is this worrisome? What changes in the fund? Should you…Continue Reading

Why are investors exiting their real-estate investments?

FundsIndia Views: Why people are exiting their real estate investments

Vidya Bala

When there is a trend to the behavioural pattern of our investors, we like to understand it. The current trend we are observing in our investors and many around us…Continue Reading

We've made some changes to the FundsIndia research recommended Select Funds mutual fund list

Changes to FundsIndia’s Select Funds

Mutual Fund Research Desk

These are changing times for mutual funds. In October 2017, SEBI came up with two important rules: one, it defined the categories of funds AMCs are allowed to hold and…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Views: 3 reasons why you should be investing now

Vidya Bala

Our observation of your investing behaviour in the past month and a half tells us that the current market volatility has spooked you. Our advisors tell us that most of…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: UTI Treasury Advantage

Bhavana Acharya

Indications on the interest rate front point to rates being in the flat to rising zone. In such a scenario, debt funds with shorter maturities can deliver well over the…Continue Reading