HDFC Nifty SDL Plus G-Sec Jun 2027 40:60 Index Fund will follow a buy and hold strategy. The existing government securities will be held till their maturity unless they are sold for meeting redemption requirements or to rebalancing of the portfolio.

Equity mutual funds shuffled their holdings in banks and insurance in February as foreign investors trimmed their positions in these stocks as part of their broader sell-off in Indian equities.

"With this fund, an investment by an Indian investor will be made in INR locally into the Bandhan US Treasury Bond 0-1 Year Fund of Fund. Our fund will in turn invest into an overseas ETF that invests in US Treasury Bonds. Being a local investment, individual remittance limits and Tax Collected at Source (TCS) requirements under the LRS facility are not applicable," Kapoor said.

The US Treasury Bond 0-1 year Fund of Fund is an open-ended FoF that will invest in units of JPMorgan BetaBuilders US Treasury Bond 0-1 year ETF.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) granted recognition to AMC Repo Clearing Ltd in January last year.

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Are the recent troubles offer a great opportunity to invest in banking schemes?

As per the Income Tax, such mergers will not result in capital gain or loss for the merging schemes. They will be treated as a continuous investment into the next scheme.

Target maturity funds are passively managed debt mutual funds that come with a specified maturity date and replicate the underlying index.

The Deputy MD of SBI MF, DP Singh, says that the SVB crisis in India will have a minimal impact on the Indian economy, and that the future is bright. Singh also says that the Indian economy is doing well, and that credit is improving. He says that the decoupling of the Indian economy from the US economy is no longer possible and that Indians are investing outside of India.

Nifty100 Low Volatility 30 Index is a Smart Beta ETF that aims to measure the performance of the low volatile securities in the large market capitalization segment. Smart Beta ETFs aim to potentially combine the benefits of both active and passive investing.

The NFO will close for subscription on March 15, 2023.

Women can give a missed call on 8657011333 if they want to learn more about mutual funds, investing or simply about how they can take their first steps toward building a financial plan, a press release said.

Whenever the market becomes volatile, many investors keep asking whether they can invest in some mutual funds that will help them to deal with the volatility better. Are there safe funds?

The NFO of SBI Dividend Yield Fund was opened between February 20 to March 6, and it will reopen for subscriptions on March 17, the company said.

The heavy withdrawal was seen from liquid funds. Debt funds continued to witness outflows at Rs 13,815 crore during the period under review.

The New Fund Offer is open for subscription and will close on March 27.

Loan against mutual funds units has existed in the past, but investors stayed away from it due to the tedious process like multiple visits to the branch, fulfilling KYC norms, and waiting for days to get the loan sanctioned and disbursed.

Gold ETFs, which track the domestic physical gold price, are passive investment instruments that are based on gold prices and invest in gold bullion.

Based on regular monthly fund disclosures, global mutual funds tracking firm Morningstar ranks India on top of 26 countries, said Amfi chief executive NS Venkatesh.

Given its growth tilt, the fund struggled last year, pulling down its otherwise decent return profile. Its new stance means it will deliver when market starts favouring growth businesses.

The loss rate is defined as the number of time intervals of negative returns as a percentage of the total number of defined time intervals. This is calculated using rolling returns.

Fortunes of arbitrage funds have changed in the past three months. These have clocked 1.7% returns over the past three months, even as liquid funds fetched 1.57%. ts, however, say ultra short term debt funds are a better option.

Regulators had objected to the use of Bandhan Bank logo for mutual fund operations. IDFC Asset Management Company was acquired by the consortium, which comprises Bandhan Financial Holdings Limited, GIC, and ChrysCapital.

The New Fund Offer (NFO) of Axis S&P BSE Sensex ETF is open for subscription and will close on March 15. The scheme will be benchmarked against S&P BSE Sensex TRI

Swarup Mohanty advises investors to continue their SIPs and stay invested, as the market will eventually correct itself. Mohanty also discusses the current global market conditions and how they may affect India. He believes that the market is beginning to become fairly valued, and that Indian markets are still relatively stable.

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Sectoral/thematic category got a total inflow of Rs 3,855.90 crore in February as compared to Rs 903.19 crore in January.

ETMutualFunds looked for schemes that have offered more than 15% returns in five, seven, and 10 year horizons. Rolling returns for schemes that have completed 10 years in the market were considered.

Fund of Fund or FoF invests in direct plans of other equity mutual funds. Some funds deploy money only in their own schemes, which could be actively managed or ETFs, while some invest in a mix of schemes of other fund houses and their own products.

Axis Securities' head B Gopkumar will take over as the CEO and Ashish Gupta, former India research head at Swiss bank Credit Suisse, will be the new chief investment officer, said a press release.

Gopkumar had joined Axis Securities as the MD & CEO in October 2019, and has over 28 years of experience in financial services industry in areas of sales and distribution, managing large teams, marketing and branding and also building of digital eco-system.

“Rate hike and continued reduction in durable liquidity surplus is positive for short-term debt fund categories like the liquid fund. We would expect further improvement in the return potential of these categories as interest accrual on short-term debt instruments has risen meaningfully,” he said.

The US Fed has said that it may opt for bigger rate hikes to contain inflation. What will RBI do? We talked to Abhishek Bisen, Head - Fixed Income, Kotak Mutual Fund, for some clues.

The appointment comes as the country's seventh-largest asset manager looks to regain investor confidence after allegations of front-running against its former chief trader.

The Sebi asked Amfi to ask fund houses to remove promotional material such as advertisements, illustrations, pamphlets, and brochures that make misleading claims.

The auditors, after being empanelled, would be taking up assignments of the forensic audit of mutual funds, AMCs, and trustee companies or board of trustees.

According to the report, there were only 18 women fund managers in 2017. The number has been increasing gradually since then, except for 2020 when there was a minor decrease.

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Can SIP dates make a big difference to your returns? Some investors believe so. They think that investing in the middle or end of the month will offer them better returns.

For regulated entities that are currently availing cloud services should ensure that all such arrangements are revised and they should be in compliance with the framework within 12 months.

Managing your own hard-earned money will offer you financial security and independence and help to you plan a bright financial future.

The New Fund Offer (NFO) The NFO is open for subscription and will close on March 15. The benchmark of the scheme is CRISIL Long Duration Fund AIII Index.

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The market regulator said illustrations provided in the advertisements/ presentations/ brochures/ pamphlets would lead investors to believe that they will receive fixed returns on their investments.

While US government bonds are a safe avenue, investors must not ignore interest rate risks. This risk is prominent in US treasuries also.

While the fund’s long term track record is healthy, it has suffered in recent years amid shifting market preferences. Despite exhibiting lower volatility, its muted performance has pulled down its risk-return profile.

Sebi has clarified the fund houses may continue to pay B-30 incentives on inflows in B30 cities already received earlier.

ETMutualFunds considered equity scheme categories such as large cap, large & mid cap, small cap, multi cap, flexi cap, arbitrage funds, aggressive hybrid funds, focused funds, and ELSS funds for the study.

The individual, Shubro Sankha Das Sarma, was the Head of Operations at Bank of India Investment Managers (formerly known as BOI AXA Investment Managers).