Which categories of funds have unusually high expense ratio? Should you avoid them – be it regular or direct? In which categories of funds is the TER difference between regular and direct too high? And are you better off staying with direct in such categories?
When you choose funds, knowing risks alone may not be sufficient. You need to understand debt fund strategies. You will broadly know the following in this article
– What is accrual strategy
– Which categories follow accrual or a hybrid model
– How you can use accrual funds
Computer Age management Services Limited (CAMS) is the leader in the two-player MF Registrar and transfer agent (RTA) industry, with a 70% market share. It services 16 of the 41 AMCs and 4 out of the top 5 AMCs that account for a lion’s share of Indian mutual fund assets.
SEBI has a new ruling on multi-cap funds and it has the mutual fund world in a tizzy. Are the new regulations in investors’ interests? Vidya Bala analyses.
HDFC Top 100 was the largest fund in its category for a long time (and is still among the top 5 in its category in AUM). It has shown great mettle in its comeback stories time and again.
Today, for us, it serves a different purpose. HDFC Top 100 is a great candidate for a serious case study on the changing performance of mutual funds in India and what it means to you.
Does fund performance go down as AUM size increases? Should the size of a fund be the deciding factor on whether to hold it or sell it? We answer a PrimeInvestor’s query.
Whenever the returns of any category tops equity fund returns, investor interest in such a category goes up. It’s the turn of the multi-asset allocation funds now. And going by the number of queries we have received, we know many of you want to know whether to invest in this category.
Arbitrage funds and liquid funds are very different products although their returns are quite comparable. The difference between the spot and futures market is largely a reflection of the short-term interest rate. The additional returns in arbitrage, if any, come from the mispriced opportunities. In the absence of volatility, a liquid fund may provide better returns.
We had a wonderful time answering your thought-provoking questions in our first, premium webinar on portfolio design. But the 40-minute QA could still not do justice to the questions we received. We have therefore answered more here.
There are many aspects to consder before you decide going for ndex funds or ETFs
You will soon be receiving money on some of the segregated Vodafone Idea debt units of Franklin India.
The NFO of the latest tranche of the Bharat Bond ETF – a portfolio of high-quality PSU bonds from the Edelweiss AMC – will be open from July 14-17, 2020.
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