These benchmarks are the logical next step to the original category-level benchmarks introduced in October 2020 and provide peer comparison...

Fund houses are busy positioning products into various buckets, which will strictly govern what type of securities they can hold in fund po...

Utilisation of limit for investment by FPIs stands at 95 per cent in corporate bonds and 84 per cent in gilts today, Crisil said.

Perpetual bonds issued by various banks and financial institutions have delivered up to 16-17% returns in the past year.

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Equity funds maintain some cash levels based on market valuations, liquidity purposes and fresh purchases, but the figure doesn’t go beyond...

Dynamic bond funds are considered ideal for investors who don’t have the understanding to take a call on interest movements.

Very high interest rates are generally offered by obscure companies. But even well-known companies can default on their payments.

Data from Crisil suggests that some mid- and small-cap funds have seen their liquidity profile deteriorate over the past year.

ET reached out to 25 finance professionals, including mutual fund managers, investment analysts and independent financial advisers, for the...

The under performance is visible across short-term and long-term debt funds. However, short-term debt funds cannot outperform much.

The resolution of the Greek debt crisis also dispelled apprehension over global bond yields, expected to be spiking and pushing prices down.

Gilt ETFs allow investors to participate in the government bond market at a low cost. However, liquidity can be a problem.

A change in portfolio construction and a three-year lock-in period has helped the category gain from the stock rally in the past one year.

Allocate a part of your equity to global funds to protect it against a downturn in mkt.

Corporates and high net worth investors have raised bullish bets on debt market securities anticipating further interest rate cuts by RBI.

Investment in an Equity-Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS) of a mutual fund can yield higher returns compared to other instruments like PPF and N...